Concubine De had a quarrel at the banquet the night before, which provoked the emperor to reprimand him angrily, and then he stacked picks the next day. Ignore everything, close the palace and don't come out, and call all those who have a report to go out. Then he invited himself to play, and told the emperor that he had lost his elegance, had no face to manage the affairs of the harem, punished himself for the moon, and thought about it by himself. The queen mother let go early in the morning and didn't care about anything, so she asked for a decree to return to the harem, the emperor didn't say anything, and both sides were allowed to play.

Although Scarlet Heart was a little surprised that Concubine De had a good temper, she changed her face and began to play petty with no hesitation. But there is a reason why she asked to take charge of the palace at this time, including the emperor's promise, that is, both of them know that their first child is coming to an end.

The scarlet heart is deficient in yin, and the uterine blood is insufficient, making it difficult to fix the fetus and cultivate qi. This was known at the beginning of her pregnancy, but she had always had a glimmer of hope and was unwilling to give up early. But with the passage of time, the autologous day is weak, and the fetus is abnormal. The fetus becomes a maternal nuisance in the womb, and she is increasingly depleted. Imperial Physician Feng had already made it clear a few days ago that if this fetus is preserved, I am afraid that it will be very unfavorable to the concubine.

Yun Xi understood that Imperial Physician Feng dared to say such a thing at the expense of his life, which showed that if this fetus continued to be consumed, he was afraid that it would be dangerous to the scarlet heart. He didn't want to continue to take risks, so he discussed it with Scarlet Heart again and again, she really wanted to save her life, but she also knew in her heart that now the cold breath was not dissipating, and it was actually not beneficial to the growth of the fetus. Even if you are born, I am afraid that it will be short-lived. Even though she was in pain, she gritted her teeth and endured it.

Yun Xi asked Imperial Physician Feng to prepare, adjust the concubine's body, and find a suitable time to take the child. In fact, he was looking for an opportunity to let Scarlet Heart come out at this time to regain control of the harem, and he wanted to expand the matter of Scarlet Heart's miscarriage into a touching deed of a virtuous concubine who worked tirelessly for the emperor and worked tirelessly until the fetus was lost!

Yun Xi is a person who can use everything, even if it is a fetus that has come to an end, he must use it as a stepping stone to push Scarlet to the throne of the queen.

Scarlet Heart has always been childless, so it is not enough to stand up. Even if she is the eldest son of the emperor, it is not from her after all. But if she can have something to guarantee, at least in terms of "virtue", she is more than enough. This child is gone, in fact, it is a mixed bag. Pregnancy at least proves that the concubine is not unable to give birth. When it came time to move to a fertile and healthy baby, it was only natural for her to ascend to the throne.

Now that Concubine De is making such a fuss, it just gives him a reason. The harem can't be left unmanned, so Scarlet re-managed the harem, and two days later, the handsome concubine Mo Zirong was promoted to Mrs. Jinghua and moved to Xiang'an Palace. The eldest son of the emperor gave him the name Qi and changed his name to the son of the concubine.

At noon on the sixth day of the first day of December, the concubine fainted and fell to the ground when she was in charge of arranging the longevity ceremony with the eunuchs of the Huigong Palace. The emperor was shocked when he heard this, and immediately rushed to the Hui Palace to comfort the concubine.

The next day, the emperor changed the title of the concubine and gave the queen a ceremonial ride, which should be regulated, all of which are the same as the queen. At the same time, Mrs. Jinghua was ordered to temporarily take charge of the harem affairs, so that the concubine could recuperate with peace of mind.

Mrs. Jinghua visited every day and took the medicine stone in person, and the concubine was deeply moved, and the two palaces became more and more affectionate. The emperor was deeply grateful, and rewarded Mrs. Jinghua with the red encirclement and gold embroidery, the Ziyan gold top honor guard, and the concubine Yuelu.

The handsome concubine, who has always been unknown, has now become a pivotal figure in the harem in one fell swoop. It has always been like this in the harem, you sing and I appear, and there is no shortage of color.

Since beating the noble concubine to accompany the saint on the southern tour, she has been extremely prosperous for a while, and no one can stand out. After the emperor came back, he changed the old practice of even rain and dew in the harem, and stayed with the concubine every day. After she was pregnant, she couldn't serve the king at all, and the emperor was willing to just look at it, and he didn't put the harem concubines in his eyes. Now that the concubine has miscarried, the emperor has no one else in his eyes, and every day it is difficult to send someone to the harem to ask three or four times, for fear that she will miss again. The concubine also changed her previous style and accepted it happily.

Now the newly ascended Mrs. Jinghua, and Zheng Fengyuan, who reported the meritorious service of the bureau in the morning, are all vassals of the concubine, and the concubine has a monopoly on the holy grace, and they should not see it. Concubine De simply closed the door and didn't come out, and the concubine was lonely, Chen Wushuang was a beautiful woman with a soft voice, and the queen mother had long since stopped asking about the harem. In this way, there is no vinegar wave in the harem.

But the court and the central government are not very peaceful, not because the emperor favors the concubine and attracts the criticism of the foreign ministers, they have not had much to do to this point. Instead, the emperor came on a tour of the south, and some rookies in the DPRK and China began to make some troubles. Before the emperor left, Xinghua Pavilion had already made waves and wanted to drive Wenhua Pavilion out of the inner court. A group of literati quarreled. When the emperor returned, the current Great Sima, who was adjacent to Wang Chujing River in the east, went up and down, bitterly explaining the various shortcomings of the current three divisions, and first asked for resignation from the post of Great Sima, and his generals from all walks of life, including the father of the concubine, responded one after another. In addition, Lin Xiao, who was ordered by the central government, also echoed his protégés and children, and made a fuss with a group of old ministers in the court. Several times and three times, what kind of courtiers wore their hair and hit the pillars!

Since the emperor came into power at the age of sixteen, he has been in a proper manner for the past six or seven years, sticking to the admonitions of his ancestors. But now, some of the rookies he promoted are gradually getting bigger, and they don't take the old ministers in their eyes, and there is a lot of friction from time to time. Now he is so brave that he wants to abolish the old system of the three divisions, reorganize the cabinet, and directly dismiss a group of old ministers who are so angry that they are broken, blowing their beards and glaring, and running into the inner palace several times to ask to see the Queen Mother, and ask the Queen Mother to preside over the overall situation!

