On the fifteenth palace banquet in August of the fourth year of Jianning, Emperor Jianning rewarded the harem.

Xie Yuanxing has made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, and Jin Feng is the fourth product of Miaorong Hua is the first product of Mrs. Miao, and he lives in Lin Lanyuan, the main hall of the Liang Palace.

Half a year has passed, Lin Lanyuan has been renovated, and the items used by Mrs. Yuan Yu have been replaced with new ones one by one.

In the entire palace, there is no trace of the Jade Lady living in it anymore.

Jinzheng four-product Qingrong Hua is the second-grade Qingxiu instrument.

Before attending the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, Qing Ronghua had been grounded in his palace.

Emperor Jianning suddenly promoted to the position of Qing Xiuyi, which made the concubines in the harem all look surprised. They all heard that after Qing Xiuyi touched the dragon's wrath in the Qingxin Hall two months ago, they must have no power to turn over. But I didn't want Emperor Jianning to be promoted to such a high position as Qing Xiuyi at this time.

In addition to Mrs. Miao and Qing Xiuyi, who were promoted, the concubines who gave birth to the four princesses were all rewarded.

Wen Chongyuan, Le Chongrong, and Yun Ronghua were all rewarded with a hundred taels of gold and countless jewels. At the same time as receiving the reward, Zhen Niangzi was promoted to the position of the fourth grade Ronghua.

Yun Ronghua's madness was cured after giving birth to the fourth princess, and at this time, Zhen Ronghua, who could not see the holy grace, was promoted, but she was still Rong Hua's position, and she couldn't help but grit her silver teeth.

After the holy decree, Xie Lu and the two families smiled.

Empress Qin and Mrs. Miao came, and they had no impact on the two of them in the court.

The Liu family is also proud, and the old and decrepit Mrs. Yu has died, and the young Qing Xiuyi is in a high position. If you are lucky enough to give birth to a princess, wouldn't you have a chance to win the throne?

The Wen family was also complacent, Emperor Jianning did not have the position of Mrs. Jin Wen at the palace banquet, nor did he reward anything. But Emperor Jianning stayed in Mrs. Wen's palace.

What day is Fifteen?

The fifteenth day of each month is the day when the emperor stays in the Guanju Palace and sleeps with the queen.

This hint made the Wen family's heart rise early.

On the palace banquet, the only unwilling person in his heart was Liu Zhaorong.

In terms of family background, her family background is no worse than that of Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Yu, and in terms of favor, Emperor Jianning loves her no less than Mrs. Yu and Qing Xiuyi.

But Mrs. Yu was promoted to the position of lady, but she was still a showman.

In the final analysis, it was because there was a Lady Zhaoyue who came to her palace with her relatives......

On August 20 of the fourth year of Jianning, the three hundred Xiaoyuan Xiaoyi who were elected by the general election were led by the teaching and grandmother, standing in two rows and entering the palace through the west foot gate of the palace.

Come to the water pavilion in the Imperial Garden and wait for the final selection.

The one who was chosen was a concubine in one fell swoop, and the lintel was glorious. Those who are not selected will be brought to live in the palace not far from the palace, and will be taught to teach their grandmothers another skill, or rewarded to the ministers as wives, or given to the heroes as concubines.

The summer is rainy in the big month, and August 20 is a rare sunny day. The delicate sun hangs high on the dark pink palace wall, and it only takes two hours to dry the bluestone ground that has been raining for a few days.

Xiaoyuan and Xiaoyi stood on both sides of the road, and every ten people stood in a line, a total of thirty rows.

An hour later, some people in Xiaoyuan's team began to hold on.

Because they wanted to enter the palace for the final election, they didn't dare to eat much at breakfast, didn't use lunch, and basked in the sun. Many people had fine sweat on their white foreheads, and they couldn't stand.

Mrs. Wen, Mrs. Miao, Le Chongrong, Liu Zhaorong, and Qing Xiuyi sat on the high gazebo, and their beautiful eyes kept sweeping towards the crowd below.

Seeing that someone was out of order, he called the palace maid beside him to ask about his family history. If it is the daughter of a family, then stay and take a look, if it is just a poor girl or a merchant girl, then directly let the palace maid take it out of the team and take it to the corner of the imperial garden - unsuccessful.

After standing under the scorching sun for two hours, there were less than 230 of the 300 Xiaoyuan Xiaoyi left. “

In the early afternoon, when Xiaoyuan Xiaoyi still had two hundred and ten people left, Emperor Jianning finally arrived at the imperial garden under the support of the palace people.

Mrs. Wen and others hurriedly walked down from the pavilion to greet Emperor Jianning.

