Xia Rongxin waited in Yichun Hall all night, she knew that there was a small victory in Yanzhou today, so she specially sent a plate of chestnut cakes to Qinzheng Palace, wanting to remind the emperor to come and see her.

After all, since the accident at the border, the emperor has been busy with government affairs all day long, and he has not come to Yichun Hall to see her for a long time, and he hasn't even asked a word recently, and the concubines of the entire harem are watching her jokes.

If it is usual, Xia Rongxin can understand that the emperor has no time to take care of her because of his busy official duties, but recently there is a Lu Huiling by her side, how she thinks and how wrong, even the concubines in the harem feel that Concubine Mei has fallen out of favor.

Xia Rongxin sat in the dormitory after freshening up, retired Yun Xi and Rongfu, and sat by the candle by herself, closing her eyes and waiting for Qi Bingyu to arrive.

She knew that he would come, he would definitely come, the dish of chestnut cake carried the love between them, he would definitely come, and besides, today's small victory in Qizhou, their son Qi Jingqin won the battle, he would definitely come to tell her the good news.

Xia Rongxin clenched her fists tightly, her nails were deeply embedded in the flesh, she comforted herself so much, telling herself over and over again that the emperor would definitely come.

But the more she said this, the more bottomless her heart became, in the past, as long as she sent someone to invite, the emperor would know and come over, but now there is an extra female official Lu Huiling in the Qinzheng Palace, she doesn't dare to guarantee it.

During the time that Lu Huiling was in the palace, Xia Rongxin was like an invisible person in front of the emperor, and her true feelings were ignored.

Lu Huiling has been staying in the Qinzheng Palace, and she has seen Lu Huiling from afar. Lu Huiling is young and beautiful, with a graceful posture, what catches the eye when she laughs is her shallow dimples, and her gestures are all youthful, not to mention that she looks like Lu Fushuang.

Xia Rongxin touched the wrinkles on her face, when she got older, she didn't dare to laugh anymore, the corners of her eyes were full of fine lines when she smiled, she was worried about the big and small things in the harem all day long, her face was full of fatigue, and at first glance, she was very different from the young female official.

She sat by the candle flame, her heart trembling with every move outside the door, waiting was a long process, she was gambling, she was waiting.

"Niangniang..."Aunt Yun Xi saw the candles in the dormitory outside the door, so she asked, "Niangniang, are you sleeping?" ”

Xia Rongxin heard Yun Xi call her, she stood up and walked to open the door, Yun Xi outside the door was startled, she walked a few steps out, found that she didn't see the emperor, turned around and pulled Yun Xi's arm, and asked, "What about the emperor?" Your Majesty! ”

Yun Xi grinned painfully when she was twisted by Xia Rongxin: "Where is the emperor, what are you talking about?" ”

"Didn't you come..."Xia Rongxin was a little disappointed, she let go of Yun Xi and slowly walked back to the dormitory, "The emperor is not coming..."

"Mother, the weather is getting colder, let's rest early." Yun Xi followed behind and admonished.

"Did you send the chestnut cake?" Xia Rongxin couldn't bear to accept the reality, and was willing to think that the plate of chestnut cake was not delivered.

"Niangniang, the slave maid personally delivered it to Director He, Director He said that the emperor was busy, and even he was inconvenient to disturb, and he would send it over when he was free." Yun Xi said with a promise.

Xia Rongxin nodded, and was helped to bed by Yun Xi in despair, lying down slowly like a marionette, Yun Xi covered the quilt for her, and comforted: "Niangniang, today is a small victory in Weizhou, but the emperor still has a lot of things to deal with, maybe he will come to see Niangniang when he is free, Niangniang don't worry, the emperor still has you in his heart." ”

Xia Rongxin closed her eyes and sighed, but now she can only think so.

"Lu Huiling is just a female official, she can't set off much storm, and the mother still has to pay more attention to her body." Yun Xi said.

Xia Rongxin nodded: "This palace knows, you go down first." ”

"The slave and maid are gone." Yun Xi walked out of the Yichun Palace with a worried face.

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What they didn't know was that today's dish of chestnut cake was not personally delivered to the emperor's case, and the emperor did not pass on Grandpa He to enter the palace to serve when he read the fold recently, leaving Lu Huiling to grind on the side.