Although the Queen Mother did not show any attitude, she looked like she was fasting. But her neutral attitude undoubtedly strengthened the courage of the old minister, and within two days, she made a fuss about the right attendant of the Xuanlu Yuan who was rude with his words, offended Tianwei, and touched the responsibility of the old law to send Tuxingzhou to prison for the crime, and without waiting for Lin Xiao's request, he has been sentenced to Meihua City, Yong'an City!

This incident set off a big wave in the DPRK and China, although the death was a literary classic, but the Xuanlu Yuan made such an example to Lin Xiao to make Lin Xiao ugly. To make Lin Xiao ugly is to make the emperor ugly, let him know that the old classics cannot be violated, and the laws of the ancestors must not be shaken!

Therefore, from January to December, there was a lot of uproar in the court, and Yun Xi knew that it was difficult for the new party to succeed now, and the old faction was resolute. At this time, even if he is in a hurry, he must not obviously favor others, so as to avoid turmoil in the DPRK and China. Although it was troublesome to go up, as soon as he entered the harem, he didn't bring out this color at all, and only asked for peace in a quiet place with Scarlet Heart.

Although Scarlet Heart only asks about the affairs of the court, how can her Miro's relationship network make her not aware at all. She knew that the emperor was working hard and had the intention to create a career. This time I went south to better understand the importance of people's livelihood. Nowadays, the power of the three divisions is too great, basically the emperor is empty, and the middle link does more harm than good, and many high-ranking positions basically belong to those who only take money and do not need to do things, and the imperial court has to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to support these high-ranking officials. If the emperor wants to do something, it is far from enough to defeat a Ruan clan, it is necessary to re-establish a set of political teams and reorganize the courtiers in order to create the prosperity of Xuan Binh.

And among them, the Queen Mother is the key. The Empress Dowager had a good relationship with the ministers of the first emperor's period, and they respected the empress dowager because they served the first emperor. The Empress Dowager is, in a sense, the spiritual representative of the first emperor. If the Queen Mother refuses to support the emperor, then these old ministers will not be shaken. Killing is a method, but you can't just use this one method, when grace and power are combined, in order to convince people. Moreover, this group of old ministers is not a disloyal and unrighteous party, but a conservative party. If the first emperor and good ministers were wantonly killed, it would only affect the prestige and reputation of the emperor.

Scarlet knew that the emperor was troubled, but the emperor didn't mention it, and she would never take the initiative to make him worried. Besides, the things that are facing up are not something that she can talk about as a woman. So recently, she has been trying hard to please the Queen Mother, although she understands her current situation, and she can't expect the Queen Mother to make any changes to her. But after all, it is becoming more and more harmonious, and I just hope that the emperor will have fewer obstacles.

Yun Xi didn't know what she was thinking, but seeing that she was going to serve the Queen Mother every day, she was even more careful, looking for some strange flowers and plants everywhere to please the Queen Mother. He felt very bad in his heart, he knew that at this time, she put this heart here, and it was all for him!

As soon as December begins, the whole country is busy, and the atmosphere of the New Year festival is getting stronger and stronger. As soon as Laba passes, plus the Halloween Festival, it is the New Year, Chinese New Year's Eve. There is no day of leisure in the harem, because the emperor has returned not long ago, so he does not plan to go to the palace this year. Everything was prepared in the palace, because it was approaching the end of the year, and the emperor didn't want to make any more trouble, so he suppressed all the sharp and difficult court discussions.

During the Wanshou Festival, the palace was extremely lively, because last year's incident of the great Sima Ruan Danqing affected everyone's mood. Although the concubine also had a miscarriage this year, fortunately, the birth of an eldest son of the emperor added joy to the palace. In addition, with the completion of Quxia this year, Southern Province no longer has to worry about flooding, and these two happy events are enough to dilute the miscarriage of the concubine. So for a while, the palace was still dressed in red and hung with colors, which was particularly festive.

Scarlet Heart has not been in good health because of the miscarriage, plus he has been tired again when he went south, and recently he has been serving with the Queen Mother left and right, so although he is extremely favored, his complexion is much worse than in the past. At the time of longevity, some corresponding pomp and circumstance cannot be saved, and it is inevitable to work hard. Although it is said that in the palace, someone will carry her when she goes out, and she does not need to move her hands and feet, but she can't hold back half a cent of her mental strength and can't use it less, so she is getting thinner and thinner. Yun Xi was in her eyes, and she felt pain in her heart, and she couldn't wait to hold her in her arms for a year and a half.

After the celebration of the Birthday Festival, it is followed by the New Year's ceremony, and the whole country is particularly happy because of these two festivals together. In addition, everything can be concluded at the end of the year, and I can finally rest happily. During this time, Mrs. Jinghua was difficult to handle, and she had to come to Scarlet for ideas twice in three days. So the scarlet heart is actually not idle, but just think that this time will pass, and in the first month, the emperor will be able to live in peace for a few days. Thinking about it like this made her feel a little happy in her heart.

As soon as the New Year's ceremony passes, even if the big pomp in the palace has to be collected, the rest is just a good relationship between which palace and which courtyard, and then walk around with each other and have a small banquet. But this is also considered down-to-earth, there is nothing to do in the first few days of the first month, and Yunxi doesn't have to sit in the court, but he will go if he has something, and come back early if he has nothing to do. In this way, he also spent a little more time with Scarlet Heart.

Although he had returned from the beginning of November, he had to be with her whenever he came to the harem. But most of the time I sit for a while and then go forward, and I don't have much time to have fun. In addition, Scarlet Heart and Body have been not good, especially after the miscarriage in early December, and she is very afraid of cold, and she has become more and more cowardly. Besides, this past month, Scarlet Heart has always felt very guilty. He has been looking forward to this child for a long time, but her body is not angry, but she can't afford to conceive one. In the end, he still had to come to the round to support her, not to mention that he wanted to use this to promote her virtue. He felt as sad as she was, but she couldn't help him at all! Yun Xi was really panicked when he saw the pain in his heart, and his hands became softer and softer.

On this day, the plum blossoms in Changxin Garden bloomed very well, Yun Xi saw that she looked good, so she took her to this side, and the master of the Danqing Pavilion painted a portrait of her in regular clothes.

