Zhongcui Palace

The little eunuch who came out of the secluded pavilion sneaked into the Zhongcui Palace like a mouse in the night, where he handed the porcelain vase to the long-awaited Wu Yashi.

"This is the kind of medicine that Xing'er said?" Wu Yashi took the porcelain vase and looked left and right, and deliberately opened the lid to smell it, but he didn't find anything special about the things inside.

"Little master, you can't go wrong, the slave found it from under that dark grid according to what Xing'er said, but it took a lot of effort."

Wu Yashi wore a thick face towel and glanced at the little eunuch on the ground with a pointed head and a pointed chin disdainfully, "Okay, okay, I know, let's go down and find Chunhua to receive the reward." ”

The little eunuch suddenly smiled, it seems that this time he has gained a lot.

After the little eunuch left, Wu Yashi took off the scarf, revealing her festering face, Wu Yashi looked at the small porcelain bottle and was ruthless, whether it was useful or not, it could not be worse than her now, and then poured out the pale yellow ointment inside and applied it to her pitted face.

At the same time, the rest of the palace was not peaceful.

The first to bear the brunt is the concubine Rou who lives in the same house with Wu Ya's family, since the concubine has fallen into a state of insomnia since the nightmare that day, and now she is pregnant, the whole person is rapidly losing weight, and now it is like a bone frame that is blown away by the wind.

However, tonight, Concubine Rou deliberately asked people to light the usual triple dose of soothing incense, and drank a bowl of soothing decoction prescribed by the imperial doctor before going to bed, and finally fell asleep.

But she has no dreams all night, which is of course a good thing for ordinary people, but it is not for Rou Concubine, you must know that Rou Concubine has always been most proud of her dreams, her dreams can predict the future, which is also the capital that she has always lived in.

But now that the dream is inexplicably gone, Concubine Rou thought about it carefully, and found that since she was pregnant, she had never dreamed again except for that nightmare.

At this time, Concubine Rou was very anxious, she touched her belly, is it because of this child? She didn't follow the instructions of the dream but used drugs to conceive the child, and God took her dream back as a punishment?

Concubine Rou has always felt that she is inferior because she is a concubine, and this dream is God's compensation for her, is it going to be taken back by God now? So what should she do in the future?

Looking at the belly that had been bulging, Rou Concubine muttered: "E-Niang's little brother, E-Niang has paid so much for you, you must fight for E-Niang." ”

March 28 coincided with the birthday of the Empress Dowager, and the whole palace was naturally very jubilant and immersed in a joyful atmosphere.

Kangxi accompanied the Empress Dowager and screamed one by one, it was really a deep love between grandparents and grandchildren, and people couldn't help but burst into tears when they saw it.

Shu Wan noticed that Concubine Cheng, who had infinite scenery, was still crowded with a large group of flowers and Yanyan, too, Concubine Cheng was now a celebrity in front of the Queen Mother, if she could really enter the Holy Eye of the Queen Mother through Cheng Concubine, it would be a blessing.

When the concubine presented the birthday gift, it was rewarded by the queen mother, and the concubine prepared an embroidered picture, twenty feet long, and embroidered a complete "Heart Sutra" with a needle and thread, the queen mother praised it after seeing it, saying that the gift of the concubine was the most popular with her, and she also rewarded the concubine with a red pearl bracelet in front of everyone.

At this time, pearls are already extremely rare, let alone red pearls.

Shu Wan obviously saw that when the Empress Dowager personally put the bracelet on the wrist of the concubine, the eyes of the surrounding concubines became as red as pearls because of jealousy.

"Empress Dowager Xie's love."

Concubine Cheng saluted the Queen Mother with a shy face, but her eyes kept drifting to Kangxi.

Of course, the Empress Dowager also saw this situation, but this is exactly what she wants to see, since she was the one who lifted Cheng Concubine up at the beginning, it is better to give Cheng Concubine another grace now.

Turning the Buddha beads in her hand, the Empress Dowager said to Kangxi with a smile: "Emperor, the mourning family really likes to be a concubine, or give her a grace today and let her sit closer to the mourning family." ”

There are rules for everything in this palace, just like the order of seats, only the upper can sit in a high position, and then arrange them in order, the queen mother has been in the palace for so many years without knowing this truth, and today this is also deliberately raising the value of the concubine.

Kangxi almost didn't hesitate after hearing this, "Since Huang Ma likes to be a concubine, what's so difficult, why don't you let Cheng Concubine sit next to her grandson, what do you think?" ”

Concubine Cheng was naturally overjoyed when she heard this, but she still tried her best to restrain the excitement in her heart.

Concubine Tong, who was originally sitting next to Kangxi, was not happy, a little concubine, what qualifications did she have to sit next to the emperor and be on an equal footing with her?

Especially the smile on Concubine Cheng's face, in the eyes of Concubine Tong, it was even more dazzling.

"Your Majesty, although today is the birthday of the Empress Dowager, you can't forget the rules, Cheng Concubine is a small concubine, how can she be qualified to sit next to the emperor?"