After Emperor Jianning let several concubines fall, he didn't look at the show girls in the imperial garden, but directly asked Mrs. Wen for Xiaoyuan's roster, and after looking through which ones were the daughters of the family, he counted the places after thinking about the pros and cons in his heart.

How many women are in the harem, how many beautiful women, Emperor Jianning doesn't care. What he cares about is how much of a role these women who are pawns can play in stabilizing his former dynasty and harem.

Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Miao were both surprised, the draft draft, how could they decide their names without even looking at them?

Mrs. Wen watched Emperor Jianning draw ink on the roster with a pen, turned sideways and smiled softly, "Your Majesty, the younger sisters who have newly entered the palace this year are all embarrassed by the closed moon. ”

The meaning is, you go and take a look.

Emperor Jianning turned around and smiled kindly at Mrs. Wen, "Can you compare Mrs. Wen's country to the heavenly fragrance?" ”

Mrs. Wen blushed and lowered her eyes, "The concubines are just the posture of the willows, how can there be new sisters who are beautiful and pleasant." ”

Emperor Jianning raised his eyebrows and agreed with Mrs. Wen's words in his heart. Although Mrs. Wen is soft, she is not as good as the person in his heart. Not only her, but no one can compare to her.

So Emperor Jianning pursed his slightly thin lips and smiled, and didn't reply again.

Seeing that Emperor Jianning's pen was drawn on the official girl, Mrs. Miao raised her hand to hand over Xiaoyi's roster, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, don't forget these sisters who have the appearance of a sinking fish and a goose." ”

Qing Xiuyi cautiously handed over a tea cup and said, "Your Majesty, the weather is hot, you use tea." ”

Emperor Jianning raised his eyes to look at Qing Xiuyi, his eyes did not change in the slightest, but it still made Qing Xiuyi shudder.

Two months ago, she went to the Qingxin Palace to greet Emperor Jianning, and she was confined by Emperor Jianning's anger without even knowing what she had done, and she was not released until August 15.

In Qing Xiuyi's eyes, Emperor Jianning's personality became more and more moody.

Emperor Jianning took the tea cup in Qing Xiuyi's hand, took a sip and raised his eyebrows and smiled, "What kind of fragrance did Qing Xiuyi smoke today?" It smells so good, stained on the tea, and the aftertaste is endless. ”

"Return, if you go back to the emperor, it's agarwood incense." Qing Xiuyi replied with some flattery.

After she lifted the grounding, although Emperor Jianning promoted her position, he never stayed in her palace.

"Lu Zhi." Emperor Jianning raised his head and called out to Lu Shi who was standing beside him.

Lu Shi hurriedly lowered his body and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you command?" ”

"I remember that a month ago, the foreign countries paid a new tribute to some fine agarwood incense, and you later instructed the palace daughter to send it to Qing Xiuyi's palace, this taste is suitable for her."

Lu Zhi said yes.

Qing Xiuyi was overjoyed, and hurriedly stood up and thanked Emperor Jianning.

Emperor Jianning raised his hand and said with a smile, "Get up." ”

Qing Xiuyi stood up again, her head raised much higher than before, and there was a hint of pride on her face.

When Liu Zhaorong saw this, a trace of contempt rose in his heart. It's just a little spice, and there's nothing to be happy about.

Le Chongrong stood in the farthest position from Emperor Jianning, and saw that several people were whispering around Emperor Jianning, and casually picked up the picture scroll on one side and looked at it.

As soon as the beautiful eyes were handed over, the person on the painting turned out to be Tao Xianluo, the woman who looked a little imaginary with Mrs. Zhaoyue.

With a roll of his eyes, Le Chongrong walked up to Emperor Jianning with the portrait in a thousand postures, and smiled softly at Emperor Jianning, "Your Majesty, do you think the woman in this painting is familiar?" ”

Qing Xiuyi lightly handed over her beautiful eyes, and after taking a look, she raised her eyebrows and said, "The woman in this painting has some shadows of Yun Ronghua." ”

When Qing Xiuyi entered the palace, he heard that Feng had already left the palace.

Madam Miao glanced at it, and after seeing Emperor Jianning's face, she said, "The concubine thinks that this woman is like another sister. ”

Mrs. Wen and Liu Zhaorong both said goodbye and didn't talk.

Mrs. Zhaoyue was grounded until now when she burned Fengyang Palace, and Emperor Jianning never even mentioned it. At this time, Le Chongrong turned out this painting to attract the attention of Emperor Jianning, isn't it boring for himself?

Emperor Jianning narrowed his eyes lightly, looking at the woman on the painting, his heart suddenly tightened. When he received the scroll in his hand, his expression had become indifferent, and he looked up and smiled at Lu Shi, "Call this Tao Xianluo out to take a look." ”

Lu Zhi said yes and went down to the pavilion and asked Mama to find the Tao Xianluo on the painting.