Scarlet Heart is wearing a wide-sleeved robe embroidered with a red golden phoenix today, with a red fox collar around the neckline, and red fox fur on the hem of the cuff robe. She was originally white, now lined with the snow in the garden, more and more her face is crystal clear, she today in order to dress, put on red plum blossom makeup, there are six plum blossoms on the forehead, and the eyes are painted with gold and are particularly bright. Yun Xi wore a purple gold thread embroidered dragon robe, surrounded by a sable collar, and tied a black gold velvet around her waist, looking at her dressed up, and said with a smile: "I said that it is a regular clothes, you are now dressed like a court dress, do you want me to change my clothes to line you?" ”

"Don't dare." Scarlet also smiled, "It's the first time that the concubine can enter the painting with the emperor, so she naturally has to dress up more brilliantly." ”

Yun Xi looked at her smiling eyes, and suddenly felt a little sad because of her casual words. It's really the first time she's been in a painting with him, no wonder she's so excited today, and her makeup is a little brighter. For a while, he stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around her, and through the thick clothes, he felt that her whole body was empty: "When the peach blossoms bloom in spring, you will wear the colorful brocade clothes again." Let's draw a spring picture of the regular clothes portrait! As he spoke, he bent down and leaned into her ear, "When you are sealed, you will draw a picture of the emperor and queen's garden." ”

Scarlet Heart's face turned red as blood when she heard it, and his breath made her ears itch. She shrank her face slightly, diverted the topic and whispered: "The emperor thinks that the concubines wear colorful brocade and lose their manners, and the concubines reward those clothes." ”

"When did I say you lost your honor?" He picked his eyes, "That's very good, and it's done well." Why is it rewarding again? Didn't you leave a single body behind? ”

Scarlet Heart's eyes widened, and he looked at him, thinking that his amnesia was really okay. Last spring, she wore a colorful brocade dress, and ended up bumping into him at Concubine De. He poured a bowl of tea on her without saying a word, causing her to lose face. When I went back, I rewarded all the newly cut minions with all the minions. Now that the clothes are good, it takes two years for Caijinxing Pingzhou to get a batch, how can she still have it?

He saw her eyes staring at him without blinking, and it took him a long time to remember this matter. was a little embarrassed for a while, and suddenly pinched her waist: "You, you asked for yourself." He actually stammered, which made Scarlet feel strange, and he couldn't help but get closer for a while. At this time, the two of them took the palace tower as the scene, and the plum blossoms were contrasting, and they were sitting on a large seat, so that the master who painted the portrait opposite did not raise his eyes more and more.

Yun Xi felt that she was angry like Lan Fen, and glanced slightly: "You post it again, and I have to do it again." ”

Scarlet suddenly woke up and immediately shrank back. Glancing at a few people painting opposite, in fact, they don't need to sit and paint all the time, but the scenery here is very good, and the stove on the side is not cold, and there is a building around the wind, and the two of them are too lazy to move for a while, so they sit here and wait for them to paint.

He tightened his arms around her, with a joke in his eyes: "Who made you look good and didn't come to me first, why not just a bowl of tea?" I wanted to tear that dress apart! Go back and send someone to look for it in the library again, and estimate that there are still some fresh styles when the time comes, and it will be just right for the spring to get on your body. ”

Scarlet looked at him with a slight grin, what logic? When did she see that he didn't look good? It was he who picked and chose her for being ugly and ugly. But when she saw his smile with affection, she said for a while: "Actually, that one is too glamorous, even if it is dark, it is very fancy, and the concubine doesn't like it very much." ”

"I like it." He snapped, "But you'll have to show me first." ”

Her eyebrows jumped twice, and she sighed and said, "The concubine remembers." ”

At one time, the paintings were presented, there were three of them, and Yun Xi looked at them with her. The scarlet heart sees, the green tile is golden, the carved beams and embroidered pillars, and the red plum and snow are particularly scorching. But the people in the painting made her feel warm in her heart, and the two sat side by side, dark purple and crimson, dragons and phoenixes shining together, and their eyebrows were lifelike. The warmth of getting along with her was unexpectedly on the paper and branded in her heart.

Yun Xi pointed to one of them and said, "Who painted this?" Scarlet Heart looked at it for a while, startled, this painting is really bold, in the painting, Scarlet Heart leaned slightly against Yunxi, he turned slightly sideways, looking down at her. The sleeves of the two were folded together, and their hands were actually wrapped in one place at that time. She was momentarily embarrassed, and before she could speak. Behind the screen in the distance, there was already an official in a blue and gray robe kneeling down: "Back to the emperor, the emperor, yes, it was painted by Wei, Weichen." ”

"Well drawn, bonus." Yun Xi glanced at him and laughed, "Come back and report the roster." Saying that, he looked at Scarlet again, and she suddenly saw his smile. It became clear for a moment that only that person dared to record their obvious affection. He is no longer willing to avoid people, but how dare Danqing's master add affection and reduce his authority? only outlines the eyebrows and eyes, and does not dare to add any feelings. The man was arrogant, but he was sexual. And here and now, he just needs a supreme painter to record their bits and pieces! What he wants is not an ordinary portrait of ordinary clothes, what he wants is that under the golden costume, Yunxi and Scarlet Heart can still have this feeling.

After a while, the two of them got up and slowly paced into the Yihua Building, there is a painting pavilion here, there are many famous calligraphy and paintings, and there are some handwritings of the first emperor and the previous emperors. Yun Xi pulled her to browse slowly, and looked at her appearance with more interest for a while: "I'll draw you, right?" He smiled, "You help me with the ink." ”

Scarlet was stunned for a moment, and somehow remembered the old things in the imperial garden that year. Seeing Xue Qing's appearance when he helped him study ink, isn't that the same as now? She was still very envious at the time, thinking that if one day she could get along with him so well, at least it would be best not to tremble. But at this time, the scene changed, but it was suddenly a little astringent. There is a lot of sour taste in Mo Mingdi, how long can he last in this situation?

He is an emperor after all, and although he guards her every day, she is not alone after all. Moreover, if this goes on for a long time, no one dares to say that it will not benefit him in the end. Besides, there are few women in the world who can stay with their husbands for a long time. So when I think about it like this, the joy and sorrow of that inexplicable idea will be scattered.

