Shen Tingnian was 'sick', so he didn't go out and didn't see anyone outside, and internally he was guarded by seven or eight people, which was also a kind of grounding in disguise, but no one could disobey the strict orders issued by His Royal Highness the Prince.

However, it was during the ban period, and there was no entertainment in the palace next to it, and the concubines did not come all day, as long as everyone lived the same day, it was not difficult.

The day is cold, and the day of lifting the ban is getting closer and closer, the prince is busy with the anniversary sacrifice of the first emperor, and the number of times he comes to Changxinyuan is not much, and when it comes to October, Shen Tingnian's fetal elephant is finally stable, he will leave the palace with peace of mind, leave Beijing to go to the tomb of the first emperor, and preside over the anniversary sacrifice.

This is expected to come back in a month.

On the day of the Yuan Festival on October 15, Emperor Kang'an personally led hundreds of officials to worship the first emperor, and the queen led the people in the harem to fasting and vegetable food.

In the afternoon of the same day.

There are baths in the palace, three, six, nine, etc., the largest and most luxurious and exquisite is the emperor's imperial pool, and the lowest rough nature is the bathhouse for all the palace maids to bathe.

Also called the big soup pool, this place is the most lively in winter, you have to line up to go in if you come late, Xiaoxiao has never been to this place, but now it is too cold to take a bath in her room, her current residence is stuffy when it is hot, and it is like an ice cellar when it is cold.

She came in in in her clothes in a very uncomfortable way, and the heat gushing in on all sides, and the sound of a fire burning in the cubicle could be faintly heard. The women were naked, and her eyes hurt when she looked at them...... How do you look at it, how do you feel inseparable.

Someone raised a curtain behind her and came in, sneering, "It's really strange, come to the soup pool to take a bath and cover it tightly." ”

Xiaoxiao's face was panicked, so that she didn't dare to look up to the side, only looked at her feet, if everyone was dressed rigorously outside, and found a person who was not well-dressed, that person must be an anomaly, eye-catching, and vice versa, everyone was soaking in the water, a piece of red fruit, and she stayed in it in clothes...... It's very interesting.

"I remember that she was the palace maid of Changxin Garden."

I don't know who said this suddenly.

Xiaoxiao had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, Yingying Yanyan more than a dozen people surrounded her, and some climbed directly into the bath and approached her, Xiaoxiao turned around and wanted to run out, but it was still too late, one hand grabbed her arm, and hit her vigorously, and she was dragged to the edge of the soup pool without her reaction, and then she was hit by someone in the back, and she fell forward with a bang.

"Poof!"

The sound of entering the water was very loud, and the impact was not small, Xiaoxiao was dizzy all of a sudden, her hands and feet danced, and she choked a little hard, she thought that she would drown in the water, and the moment closest to death, she thought of the swollen face of the branch bud soaked in the water.

"Hey, how are you? It's okay......"

"Did you hit somewhere......

When she was conscious, there were two people around her, one left and one right, holding her to stand firm in the water, Xiaoxiao coughed violently, and after spitting a few mouthfuls of water, she smoothed out, except for her cheeks that were abnormally red, her eyes were also very red.

She turned her head to look at the people on the shore, every face was so hateful, and the seeds of hatred sprouted and thrived in an instant.

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Shen Tingnian did not participate in the activities of the Xia Yuan Festival in the palace, and when she got up early the next morning, she went to the house to change a new potted plant, which was the elegant and handsome Hanlan, and the little palace maid Yuezhu came in with a change of shift, with a little confusion of getting up early, and saw Shen Tingnian serving the potted plants, and subconsciously went over to help.

"Niangniang, let the slave and maid come-" Yue Zhucai raised her hand and remembered the previous discipline, one of which was not to touch Shen Tingnian's blue grass, and immediately woke up, she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground, "Niangniang, the slave knows that she is wrong, the slave and the maid ......"

"Okay, what are you going to do early in the morning and get on your knees." Min Yun led people in to arrange breakfast, watched the whole process, and without waiting for Shen Tingnian to get impatient, he helped people up first, "Go and bring water for Niangniang to clean your hands." ”

Speaking of a rare thing, this little palace maid was personally selected by Shen Tingnian, there are so many people in Changxin Garden, except for Min Yun, the earliest batch was assigned by Xu Xian, after Shen Tingnian was pregnant, the new people who came in were all personally examined by His Royal Highness the Prince, and at that time, a group of more than ten little palace maids came in, because the prince passed his eyes, Min Yun didn't bother to choose, and directly arranged everyone's work as usual.

And serving Shen Tingnian in close proximity is the most embarrassing thing, everyone wants to do it, Shen Tingnian was bored, came out of the house to breathe in the garden, and watched Min Yun interrogate each of them in the middle of a group of little palace maids, she felt novel, so she approached the bystanders.

At this glance, I fell in love with the little palace maid Yue Zhu in the crowd, twelve years old, looking at Shen Tingnian with curiosity and amazement, it seemed that she never thought that she would be selected, you know, whether it was before entering Changxin Garden, learning the rules in the palace ceremonial division, or being disciplined after entering Changxin Garden, she felt that her brain was not smart enough, she didn't remember fast like others, and she learned well.

After a whole month Zhu tied the untidy belt, Min Yun patted her shoulder soothingly, why did Shen Tingnian choose her, Min Yun also asked.

Like finding a bead in a pile of gravel, Shen Tingnian said that she had a bright heart.