After searching for a long time and not finding anyone, Mama found it among the women who had been sent before.

Le Chongrong looked back and found that the portraits of the unsuccessful women were put in a pile, and the portraits of the unsuccessful women were put in a pile.

Suddenly, Tao Xianluo was taken to the gazebo by her grandmother.

Looking closely at the picture scroll, Emperor Jianning smiled.

The woman on the picture scroll has four points of imagination with Ye Tingfeng, but the real person only has two points left. Moreover, Tao Xianluo's expression was timid, and she didn't listen to the arrogance of Feng's body at night, ignoring everything.

Listening to the night Feng can be so proud that he pointed at him, called him by his name and told him to get out. In comparison, the people in front of him are too different to even the fur.

"Nine points less aura." Mrs. Wen commented sincerely, "But she can be regarded as a soft woman." ”

Le Chongrong's purpose was just to attract the attention of Emperor Jianning, as for whether the person in front of her really looked like Mrs. Zhaoyue who was being grounded, she didn't care.

Emperor Jianning put the scroll to the side, looked up and smiled at Le Chongrong, "How are the three princesses recently?" ”

Le Chongrong smiled softly, blessed, and said, "If you go back to the emperor, the third princess has been very good recently, and she is very well-behaved and cute." ”

"Hmm." Emperor Jianning nodded, "Tomorrow afternoon, I will go and see her." ”

"The third princess has long missed her father." Le Chongrong replied with a smile.

Emperor Jianning almost sketched the roster of Xiaoyuan in his hand, and picked up Xiaoyi's roster again.

When he looked up, he pointed to Tao Xianluo, who was still standing timidly under the gazebo, sweating from the side of his forehead and nose, "Stay, maid." ”

Tao Xian Luofu bowed down to thank him, and was taught to lead his grandmother to step forward and take him away.

After Emperor Jianning looked at Xiaoyi's roster and ticked a few names, he smiled at Mrs. Wen on the side, "Mrs. Wen, how many are there?" ”

Mrs. Wen looked back and smiled, "If you go back to the emperor, there are exactly thirty beauties no more, no less, in fact, twenty-one Xiaoyuan and nine Xiaoyi." ”

Putting the roster aside, Emperor Jianning stood up, took a deep breath, and said with a smile, "That's it, it's not too early, I'm tired." ”

Mrs. Wen hurriedly stood to the side and bowed down to Emperor Jianning, "The concubine respectfully sends the emperor." ”

Xiaoyuan Xiaoyi, who is still standing on both sides of the road, is unknown.

Mama once said that during the final election, the high-ranking concubines in the harem should look at them one by one, look at them, ask them about their etiquette, and wait until they feel that their etiquette is complete, and then the emperor will kiss the holy eyes and leave the person who agrees.

But right now, Emperor Jianning actually left without even looking at them.

After leaving the Imperial Garden, Emperor Jianning did not go elsewhere, but returned directly to the Qingxin Palace.

Ning Xiao and Zhiliu in the Qingxin Hall had already prepared a tea cup, which was half warm and put it in front of the bookcase.

Ning Shi saw that Emperor Jianning had fine sweat on his forehead, and carefully took out a bowl of fruit ice in the ice box and put it in front of Emperor Jianning.

Emperor Jianning raised his eyebrows after seeing it, picked up the silver spoon and scooped it up, then raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Ning Shida breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

After the Fengyang Palace went to the water, Emperor Jianning was angry several times, and the palace people in the Qingxin Hall no longer dared to mention the slightest thing about Mrs. Zhaoyue in front of Emperor Jianning. This fruit ice was invented by Mrs. Zhaoyue, and they didn't dare to make it to relieve Emperor Jianning's heat.

At this time, Emperor Jianning didn't laugh angrily, and Ning Shi already felt that he had picked up a small life.

Emperor Jianning was in a very good mood, and while eating fruit ice, he took the fold on the table in his hand and looked through it.

In the early dynasties, the ministers folded their heads, and the first batch of grain transported by Dashun had arrived at the border of Dayue in early August.

In the chaos, Dayue no longer has the leisure to fight against Dashun, so he can only take out all the refined iron produced in the past year to exchange grain with Dashun to prepare military rations.

Emperor Dashun saw Emperor Jianning's sincerity to international trade and took the initiative to reduce the price of grain by one percent.

In this way, the crisis of war between the two countries that is on the verge of breaking out has been resolved.

All the officials in the court and the central government were furious for the rebellion of the Lada clan, and angrily denounced them for hitting stones with eggs. Only Emperor Jianning knew in his heart, and he thanked the leader who was confused and took the lead in the rebellion.

In the middle of sending 200,000 troops to quell the chaos and sending 200,000 troops to invade the Dashun border, Emperor Jianning chose the former first.