He looked at her expression, the two of them were sometimes too transparent, she smiled, he could always sense the difference. Now seeing her uneasy, he reached out to hold her hand: "You just don't believe me, and you should be suspicious after a while." What do you think about this? ”

Yun Xi put her finger to her lips and bit it lightly. She was slightly in pain, and she was busy shrinking, but he held on: "I don't know if you don't believe in me, or if you don't believe in yourself." ”

His words knocked on her heart, and she raised her eyes to look at him for a while: "The emperor also believes that there is unswerving affection in this world?" It's that the concubine will no longer be at this time......" Scarlet was silent for a while, strange, she blurted out such a sentence.

He lowered his eyes to her: "When you close your eyes with me, we will all believe it." As he spoke, he reached out and hugged her, "At this time, it's a curse and an oath, and it's all nonsense!" ”

Scarlet Heart's face was against his robe, cool, but warm in his arms. In fact, he is telling the truth, with or without, there is a testimony after experience. Why should she be concerned at this time, no matter which one he is true or false in the future, at least it is true to her at this moment. As for change or immutability, it is not for him or her to have the final say. She can get here, and she will be here for the rest of her life. Whether it is seizing power or taking his heart, she will not fall casually.

She took a deep breath and heard him laugh lowly, "What are you fighting again?" ”

Scarlet blush, always let him see through sometimes it's not good. She struggled for a moment: "The emperor still can't paint?" ”

"Of course!" Yun Xi said and let go of her, "You can study the ink, I run the pen." I haven't moved for a long time, and I'm a little handy. He moved his wrist and watched as the strands of her hair drooped from her temples suddenly became sexual again, pulling them around her fingers.

Smooth and soft with a fragrant fragrance, his heart moved slightly, and without saying a word, he took a strand of his hair and wrapped it. Scarlet Heart was startled, seeing that he was going to be a death pimple when he was born like that. She was busy reaching out to fish, and shouted in her mouth: "Don't make trouble, the emperor won't be able to untie the knots for a while." ”

"Don't you have the ability to solve it?" He glanced at her, and both of them had extremely long hair, especially hers, and the strands of her sideburns were pulled out and hung down to the bottom of her waist. He pulled it around three times and two times, and the ends of their hair became a pimple, and it was not in the way when they put it down, but they couldn't go far.

Scarlet Heart was dumbfounded, his hands moved extremely fast, and when Scarlet Heart touched it again, his lower head had already become a small hairball. As soon as she touched her brain, coupled with what he had just said, she suddenly remembered another incident. Once, their hair was also tied together, but she finally untied it, and he was anxious, scolded her and left. It's good to wronged her somehow! This kind of bit is really chasing more and more forward, making her heart beat more and more.

Yun Xi glanced at her: "You try to solve it again this time, see if I clean you up!" ”

She lowered her head and held the little fur ball, and muttered, "What then?" ”

"It's not in your way, what do you care about?" He said, "Hurry up and grind the ink." After a while, his hands stiffened again. He used to wrap his hair as a wrist movement, and his face brought out that kind of smile but not smile. made Scarlet look helpless, held his sleeves and stood beside him and obediently gave him ink. The two strands of hair form a small ball at the tip, so when you move, the two strands move together, and when you shake, you shake together. Flickering and swinging, just like the two of them are constantly pulling, and it is also difficult to separate feelings!

Scarlet looked at him bending over to hold a pen, and originally wanted to follow Xue Qing's example and lean over and crookedly, but she was a little stiff when she thought about it like this, in the end, there was no other person's nature. After working hard for a long time, he didn't dare, so he just reached out and grabbed the sleeve of his robe, and the other hand was grinding ink for him. After looking at him for a while, she sketched the shape with a few strokes, and after looking at it for a while, she suddenly said: "Your Majesty, it's good to walk around elsewhere in a few days." ”

Yun Xi knew what she meant, and her eyes froze: "Under the big festival, don't be unhappy!" It's only been a few days, and you're scared? ”

"The concubine is not afraid." Scarlet for a moment, careful with a smile, "If the emperor wants to use people, he must not ...... first" She looked at him with unkind eyes, and was afraid that he would say that her hand was stretched out again.

Yun Xi knew that she was referring to Lin Xueqing, and now she was fighting against those old rotten people in front of her. This side gave his daughter an ugly look, so that she didn't show up for more than a month. The woman of the Lin family was going to enter the palace to serve the Queen Mother, and when she came back, she blew a pillow wind on Lin Xiao. Although Lin Xueqing saved him by being small, it was very convenient for him to push Scarlet a while ago. But she can't be moved at the moment, and even if she wants to move, she has to wait for the new deal to come out.

But he was annoyed to arrange a woman for him and use him as a trading object. Sometimes it even makes him think that he is that ......, anyway, when he thinks about it like this, he feels disgusted, and glared at her fiercely for a while: "You don't care, your legs are on me, you can go wherever you want!" ”

Scarlet shrank her head and didn't dare to speak. After a while, he muttered again: "It's okay for the emperor to sit down a little, you don't have to ......."

When he heard this, he suddenly turned his head to look at her, staring at her straight hair. Yun Xi stared at her for a long time, raised her lips and smiled: "Are you jealous?" ”

Scarlet was stunned for a moment, and couldn't reply for a while: "Where are the concubines jealous?" ”

"Then you don't remind me? Do you care if I go there to sit down or lie down? Yun Xi laughed more and more weirdly, but his words were extremely out of proportion. Scarlet was very embarrassed, and his hand lost strength for a while, and two drops of ink were thrown out.

The scarlet heart held back for a long time, and whispered: "The concubine has adhered to the virtue of female training since she was a child, and she knows the truth of serving the king, so she definitely doesn't dare to have ......."

"Come on." As soon as he heard her start to behave again, he raised his eyebrows, and suddenly leaned over and said, "I also think it's time to go, it's time for her tossing and turning for so long." She was just about to nod her head, but he drew closer and closer, and said to her ear, "But I don't plan to sit and sit, it's not interesting to just sit and sit, anyway, you haven't raised Lisuo for so long, and I should go to the fire." ”

"Your Majesty, it's good for the Emperor to call the shots." Listening to his words, he was very buoyant, and it was not easy to argue, and he was silent for a long time, and his hands became more and more forceful. Suddenly, a large piece of ink splashed, Yun Xi widened her eyes, and quickly dragged her back. Crackling ink stained the table, and the painting was ruined.