It's not that she can be selected if she is smart, she prefers simple and sincere people.

Soaked his hands in the warm water, Shen Tingnian raised his eyes and looked at Yue Zhu who was wiping his hands, the latter was engrossed, as if he was doing something very important, the little girl looked medium qualified, not outstanding, she was used to seeing it and pleasing to the eye, and she always showed childishness in doing things.

Just as she shook her head, Mama Liu came in from outside, with a rare sad face, holding something in her hand.

Min Yun walked over one step ahead and stopped carefully, "Mama Liu, what happened?" ”

Mama Liu stopped, looked at Shen Tingnian from a distance, and handed the unsealed letter in her hand to Min Yun, "Someone threw a letter into my house early in the morning. ”

"Did you find out who voted for it?" Min Yun took it and didn't rush to hand it to Shen Tingnian, but first took out the letter paper, checked it carefully, there was nothing abnormal, and sniffed it carefully, it was indeed an ordinary letter.

"Didn't find it." Mama Liu obviously read the letter, and was affected by the content of the letter, and the whole person looked a little heavy.

"Bring it to me." Shen Tingnian sat down at the dining table, Yuezhu had already served her a bowl of vegetable porridge, and various flavors of side dishes were spread out on a table, just waiting to see which one could enter her eyes, and now the small kitchen of Changxinyuan is a small imperial dining room, and all kinds of food are fresh and high-quality, just a small bowl of jade dew in her hand, which is also a mixture of juice made of several out-of-season fruits pressed with honey water, drinking sweet and sour, which is very in line with Shen Tingnian's taste.

Min Yun hesitated slightly, and roughly swept it as he walked, and when he walked to Shen Tingnian, his face sank.

When Shen Tingnian pointed to the letter paper spread on the table with his finger and scooped the porridge with his other hand, Min Yun turned his head and ordered everyone to go out, and even the window that had just been opened was closed.

Winter is not more than other times, closing doors and windows are normal, will not let people outside see the problem, Changxin Garden because of the charcoal supply, the house is very warm, often open the window for ventilation.

'She wants to protect you, she says.

I was so scared that I really didn't dare to say it-'

Shen Tingnian went from clicking the letter to pinching it in his hand, and the letter was deformed a little bit, so he could see the end.

The indescribable delicacy slowly turned bitter, and she remembered what she had said to Zhiya.

"Zhiya, cherish the days when someone protects you, and you have to learn to protect others in the future."

Shen Tingnian thought that Zhiya didn't listen, but this belated truth slapped her face and told her that the fifteen-year-old girl had fulfilled her promise with her life.

When a drop of water falls on the paper, it will quickly smudge and soak, and drop after drop will wet and soak the paper.

"Niangniang, don't get emotional, it will affect the fetus-" Mama Liu stopped abruptly before she finished speaking, because Shen Tingnian waved his hand and knocked over the bowl in his hand to the ground, spilling half a bowl of porridge on the ground.

Pregnant women are already emotionally changeable, irritable and irritable, and sensitive and emotionally fragile, Shen Tingnian has also revealed in her actions in the past few months that her control of emotions is indeed much worse.

But such tears have never been seen before.

Min Yun saw it in her eyes, and her heart was very touched, her feelings for Zhiya naturally couldn't match Shen Tingnian, or it could be that more than ten years of court life had already worn off her emotional thread, so she didn't have too sharp emotions for a while, such as sadness, such as sadness.

But today, when I saw the content of the letter and learned the truth that Zhiya was drowned alive in the water in the lotus pond, it is impossible to say that it is not uncomfortable, but it is even more unbelievable.

She had never doubted Zhiya's sincerity, but it was harder for a fifteen-year-old girl to die than anything else in the face of threats.

After a long suffocating silence, Shen Tingnian put the soaked letter back on the table, then picked up a bowl of jade dew on the other side, and drank it in small sips.

"The person who voted for this letter is Xiaoxiao, and the slave once suspected that there was something wrong with her when something happened to Zhiya." But she secretly observed and found no abnormality, Min Yun looked at Shen Tingnian's eyes carefully, and it was rare to have a serious salute, "The letter paper said that the bluegrass was sprayed with potion three times, no matter what poison it is, the amount of three times remains in the human body, and the effect will not be obvious." ”

But if it is stubborn, not to mention Shen Tingnian's own safety, most of the children in the womb will be difficult to survive even if they are born, and if they survive, it is very likely that they will be a sick jar.

Shen Tingnian smacked the sweetness and sourness in his mouth, and suddenly began to regret it.

She didn't want to keep this child in the first place.

On the night when Yu Siyao checked her pulse, she had the opportunity to drink the decoction with Hu leek, as long as she drank it, everything would be treated as if it had not happened.

But the timing of this child was too coincidental, just after Zhiya's accident, Shen Ting saw Zhiya crying in a dream - when she woke up, she couldn't help but wonder if Zhiya begged her to keep the child.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Zhiya resisted the threat of death, and desperately wanted to run back to protect her, she probably wouldn't have died, and according to their original plan, Shen Tingnian was going to be pushed into the water that day, so the child in her belly would most likely not even have a chance to be discovered, so she would have been buried in the lotus pond.

Knowing the cause and effect, how could Shen Tingnian still not want this child.

And until this moment, she really wanted to give birth to this child, and she began to regret not protecting him well, so the child didn't want her anymore.