Suddenly, the silver spoon in Emperor Jianning's left hand was stunned, and he was attracted by the fold in his hand.

Hundreds of officials from the DPRK and China jointly issued a joint report, saying that the country cannot be without a king for a day, nor can it be without a queen for a day. At present, Empress Qin has passed away in May, and the top priority is to establish another queen and lead the harem.

Among the joint officials, there are Wen family, An family, and ...... The Qin family.

It's rare, there is no Xie family.

From this seemingly ordinary book, Emperor Jianning saw that the Qin family and the Xie family had turned against each other and stood in the camp of the Wen'an family.

After thinking for a moment, Emperor Jianning smiled. He stretched out his hand to play with the dragon pendant on his waist, and said to Lu Shi who was standing on the side, "Spread my words, there is no prince, no queen." ”“

Li Lingyi and his entourage in the capital lasted for a month, and when he returned to Bian Zhou Yefu, it was already the beginning of September.

When Xiao Wuzi, who was the chief housekeeper, stood and sang 'The prince returns home', Li Linghan and Li Qingyan ran to the stone bridge early to wait.

Listening to Feng sitting in the Yingxue Pavilion and chatting with Lingxi, the fetus in her womb was moving towards the middle of eight months.

Due to her limited mobility, she sat quietly in the soft chair, panting slightly. After a while, I saw Li Linghan and Li Qingyan outside the door holding one of Li Lingyi's hands, and walked over happily from a distance.

Lingxi got up and walked to the door, watching his son return safely, with a relieved smile on the corner of his mouth.

came back with Li Lingyi, as well as a large number of rewards from Emperor Yongning.

In addition to people who can't bring it, the palace has brought a lot of high-quality medicinal materials, good health products, gold, silver and jade.

These things were all said to be given to Li Lingyi, but Li Lingyi turned around and smiled heartily at Ye Tingfeng, "Fifth sister, this is given to you by the eldest brother." ”

Ye Tingfeng looked back at Lingxi, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

As a princess of a country, she got pregnant before she got married, which is really a loss of royal face. Emperor Yongning was not angry, but gave a lot of things, which calmed her restless heart a little.

After Lingxi and Li Lingyi sat down, Lotus Ye instructed the little maid to serve Li Lingyi warm tea.

After Li Lingyi took a sip of fragrant tea, he said another sentence to Ye Tingfeng, "Fifth sister, the eldest brother is angry. ”

Hearing Feng Meng raise his head at night, he was shocked in his heart, and his eyes showed panic.

Lingxi walked to Ye Tingfeng's side and patted Ye Tingfeng's hand, and said to Li Lingyi, "Don't scare your fifth sister, what did your eldest brother say?" ”

"The eldest brother said to do what you said, let the fifth sister live forever in the Qingxin Pavilion in the name of praying for the country. Li Lingyi took out a letter with red sealing mud from his arms, handed it to Lingxi, and said, "This is the letter from the eldest brother to you. ”

Ye Tingfeng let out a long breath, and the hanging heart was completely put down. Emperor Yongning allowed her to pray for the country in the Qingxin Pavilion, and she would not talk about marriage again.

Lotus Ye walked over, took the letter, and handed it to Lingxi.

There was no name written on the envelope, only two words were written: Pro-Qi.

Lingxi raised her beautiful eyes and glanced at her son's tightly knit brows, put the letter aside and asked with a smile, "Don't worry, you tell your mother first, what is the important matter for your eldest brother to ask you to go back?" ”

Li Lingyi, as a prince with a fief, only needs to return to the capital at the end of each year to report on his work. Emperor Yongning summoned Li Lingyi back to Beijing at this time, and it was impossible to be fine.

The only smile on the corner of Li Lingyi's mouth was gone, and after he put down the tea cup in his hand, he asked Lingxi seriously, "Mother, I have a wife who has not passed through the door?" ”

Lingxi was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he smiled, "What, your eldest brother called you back to Beijing, is he going to give you a marriage?" ”

Li Lingyi does have a wife who has not passed through the door, but it is not a wife. When Li Lingyi was young, Lingxi's status in the harem was low, and it was difficult for the mother and son to protect themselves. At that time, Emperor Yong'an was sympathetic, so he pointed out to Li Lingyi the daughter of a family, Li Lingyi was only two years old at the time, and the daughter of the family was only one year old.

The word of marriage was spread back then, but the decree of marriage has not been given, and it has been empty for so many years.

"It's not a marriage." Li Lingyi touched his nose, and his face darkened, "It's a marriage." ”

Lingxi's willow eyebrows rose high.

She knows her son's prince, she can't have the final say in her son's marriage, she knows, she can't choose her son's wife, she knows, she doesn't know if her son is even married.