Scarlet is stupid, and he doesn't know what to do with the ink stone. Yun Xi saw that there were two drops on her sleeves, and she laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her waist, and for a while she pulled her strands of hair half-up, which was extremely ridiculous. Scarlet Heart's face turned purple, and she didn't know what it was like, and she couldn't tell if she was jealous, but now that he was like that, she was really a little ashamed. Standing there stupidly for a while, he muttered: "Emperor, the emperor is still there, can't you paint anymore?" ”

He couldn't stop laughing, and pointed to the painting and said, "Look, Scarlet Heart's face is dark!" Scarlet stood there, grinning slightly, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, anyway, her face really began to darken.

The days passed like this, at least on the surface, there was a mass of harmony. Scarlet Heart's body has gradually improved after the first month, and the emperor went to see Xue Qing in the first month, although he was very floating when he was teasing Scarlet Heart, but in the end he only sat slightly.

Xue Qing saw that the emperor was willing to surrender in person, so naturally he was not stupid enough to continue to play tricks. But I don't know if she really took the previous scarlet heart as an example, and began to behave in a proper manner, and she no longer refused to get tired of Yunxi as before. Yun Xi saw that she also obeyed the rules, which just saved him trouble. just bowed down a few words and took the opportunity to get out, and then went to the newly promoted Mrs. Jinghua to take a look, saving the palace words.

When the first month is about to pass, the emperor is busy again, and Xue Qing is gradually becoming a director, but he does not have much to do with scarlet hearts. Scarlet knows that she is depressed in her heart, and if she is busy getting close now, it will make her even more unhappy. It's just cold, the entertainment that should go on weekdays is still the same, and if something happens, let Mrs. Jinghua discuss with Xue Qing. Mrs. Jinghua was a little afraid of her, but after all, she had a grudge from the past. Scarlet knew that this matter would only work if the emperor came out, so he asked Yun Xi to be a peacemaker in the middle, and there was a banquet in the harem on the second day of February, and a large number of people ate together, and the emperor appreciated Xueqing's fresh plays, and Concubine De was also tired a while ago, which was considered to have given her enough face, so Xueqing was also considered to be ignorant of the past, and the old things were not mentioned.

At the beginning of March, the emperor wanted to go to the eastern suburbs of Chunwei, and last year and the year before were given Chunwei because he went to the palace. Because I didn't go to the palace this year, I opened the siege as usual. In February, the concurrent subordinates of the Ju'an Mansion began to arrange a matter of correspondence and ordered the accompanying officials. Because the new and old ministers made a mess in the court a while ago, and the emperor had his own strategy for controlling the ministers, the heads of the two groups of people and horses went with him this time, which was to appease the emotions of both sides. The incidents of the two classes during the New Year's Festival were also all fifty boards each, and there was no special suppression on either side.

Yun Xi is extremely patient when it comes to power techniques, and he knows that rushing when the timing is not right will only have the opposite effect. Last autumn, he took advantage of his southern tour to personally see Wuzi in Southern Province. After returning to Beijing, in addition to Le Zhengying, he brought back No. 7 or 8 people and placed them in different departments.

Yun Xi saw that Scarlet Heart was getting better, and this time he also wanted to go with Scarlet Heart, and when he saw the plain grassland, he could also stretch his mood. But when she thought about it again, she was not used to fatigue, and she was not interested in things like horseback riding and arrows. Moreover, since she came back in November, she has been rewarded one after another, and he has been perfunctory in the harem, which has attracted everyone's envy. Although there was no big movement in the harem, he also deeply understood that it was not good to do everything too much, and when she made everyone shout and beat in the harem, it would be difficult for her to deal with it no matter how exquisite she was. He had a good time for a while, but he also had to think about her position.

On the tenth day of the first month of March, the emperor set off in the eastern suburbs of Chunwei. Scarlet knows that she is too sharp these days, and everyone is not blind even if they don't speak. The emperor's attitude has changed significantly, and even if the queen mother doesn't care about anything now, it will be difficult to change her opinion. But she really wanted to help the emperor get through this hurdle, but she didn't know what method to use at the moment. Too much flattery will only make the Queen Mother more disgusted, but if she goes on like this, she is afraid that something will happen.

So in the past few days, I have still been scarry, and everything has been done carefully and properly, and there is nothing wrong with it, and as for the rest, it is not too much to cater to the Queen Mother. However, it was the director of the bureau that she pressed first, and she was not in a hurry to let Chang Fu take the position in the past few months.

On this day, Scarlet Heart was fiddling with spices in the side hall, and over the years, serving spices and flowers has become her habit, and it has also become a means for her to calm down. The palace people are all busy, everyone understands the temperament of the concubine, and does not disturb her tranquility. Scarlet Heart was watering the flowers with a small copper stove, and when she heard the sound of someone talking on the side, she was silent for a while. Suddenly, he said, "Embroidered Spirit!" ”

The outer hall immediately fell silent, and after a while, the embroidered spirit came. Scarlet put down the things in his hand and said, "I didn't embroider today?" ”

Xiu Ling was stunned when she heard this, and saw that her face was difficult, knowing that she had always been close to Xiucai and cared for her. Scarlet raised his eyebrows: "If you have something to say, just say it, and then swallow it, this palace will take a look at the book on duty." ”

Xiu Ling listened and knelt down and said, "Niangniang, the slave really doesn't dare to hide Niangniang." I didn't see her this morning, and I was worried about her last night. The slave didn't say anything when she asked her, but I don't know if there was some letter from home that made her troubled. ”

Scarlet thought for a moment and whispered: "When she was on duty yesterday, where did she go?" ”

"Yesterday was just some errands, and nothing happened." Xiu Ling replied, knowing that the emperor had snubbed the palaces recently, and in the past few days, she had taken some things from the Hui Palace to share with the palaces. Yesterday I went out for a trip, but I came back after a while. Xiu Ling thought about it, the embroidery in the past two days is a little wrong. My eyes were straight last night, and I don't know what happened.

I didn't see her shadow this morning, and I couldn't help but complain just now. The tip of the concubine's ear, I heard it at once. Let her also regret a little, Xiucai has always been good with her, but she really doesn't want to be punished for this.