Gonggong He didn't dare to enter the hall rashly without being summoned, so he had to ask Lu Huiling to bring it in.

However, when Lu Huiling heard that this was sent by Concubine Mei, she pretended to agree on the surface, and turned around behind her back to find a place to lose it.

There's no way she's going to let anyone ruin her plans.

The dish of chestnut cake was thrown in the bushes, and countless ants gnawed on the delicate chestnut cake inside, as if they were gnawing on Xia Rongxin's heart.

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The next morning, Lu Huiling woke up on the dragon bed, and his body was empty, only covered with a thin silk quilt.

She sat up suddenly, pulled the quilt to cover her body, the emperor on her side had already gone to court, she looked down at her body carefully, her body couldn't stop trembling...

In an instant, shame and uneasiness welled up in her heart, and tears were about to fall from her nose, and she sobbed softly.

The palace maids outside the tent heard the voice, so they knelt down and said in unison: "Concubine Ming, Wanfu Jin'an." ”

"You..." Lu Huiling was startled by them, hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face, slowly lifted the corner of the curtain, and caught a glimpse of the palace full of palace maids kneeling in the palace of Qinzheng Palace, holding clothes and jewelry in their hands, presented them to their foreheads, waiting for her to wake up.

The aunt who knelt in front of her was named Xu Lan, who was the foreman of these palace maids, and when she saw Lu Huiling cautiously poking her head out to look at them, she smiled in a low voice and explained to her: "Don't be afraid, Niangniang, we are all sent by the emperor to serve Niangniang." Please also ask Concubine Ming to get up and move to Minghua Hall, from now on, you will live in the main seat of Minghua Hall. ”

"Concubine Ming?" Lu Huiling was a little surprised, why was it that just one day later, she was included in the position of the fourth concubine, the same as Concubine Mei, and was placed in Minghua Hall, which is not far from the Qinzheng Palace.

"Niangniang, all this is what the emperor meant." Aunt Xu Lan said in a low voice.

In the next time, Lu Huiling's whole person was in a state of emptiness, letting those palace maids fiddle, dressed in dignified and luxurious service, wearing a hair crown and swaying, riding a sedan chair all the way from the Qinzheng Hall to Minghuatang, she was stunned.

Along the way, the palace maid and eunuch saw the bride, although they didn't know who it was, looking at the dress and the posture of the twelve palace maids' honor guard, they could know that it was the fourth concubine who was the main mother, and hurriedly knelt down to make a big salute.

They returned to Minghua Hall in a mighty way, but such a short distance caused earth-shattering waves in the harem.

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"! Sissy is not good! "Early in the morning, Rong Fu took fresh snow swallows from the Internal Affairs Office, and heard people along the way say that Lu Huiling inherited Long En yesterday, and was canonized as Ming Concubine Niangniang early this morning and stayed in Minghua Hall.

As soon as he heard the news, he knew that something was wrong, and he didn't even have time to take it and ran back to the Yichun Palace.

Yun Xi heard it and scolded: "What kind of funeral early in the morning!" I don't know if the mother slept late yesterday and didn't get up yet! ”

"But... But there's nothing wrong with me! Rong Fu looked at Yun Xi with an anxious face, "Let me go in, I really have something important to report to my mother." ”

"Come in." Concubine Mei didn't fall asleep at all all night, and she was able to rest for a while in the morning, and when she heard Rongfu shouting outside, she didn't feel sleepy at all.

Rong Fu listened to Concubine Mei's summons, so he hurriedly ran in and knelt down to salute: "Concubine Mei Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an." ”

Xia Rongxin sat on the edge of the bed, closed her eyes and said slowly, "Do you have anything important to report?" ”

"Niangniang..." When he was about to say it suddenly, Rong Fu didn't know how to say it again.

"Say it!" Xia Rongxin was a little irritable.

"Lu Huiling... Lu Huiling was favored in the Qinzheng Hall yesterday, and today he stayed in Minghua Hall at a glance, and was ... was canonized as one of the four concubines, titled... The title is 'Ming'. Rong Fu hurriedly leaned down and said tremblingly.