In the dead of night, a crescent moon hangs in the sky.

In the room fell asleep a couple lying in kimono, one bed on the left and right half.

Suddenly, there was a sharp knock on the door, which resounded throughout the courtyard, waking up the people sleeping inside.

Zhu Pei woke up from his dream, glad that he didn't fall asleep, "This, what's wrong?" How many days is it? ”

The people around him didn't sleep soundly either. Wang Jingshu rubbed her confused eyes, "Or, the concubine got out of bed and went to take a look?" ”

"It's cold and you don't have to get out of bed," he said for once. Zhu Pei stopped her and shouted out, "What's going on outside?" Who knocked on the door? ”

"Back to the prince, Zhao Xun had a nightmare and said that he had an uncomfortable stomach, and the palace maid who kept vigil didn't dare to be careless, so he looked for the small one, and begged the small one to come to Tongbing, saying that Zhao Xun wanted you to accompany him."

The anxiety in Zhu Pei's eyes couldn't be hidden, and after looking at Wang Jingshu, she knew that he cared, maybe he didn't care about the Zhao family but cared about the child in her womb, and her heart sank suddenly, thinking that he was one step closer to her, but he would leave after all. Putting aside all the discomfort, "Lord Wang, go quickly, presumably Sister Zhao thinks about you very much." Or, the concubine is with you? ”

"No, you can sleep." As soon as the words fell, Zhu Pei got out of bed and only put on his coat and left in the night.

After such a fuss, she no longer had the feeling of sleep, so she ordered the palace maid to light the lamp, and ordered the palace maid to burn the extinguished silver carbon, and she casually put on a big-sleeved shirt and read under the candlelight. When I raised my eyes, I saw that the palace maid could fall asleep vaguely when she was standing, and suddenly laughed out loud and instructed, "You go down to sleep, you don't have to keep vigil, I can't sleep anyway, it's fine." ”

When the maid of the night vigil palace heard this, she was completely dozing, and the whole person was unusually awake, "That's not good, the maid must be guarded."

Wang Jingshu stopped talking, and it was very quiet all around, only the sound of turning the book could be heard. After a long time, she spoke again, and she didn't know what was going on in her head, but she actually said something inappropriate, which seemed to be half sour, "Go down and sleep." Don't keep it, watch what I do, I'm not pregnant. ”

The word "pregnant" in her mouth startled herself. As a princess and a wife, how could she say such a thing, and be heard how dissatisfied she was. Gritted his teeth, and said again, "I don't think I'm as blessed as Zhaoxun......"

As soon as these words came out, she felt that something was not quite right, and it seemed that she was getting darker and darker.

And the night vigil palace maid was honestly tight, thinking that the master was really envious of Zhaoxun's good fortune to have children, and comforted the master like an old grandmother, "Don't be sad, the master will definitely have it." As long as the prince comes to the inner room more often, you will definitely give birth to a smart and clever little son. ”

Wang Jingshu smiled vigorously, raised her eyes and looked at her deeply, "How old are you?" Where did you hear all these words? For a moment, he was playful and deliberately asked her, "How do you know that you are the prince of the world, but you are not a county lord?" ”​

"When I didn't enter the palace before, my aunt said that royal women all want to give birth to boys, and mothers are more expensive than children."

Wang Jingshu laughed dumbly, even the common people knew that the royal woman wanted to give birth to a son, but in fact, giving birth to a son should be the wish of all women in the world. After all, just like the poem wrote, 'not reborn male and reborn female', after all, there are a small number of people, because there are very few women who can marry into the palace and become a favorite concubine and become a queen, and 'one person has attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven'.

But she would like to have a well-behaved daughter who can be by her side, unlike her son who has to take on more responsibilities of the royal family. Instead, I felt a slight flush on my face...... Putting aside those thoughts, I was slightly stunned, how did I think of where? With a faint sigh, it turned out that she also felt lonely in her heart, and she had to have a child by her side, and she thought she never cared. But where is the child...... The prince and her were like strangers, and as soon as Concubine Chen entered the palace, she was afraid that she would not even be able to sleep in such a kimono as she is now.

Wang Jingshu didn't have the heart to read, she only felt that she had precipitation in her heart, she had no feelings for the prince, but she wanted to have a child, so what is the difference between her and the concubines who compete for favor in the harem? Should she get out of this cage? She was extremely distressed, so she simply changed the topic, "Qingshan, where are you from?" How old is it? ”

"The servant is twelve years old. The palace that only entered in February this year, as soon as they entered the palace and were taught by the Shang Palace Bureau, they were assigned to serve by King Ning. ”

Smaller than her. Wang Jingshu has always been accustomed to being served by close palace maids, and rarely chatted with palace maids who were not very familiar with their family affairs, "Do you miss home?" ”

"Yes."

was made so sincere that even Wang Jingshu herself was a little homesick, and turned to smile, not wanting to add a little desolation to the homesickness in this bleak winter night, "Who else is at home?" ”

"It's just me, Auntie." Qingshan had no choice but to enter the palace, "The maid's aunt couldn't give birth to a son, and the father ran away with other women, so the maid had no choice but to enter the palace." ”

It's a son again...... Wang Jingshu's heart suddenly fell into an ice hole, she just talked to Sister Ning Fang about the pregnancy of the child during the day, and she always mentioned these things this time, the child oppressed her heart, making her mood become irritable, these things have nothing to do with a palace maid, restrained her emotions, and finally bowed her head and said nothing.

In the long silence, the book was densely packed with words, and she couldn't read any of them.