Scarlet thought about it, didn't say anything, and let her go down and do her own work. So he called Chang Fu again and asked what Chang An was doing these days. Chang An is the eunuch in charge of the Hui Palace, Chang Fu only followed the scarlet heart when he was not there, the scarlet heart has been steady, and Chang Fu has been called to his side and does not always let him go out and walk, Chang An understands in his heart that he has not been going outside the palace recently, but he has to take care of the minions in the various rooms of the Hui Palace outside, and he does not often come to the inner hall.

When Chang Fu heard this, he hurriedly told Scarlet Heart everything he knew, and learned that he had not left the Hui Palace in the past two days. When I was thinking about it, someone suddenly came to report that Mo Chengyong, the great eunuch of Daoshou Spring Palace, had brought someone here!

When I heard this, I didn't dare to slack off. Busy getting up and going to the main hall, as soon as she walked to the door, she saw Mo Chengyong coming in surrounded by more than a dozen eunuchs, and the crowd seemed to see that the embroidery was in it, which shocked the embroidery Ling and Chang Fu.

Mo Chengyong didn't give a salute when he saw the scarlet heart, took a step and stood up, and shook the dust: "Guifei Niangniang, the slave is ordered by the Queen Mother to come to Niangniang to get something, forgive the slave for being rude!" As he spoke, as soon as he raised his hand, several eunuchs on the side rushed in, and went to the apse with embroidery!

Mo Chengyong came at the behest of the Queen Mother, of course, he didn't have to be polite to the concubine. In addition, in April last year, because of his scrimson and thorough investigation of the affairs of the bureau, he was pulled down from the position of the head of the bureau, and now he has seized the opportunity, and he is even more ruthless. Seeing that all the people were suddenly suffocated by him, their faces suddenly turned pale. While secretly saying that the Empress Dowager was clever, she instructed the eunuch to rush in.

At that time, Xiuling, Chang Fu and the people of Hui Palace had the intention to stop them, but seeing that the concubine was motionless, the other party was menacing, and the Empress Dowager obeyed the edict, and they were all stunned for a while.

Scarlet Heart was a little stuffy for a moment, but seeing that Xiucai looked flustered, her eyes didn't dare to look at her at all. For a moment, my heart condensed slightly, and my mind instantly filtered through the events of the past few months. At this time, everyone had already rushed into the inner hall, and after a while, she calmed down and said, "I don't know what the Queen Mother wants to take?" Why bother to work on the father-in-law, inform the palace, and the palace will send it over as a person. ”

"Don't dare, the slave also has a life. If you are offended, please also ask the mother to have a large amount of Wang Han. Where the slaves collided, they should confess their guilt to the Queen Mother. Mo Chengyong bowed slightly, looking around, "What the Queen Mother wants, the old lady will understand when she sees it." ”

Scarlet smiled slightly, and seeing that a few minions on the side were bluffed, he suddenly shouted: "Xiao Anzi, why don't you hurry up and show your father-in-law tea?" "Her name is not Chang Fu and Xiuling, but Chang An. But Chang An was not around, not even in the main hall. As a manager, he didn't come in to listen to the errand at this time.

Chang Fu didn't realize it for a while, and only then did he react when he heard the scarlet call. Looking at the embroidered spirit face and looking at each other, suddenly I heard another report outside, a little eunuch ran to the ground, fell a few times and fell in front of the palace gate, his face was miserable, and he trembled: "Niangniang, often ...... Often...... Chang Gonggong hanged himself! ”

This sound made Xiuling's scalp numb, and Chang Fu was even more dusty. Scarlet Xin was shocked when he heard this, and saw that Mo Chengyong's face was indifferent, and there was still a smile in his eyes. After a while, I heard a sound of footsteps, and the eunuch who had just hugged in had already returned, holding something towards Mo Chengyong, and his heart swept away, and his heart was like a mirror, it was a piece of topaz that Lin Xueqing's mother gave her at the beginning!

When Xiu Ling saw this thing, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he couldn't help but scream when he stared at Xiucai: "Xiucai you!" ”

Xiucai's face was desperate, and her eyes had already lost her divine light, so that the eunuchs couldn't move at all at this time. She didn't dare to look at Scarlet Heart at all, and her lips trembled and she was about to speak. Mo Chengyong had already spoken one step ahead of her: "Now that the things have been found, Niangniang understands how to return to the Queen Mother." The minion will return to the palace to resume his life! As he spoke, he swept the dust and led the crowd away.

Xiucai struggled desperately a few times, glanced back at the people in the hall, and suddenly let out a terrible roar in her throat. This voice made Xiu Ling shudder, and Chang Fu's face turned pale, but he reacted quickly. Seeing that everyone was gone, he hurriedly picked up the little eunuch who had just reported Chang An's death: "Where is he hanging?" When did you find out? He gritted his teeth and shook the little eunuch for a while.

"Just, just, in the utility room with corridors, roads, and kidnappings." The little eunuch was so pinched by him that he was about to spit out white foam, and screamed, "Slave, slave just went to fight, clean, look, see!" ”

Xiu Ling looked at the scarlet expression with a gray face, suddenly knelt down, and gave himself a mouth: "Niangniang, it was a slave who made a mistake, and she shouldn't have been let go out yesterday!" It shouldn't be ......," she said, crying, and the few of them knew the scarlet thing best. As soon as that thing was revealed, the embroidered spirit had already reacted. Chang An committed suicide suddenly, and embroidered ribbons to search the palace. The ending of these two is also the ending of her and Chang Fu.

Knowing too much, if you can't be proud with your master, you will be buried with your master! She has this kind of awareness, so when she decided to assist Scarlet Heart, she desperately hoped that Scarlet Heart could last forever, she didn't want to leave the palace for a long time, everything outside the palace was strange to her and frightened her. And if you want to stay in the palace, you have to be sharp-eyed, and how much effort you contribute to the master depends on how much you dare to invest. When she decides to become a scarlet eagle dog, she will pay for it with her own life! So she cried at this time, not only hating embroidery, but also mourning that her end was coming!