After listening to Concubine Tong's words, the Empress Dowager raised her eyelids and said as if unintentionally: "Since the position is too low, then mention it up, Concubine Tong, what do you think of the idea of mourning the family?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Tong of course obediently acted as a turtle with a shrunken head, and watched Concubine Cheng sit next to Kangxi.

Shu Wan witnessed this open and secret battle, and had to be impressed by the Empress Dowager's methods, this is the superior person, there is no need to play any tricks at all, as long as you use your status to crush you.

Looking at Kangxi, who was sandwiched between Concubine Tong and Concubine Cheng like a sandwich biscuit, Shu Wan felt sympathy for a second in her heart, and then she mocked mercilessly, she deserved it, who told you to sleep with so many women.

Kangxi on the seat seemed to feel Shu Wan's playful gaze, and his eyes turned to Shu Wan, and sure enough, the little woman was secretly happy, and from time to time she also twisted a piece of pastry and stuffed it into her mouth, like a little hamster.

Shu Wan and Kangxi have a heart, just when Kangxi's eyes fell on Shu Wan, Shu Wan just raised her head and met Kangxi's eyes, thinking that Kangxi was not happy now hugging left and right, Shu Wan simply raised the sour plum soup and toasted Kangxi with soup instead of wine.

After drinking Shu Wan's wine, Kangxi suddenly felt better, and the corners of his mouth didn't know when to hook up, it seemed that he was going to visit Youyou Pavilion at night recently.

Shu Wan was a little furious by Kangxi's inexplicable smile at the end, maybe she thought too much, shrugged her shoulders, and continued to drink sour plum soup.

Looking at the picture of the Empress Dowager and Concubine Cheng enjoying themselves, Shu Wan only felt a chill.

In fact, the purpose of the Empress Dowager to be promoted to a concubine is very easy to understand, and now the most favored in the palace are Tong Guifei and Shu Wan, one of the two has a noble status and the other has a son and a favor, and the Empress Dowager is bound to raise a third person as a chess piece to compete with the other two, so as to maintain the so-called harem balance that the Empress Dowager has always wanted.

Of course, this chess piece also has an important role, that is, blowing the pillow wind, the queen mother is also a woman, so she naturally knows how much influence a woman will have on a man.

Looking at the now sought-after concubine, Shu Wan only felt a sigh, after all, she knows history, and today's grace is the knife that cuts meat in the future, I don't know what will happen after Concubine Cheng gives birth to a little brother with a crippled nature?

The glory and wealth in this palace are really like a passing cloud, and they will disappear in the blink of an eye.

The birthday banquet was celebrated from the morning to the evening, and it was not until the Queen Mother was really tired that the birthday banquet was officially over.

It was already dark, and nine hundred and ninety-nine lamps were lit around the Yongshou Palace, and the people dressed in luxury clothes gradually dispersed.

Because Youyou Pavilion is far away, under normal circumstances, Shu Wan would take the short road, but today she felt an unusual aura, turned her head and ordered Zhiqiu a few words, Zhiqiu immediately acted after receiving the order, and then Shu Wan and Zhixing chose a new path to go.

returned to the Youyou Pavilion and waited for a while, Zhiqiu and Xiaodouzi came back, Xiaodouzi took out a small bag, and poured dozens of pearls from it,

Xiaodouzi said indignantly: "Fortunately, Niangniang didn't take that path, I don't know that the one who lost his conscience sprinkled so many pearls on that road." ”

Shu Wan picked up the pearls and looked at them one by one, "Are all the pearls here?" ”

"It's all here, the slave and Sister Zhiqiu have checked it several times, and nothing has been missed."

"Did you see the one who sprinkled the pearls?"

Xiaodouzi shook his head with a little regret, "No, that little eunuch is a thief who runs fast, and he will run away without a trace as soon as he slips away." ”

Shu Wan nodded, she wouldn't be caught so easily if she did this kind of thing, "It's also hard for you." ”

There are thirty or forty pearls in total, and most of them are white and round, and it is difficult to distinguish them when put together.

Finally, when Shu Wan was about to be dazzled, she finally found a special pearl in it, this pearl was still stained with some gold dust, and there was a small round hole for threading, which should have been some kind of jewelry or something.

Looking at the pearls flickering in the candlelight, Shu Wan suddenly remembered that someone happened to bring such a pair of pearl earrings at today's birthday banquet, and thought carefully about the style of that person's earrings, Shu Wan felt that it was indeed a good match.

Pouring the pearl on the path she would pass by, did she want to harm her again, Shu Wan couldn't help but sigh, why did those people have to make some moths if they had a good life?

Shu Wan directly put the pearl into the space, maybe this little thing will be of great use in the future.

After talking to the Empress Dowager for a while, Cheng Concubine also returned to the Qixiang Palace where she lived.

"How's it going, is there any news?" As soon as she closed the door, Cheng Concubine couldn't wait to ask, today she deliberately sent someone to throw the pearl on the path that Shu Wan would definitely pass by, it's all at this time, if something really happened, there should have been a result.

"No," the little palace maid shook her head with some regret, "The Jade Concubine didn't take that path today. ”

"What, how could this be, it's a pity."

Cheng Concubine couldn't help but sigh when she heard the news, she regretted that she missed this good opportunity, but the future is long, she doesn't believe that she can't find a loophole!