The time of the night slowly passed in the faint trance candle flame, until dawn, Wang Jingshu never lay down to sleep again. While freshening up, I listened to Mama Huifen mention that the prince was invited away by the Zhao family last night, "Did the master not sleep well all night?" There was nothing big about Zhao Xun's side, but his stomach hurt faintly because he was scared by nightmares, and it soon stopped hurting. ”

When Qingyi heard this, she was very dissatisfied with Zhao Xun, and inserted a gemstone gold hairpin into the master's sideburns, "It's a nightmare and not a physical discomfort, why bother to invite the prince late at night, if you don't talk about it, others will say that she is unruly." ”

Wang Jingshu saw that she had a cold face in the bronze mirror, and no matter how good the rouge was, she lost her beauty, "I can't mention this anymore, Zhao Xun is pregnant with the prince's child, the dragon grandson." Fortunately, it was just a nightmare, and everything was fine if nothing happened. ”

Although Qingyi was unhappy for the princess in her heart, she also said obediently, "Yes." She knew that this kind of tongue would make the master even more sad in the imperial city and in the courtyard of King Ning.

Wang Jingshu couldn't bear to be too harsh, no matter how virtuous she was, she also had her own selfishness, and reminded and tolerated her personal maid who entered the imperial city with her.

After dressing up, Wang Jingshu has not yet eaten, so he received the gift of Fengyi Guo, Guo Yizhu has always invited An to come early, because Wang Jingshu wants to go to Fengyi Palace, the morning and dusk of the province made a rule in Ningwang Courtyard, and asked the concubines to come to ask for breakfast to ask for peace. In this rule, they didn't dare to be late, and they didn't dare to delay the princess to say goodbye to the queen mother.

Guo Yizhu saluted, sat aside, and saw that the stool on the other side was empty again, "Ah, why didn't Sister Zhaoxun come again?" It stands to reason that she is a few years older than all of them, but whoever calls her the last Fengyi has to reluctantly call her sister.

"Sister Zhao had a nightmare last night, and early this morning, I sent a message to exempt her from the number of courtesies and told her to have a good baby." Wang Jingshu didn't mention the matter of the prince accompanying the night at all, but Guo Yizhu knew early in the morning that now the Zhao family is a piece of fragrant bread, and she knows the matter of the courtyard very clearly, "The princess is really kind, it has only been more than a month now, and you have to go to her courtyard to accompany the night in the middle of the night if you want to catch up with Ming'er." ”

There are words in the words, how can Wang Jingshu not understand, Guo Yizhu's favorite thing to do is to sow discord, but she doesn't eat it. asked her to say that instead of having this skill to sow discord, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the side concubine has not yet married in to envelop the prince, and take advantage of this to conceive a man and a woman to consolidate her position. Always come to her to talk about what to do, it's really a woman who can't figure it out, "Zhao Xun is pregnant with the prince's heir, and the prince should be more concerned." ”

"What about the princess?"

The corners of Wang Jingshu's mouth rose slightly, with a half-truth and half-fake smile, "Naturally, it should be." No matter how many children the prince has in the future, I will be my mother-in-law, and I will be called a mother. Naturally, I will treat them equally. ”

This is a good point, so Guo Yizhu can't find the slightest mistake. The princess not only said her own identity, but also said that all children were treated equally, and she had nothing to say. But I just don't know if the princess is really virtuous and doesn't care or is fake virtuous pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, so it's hard to say.

She wants to see how virtuous this princess can be, can she still be virtuous like the eldest grandson queen of the Tang Dynasty? stopped talking for a while, took a sip of hot tea to warm up his body, and after a moment, he said again, like gossip, "I don't know why, this person just likes to drink hot tea to warm up." I don't know if it's because the days are too cold or the heart is too cold, but it's better to be hot. I really envy the princess here, the house is burned with silver carbon, and it is always like spring all year round, how warm it is. ”

It's not like what Guo would say. Wang Jingshu was stunned at first, did she feel that the days were too cold or her heart was too cold? It's hard for her to be ridiculed, but she also has this clever thing to say. Looking at the burning charcoal basin, it was as prosperous as blood, and somehow thought of sweets, "I also envy those who like to eat sweets, I don't know if I am too bitter in my heart to eat some sweets to make up for one or two...... I don't like sweets very much, I really envy my sister, and I send dishes of pastries into the courtyard. Is this called a sweetheart and bitterness? ”

Guo Yizhu was mocking Wang Jingshu, but she made herself suffer a dumb loss, which should not be or should not, and she remained motionless like a nerd for a while. She never seemed to please the princess.

Time passed little by little in a quiet and tense atmosphere, and there seemed to be a kind of imminent momentum, one was careless, the other was hidden in the cotton, each with its own thoughts.

Guo Yizhu is not a person who runs away after defeat, so he turned his head and mentioned something again, "It's not far from the day when the prince will welcome the concubine, I don't know if the master has arranged it?" Deliberately mentioned nonchalantly, "I don't know what kind of lord the side concubine will be in the future?" ”

She thought that the princess cared a lot about the side concubine entering the door, but she was destined to guess wrong. I saw Wang Jingshu smiling slightly, reflecting the faint light in the carbon basin not far away, which was very decent, "The side concubine is the side concubine after all, although she has not entered the door, but after all, the name is different, Sister Fengyi must not talk behind her back." Another kind reminder, "If the prince hears it, I am afraid of right and wrong." ”

Guo Yizhu really couldn't guess the princess's thoughts, and he couldn't see through her, "Princess, you-"

Immediately, the sound of footsteps from far and near came, the voice was loud, and it made people tremble when they listened, "What are you, you are so unruly to the princess... Dare to talk about the side concubine behind her back......"

Is it the prince?!

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