Xiu Ling understood very well in her heart that the Queen Mother suddenly became difficult, caught them off guard, and chose the time period when the emperor left the palace to go out of the siege, which was enough to show that the Queen Mother was not ready to give the concubine any chance at all. She asked for this small jade pendant, and this thing was evidence that the concubine used to contact the foreign minister to ask for money. Of course, this alone is not enough to succeed, but with the witness of Xiucai, and Lin Xueqing, the concubine is speechless!

Thinking about it, Lin Xueqing was really ruthless enough, hurting a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred. She simply declared war on the concubine with the size of the Lin family! No wonder the concubine didn't let Chang An swagger outside these days, because she didn't want to provoke others to anger Concubine De with her words. But it's too late, I'm afraid that Concubine De will be determined to break the net with the concubine when she stays behind. Chang An had to choose to commit suicide when the Queen Mother asked her to come, I am afraid that the Queen Mother also found someone to do it secretly, and this fear of suicide will be counted on the head of the concubine! They are so meticulous that they don't even reveal the slightest word. The more like this, the more you can understand that it is difficult for the concubine to turn over this time.

Xiuling is regret and hatred, sorrow and despair. knew this was the case, why bother to match the emperor and the concubine in the first place, and let the concubine win the first place in one fell swoop. But I didn't know that the emperor's heart was together, and the concubine was in dire straits. How many jealous eyes force her to stare all the time. The more favored she is, the more dangerous she becomes. How can everyone allow her to go straight to the clouds? What I hate is that Xiucai has no consciousness, and as soon as he is coerced, he will eat the lord back, dragging everyone to death. Sadly, I am afraid that the queen mother will make a big fuss about this matter, and she will dispose of the concubine before the emperor returns to the palace. When the time comes, no one will be spared! The truth that cooking oil with fire and prosperity must decline now makes her really feel transparent!

The palace is in danger every step of the way, and it is always sharp. The concubine used to walk on thin ice and worked hard, but now she is in mourning. These minions all tie life and death to the body of the concubine, and their wealth is like a floating cloud, and in the end it is all a dream.

What the embroidery spirit can think of, of course the scarlet heart can think of. Lin Xueqing is really Jinyi, on the surface, it seems that the fish is dead and the net is broken, and the Lin family is now difficult to please. But in fact, she took the path of the queen mother and already guaranteed the Lin family. It seems that she has not been out of the palace for a while, ostensibly making a temperament, but in fact, she is secretly planning to avoid the ears and eyes of the scarlet heart. As for Xiucai and Chang An, it must not have been peaceful in the past few months, and it is no wonder that she has recently fallen into feelings and can't extricate herself. Even if the embroidery doesn't go out these days, it is impossible to escape at this time, she is too careless!

Mo Chengyong's stuffy stick made her calm down. Now that the jade has fallen into the hands of the Queen Mother, she doesn't know what Lin Xueqing said to the Queen Mother. But obviously it has nothing to do with the 200,000 taels of silver! Now that the emperor is not there, the queen mother suddenly made a difficulty, with the queen mother's personality, there is no 100% certainty that it will not be like this. Scarlet is very aware of his current situation and understands the Queen Mother's methods. She has been good at calculating every step since she was a child, even if people are pushed to the end, she knows how to weigh the benefits and stakes and plan, but what else can she plan now? Scarlet was quiet for a while, and suddenly raised a faint smile.

"What are you crying about?" Scarlet glanced at the embroidered spirit and snorted lightly, "Close the palace door, you and Chang Fu come in with the palace." Seeing that Scarlet Heart was calm, Chang Fu was in no hurry to go to the Queen Mother to explain. Now she only has a piece of jade, if she talks about it tightly, maybe she can drag it out for a while. She was like this, as if it was none of her business. Chang Fu's legs were half weak, and he didn't bother to look at Chang An's corpse for a while, so he was busy sending people to close the palace door, leaving a few eunuchs who could handle things to watch. I followed the embroidered spirit and urgently went to the side hall with the scarlet heart.

"Niangniang, only now I have to ......" Chang Fu saw that Scarlet was sitting on the chair, his eyes were a little straight, and he said carefully, "Niangniang still went to Shouchun Palace and explained it to the Queen Mother." ”

"The Queen Mother never makes rash moves, and now the palace is chasing the past, what do you want to say? Could it be that she wants to say that her old man is deceived by others, and she wants to use this palace as a method? Scarlet smiled, "This palace has its own calculations in his heart." If you want to keep your own house, just do what the palace tells you to do. ”

Xiu Ling knelt on the ground when she heard this: "Niangniang, the slave maid was not ...... just now"

"Aren't you afraid" Scarlet became more and more calm, and she breathed a sigh of relief, "If you say that you are not afraid, you are willing to live and die with this palace, but it will make this palace laugh!" ”

Both of them were silent, not so much that the concubine would calculate, but that she had seen through people's hearts. People are warm and cold, which is false and which is true, she naturally understands in her heart.

"A man lives to be a hundred years old, and he will die. This palace has never been afraid of a dead word, and in the past, it was burdened by fame, and it was not easy to die. Now this palace doesn't want fame, just ......" Scarlet squinted slightly, but swallowed the words back. Turning the conversation, he said, "Xiaofuzi, you go get a pen and paper, and the palace wants to keep a book." She looked at Chang Fu's face and knelt still, and smiled for a while: "This palace is not to leave a pen, but to leave some evidence!" ”

"What?" Both of them were dumbfounded, and they were even more confused at this time, and they couldn't figure out what Scarlet wanted to do.

"Time is running out, Xiuling, come here, this palace will tell you a few words." said that Scarlet beckoned to her. Chang Fu got up to get the pen and ink, and Xiu Ling stepped forward for a while.

Scarlet Heart spoke softly, Xiu Ling listened like five thunders, and saw Scarlet Heart chuckling as at the beginning, which made her tearful woman keep shaking her head. finally knelt down: "Niangniang, why bother? ”

"You have followed this palace for five years, and it should be regarded as the last reward of this palace." Scarlet smiled faintly, "This palace doesn't have the ability to protect this Hui Palace, so let Xiaofuzi tell the Queen Mother tonight, and if it's too late, you won't let you go." You just have to say so, this palace will keep you okay for the time being! As for the future, it depends on your creation! ”

Xiu Ling looked at the scarlet heart, the light red clothes, the makeup was like nature, the green silk was soft, and the smile was affectionate. She didn't understand why the concubine did this, of course, not only to protect her and Chang Fu, the two minions.

In the past five years, Xiuling has been promoted from an ordinary person in charge to the head of the palace, and her net worth is richer than that of low-level concubines. This is her gambling glory, the concubine never owes her, even if the concubine dies because of the concubine, the blame can only be blamed for leaning on the wrong tree. She is nearly ten years older than the concubine, and she has seen a lot of storms in the palace, but at this time, she can't understand the concubine anymore. What kind of woman is the concubine? What is she asking for now?

Scarlet heart is the same as ever, faint lazy, even the smile is also with three points of laziness, she has her own gorgeousness, and now there are people who know the innocence in her heart. So there are no regrets!

The inner hall of Shouchun Palace is warm, at this time the spring is harmonious, the sun is shining outside the hall, and the peach and Li Jingfen outside are particularly enchanting. Although spring has arrived, it is still warm and cold. The fire cage has not been removed from the warm pavilion, and it is very warm. The Queen Mother Ruan Xinghua sat on a large seat, flanked by carved screens, she folded her sleeves, and wore a robe with hair on her body. At this time, her phoenix eyes drooped slightly, and although the room was extremely warm, she was still trembling slightly. It's not cold, it's because she's so angry!

She stared at the scarlet heart who was kneeling under the seat, today the scarlet heart actually wore a blue robe with silver thread, she was actually wearing blue again, which was Ruan Hui's favorite before her death. Let Xinghua see the knife in her eyes, and she will rush her fire to the extreme!

"The mourning family asks themselves to treat you well." Xinghua spoke for a long time, she has been in the palace since she was a teenager, and it has been more than 30 years. Crisscrossing the palace, see a lot of intrigue and intrigues. No matter how angry she is, she will finally be able to hold herself.

Now there is no one around the warm pavilion, and the outside is full of her henchmen. At this time, she didn't indulge her feelings, but her voice trembled slightly, "Assist you to ascend to a high position and ensure your success." But I never thought that the mourning family had a poisonous snake by my side! ”

On the eighth day of the lunar month, Concubine Lin Xueqing took the opportunity to eat porridge in Shouchun Palace and reported to the Queen Mother secretly, saying that the concubine had taken advantage of her high position in the late spring of the fifteenth year of Xuanping. That is, after the selection that year, he asked the Lin family for silver taels. The first two times, she only asked for more than 1,000 taels of silver for her harem turnover, and in the autumn, when the harem was in chaos due to Xueqing's miscarriage, she actually opened her mouth and asked the Lin family for 200,000 taels of silver! The concubine claimed that she could take care of the sect hall and instigated the emperor to make Xue Qing a concubine. Xue Qing lost her son, was afraid of persecution, and was young and ignorant, so she decided that the concubine's favored harem had this ability. actually passed the news to the family, raised money and handed it over to the concubine, and later Xue Qing was indeed named Concubine De, and since then she has been convinced of the concubine's words.

The Queen Mother was very surprised when she heard this, but she did not take action to ask the concubine at that time. Xinghua has not moved for the following two reasons, one is that now the concubine has been favored, and the emperor loves her well. She is a person from the past, and what the emperor did during the southern tour has made her understand very much. After coming back, the emperor's eyes were full of love and no longer avoided people, and moving the concubine at this time was equivalent to clearly getting along with the emperor. Second, Xue Qing didn't do a very good job in this matter, and she bit it out after almost two years. How can Xinghua in his heart not know the truth? To put it bluntly, Lin Xueqing was jealous and spoiled, and he did not hesitate to tell this matter, obviously trying to hurt himself and treat the concubine. But she didn't have that ability, so she attracted Xinghua's hand.

Xinghua is not stupid, and she has always looked down on Lin Xueqing. Where are you willing to let a little girl get a random gunman? Therefore, even if Lin Xueqing said it vividly, and said that the family gave the concubine jade as evidence at that time, it was enough to be used as evidence. Xinghua just listened to it and let her go without saying anything.

But Xinghua thought about it again later, and felt that it was not so simple. Le Zheng has a rich family, and her mother's family is rich in Southern Province, and she is not short of flowers at all. After entering the palace, all the expenses came from the official treasury, and only entered and did not leave. She received the concubine's monthly salary, which was equivalent to the official salary of a first-class official. There are thousands of taels of income in a year, plus the emperor's reward and the mother's subsidy, even if she wants money to win people's hearts, she can't take the risk of asking a foreign minister for such a huge amount of money! It is understandable to say that she first took a few thousand taels from the Lin family, but then she actually got so bold that she was so bold, which is really against her cautious nature! Unless—someone is behind her, and the person who commands this is, of course, the emperor!

If this money falls into the hands of the emperor, the emperor's motives will make Xinghua a little creepy. In terms of time, when the concubine asked for silver taels, in addition to Xueqing's miscarriage, two major events happened before. One is the emperor's abolition, and the other is the violent death of the great Sima Ruan Danqing! If it weren't for these two things, Xinghua would not have touched the fetus in Xueqing's womb at all.

In this way, when the front and back are connected, Xinghua is like sitting on pins and needles. Before the southern tour, the concubine suddenly brought out the matter of the division and asked the emperor to thoroughly investigate the division and the Ju'an Mansion. Because several low-level concubines reported it at that time, Mo Chengyong, who was in charge of the chief and was also the chief manager of her Shouchun Palace, was resigned.

The bureau can be described as the throat of the harem, and the departments under it control the domestic demand of the harem. Xinghua just felt that the concubine's move was to completely control the harem, and from now on, she could be referred to at any time by the internal government. But now that the Lin family's affairs have been in the past, Xinghua feels that her purpose is not only this, or she wants to hide the past! If this is the case, then these 200,000 taels are by no means as simple as embezzlement and co-opting foreign ministers!

Originally, she didn't want to care about Concubine De and Concubine Guifei's competition for favor, so she let them eat the dog and sit on the mountain to watch the big drama by herself. Anyway, no matter how greedy the concubine is, what she wants is the Lin family's money, what does Ruan Xinghua have to do with her? She sat in the high position of the queen mother and did not fall, which was enough to ensure the glory and pleasure of the second half of her life. But once she contacted Ruan Danqing at this time, she was not so calm.