"Niangniang is only in her twenties, how can she be old?" Grandma Sun stepped forward to help remove the phoenix hairpin beads on her head.

There was a sneer at the corner of Empress Zhang's mouth, not old? Even if she is not old, she is no longer young, and every day she sees those people sitting in front of her, she has to pretend to be generous and dignified.

Thinking of this, Queen Zhang couldn't help but think of her child, who was five months old, but in the end it was gone. Every time she thought of this, she couldn't help but hate herself for why she didn't want to let go of the palace affairs that day, if it wasn't for worrying about the harem every day, her child would be three years old this year.

"It's the moon in a blink of an eye, and it's another New Year," at this time, Queen Zhang's hair had been put down, and her black and bright hair was scattered behind her, and the women in the harem had good hair.

When Mama Sun heard the word Layue, how could she not know what Niangniang was thinking. Back then, the prince didn't talk because the queen was busy preparing for the New Year when the queen was in the lunar month.

Over the years, Mama Sun has not seen the child who has no chance in front of the queen, but seeing that there are more and more children in this harem, even Mama Sun can't help but get anxious.

"I see that the emperor has not treated his mother lightly over the years, not to mention that the imperial doctor has already passed the mother's body has been conditioned, as long as you wait quietly, there will be good news in the future."

The queen was a little discouraged in her heart, but sighed: "Now the emperor just came to my Fengyi Palace on the fifteenth day of the first month, and he can't see the emperor on other days." ”

"Niangniang is too upright, this emperor is a man in the end, if Niangniang treats him with tenderness, the emperor will also think of Niangniang's good." Mama Sun had to comfort the queen like this.

When the queen was still a girl in the Zhang family, because her mother was a little weak by nature, the concubine dared to stab at will. Therefore, the queen has developed this upright character at home, but she has the demeanor of a concubine when she puts her up, and she has a better life with this husband.

The queen lowered her eyes and looked at the red nails, and she didn't say anything, but in her heart she knew that Grandma Sun was reasonable.

Although Mama Sun hesitated a little, she finally said: "This harem has always had the practice of raising other people's children, I don't know what Niangniang plans to do in her heart?" ”

Empress Zhang's face immediately looked a little unpleasant, in this harem, if anyone can give birth to herself, who is willing to hold and raise the child. There were a few times when she had such thoughts, but every time she felt unwilling. But sometimes it's really fateful, and there is no fate for that child.

Queen Zhang hid the gloom in her eyes and only said: "I can save this matter, if it is really impossible, then I will raise one." But I just don't know who is reliable in this harem? ”

After all, this queen raises children, even if it is not recorded in her name, but in the end she is a few points more noble than those princes. So even if she wants to raise it, the emperor may not agree.

Han Guiyi was pregnant before, and the queen made this idea, but the child didn't talk in the end. And this Han Guiyi has difficulty conceiving in the future, even if the emperor rarely sets foot in her palace now. So this chess piece was also abandoned by the queen.

"As long as Niangniang has this plan, it's good, and this person can be selected slowly in the future." When Mama Sun said this, she unconsciously touched the tourmaline jade bracelet in her hand.

On this day, the queen took all the concubines to the queen mother to say goodbye, and the palace was quiet even when it came to the moon, and it seemed that the New Year festival in this palace could not affect here.

As soon as they came in, the Queen Mother gave the two pregnant women a seat, although it was a preferential treatment, it was reasonable, and the others didn't dare to say more.

Gu Qingwan was impatient every time she came to this Jiankang Palace, and of course she only dared to complain in her heart. Don't come out, or don't dare to show any more points on your face.

The Queen Mother looked at Gu Qingwan's face, and immediately asked with concern: "Gu Concubine, are you too heavy, what should be rested should be rested, but the emperor is sick but wants you to be a pregnant woman to serve, and when the emperor comes to mourn, he will have to say goodbye to him." ”

After listening to the first two sentences, everyone felt that the Queen Mother was biased towards Gu Qingwan, but this last sentence suddenly understood that the Queen Mother was beating her.

Who doesn't know now, even if Concubine Gu is pregnant, the emperor still has to go over from time to time. Even the last time the emperor was sick, he was also recuperating in her palace, so every day when someone asked for peace, he hinted to the queen that Gu Qingwan was confusing the lord.

How can the queen be the kind of person who can't hold her breath when someone else says a sentence or two, so some people can't help it, and they actually sue the queen mother.

Although Gu Qingwan sneered in her heart, she said with sincere fear on her face: "The concubine doesn't dare to take credit, it's just that the imperial doctor is cold and invaded, and the concubine doesn't dare to let the emperor go back to Qiyuan Hall when he is sick." ”

Gu Qingwan has long understood that as long as Lin Ziyu is there, others are not even as good as air in the eyes of the Queen Mother. What's more, she is still surnamed Gu, and she is grateful that the Queen Mother didn't trouble her.

The Queen Mother looked at Gu Qingwan with a big belly, and she didn't want to embarrass her too much, but she just turned her head and talked to the queen.

Jiankang Palace is not as good as this Fengyi Palace, and those who can sit on a stool in Jiankang Palace are all characters from the third rank and above. So there are a lot more people standing than sitting.

"It looks like it's the end of the year, although it's busy, but don't be tired of yourself," the queen mother turned her head and said to her serious daughter-in-law, the queen, who was the queen in the end.

Gu Qingwan has always felt that the queen mother should like the queen, after all, the two queens who are also childless and unfavored can always give birth to such sympathy and sympathy.

The queen's face was respectful and affectionate, and she only listened to her: "The son has the queen mother who cares, how can you feel tired." And it's almost this New Year's Day, and this Jiankang Palace should be cleaned up, but I'm afraid that it will spare the peace of the queen mother. ”

It didn't take long for the Queen Mother to get a little tired, so she let the Queen lead everyone away.

And Lin Ziyu deliberately lagged behind everyone a few steps, and after everyone left, she turned back again. As soon as Mama Qian, who was beside the Queen Mother, saw Lin Ziyu, she immediately respectfully invited her into the inner room.

As soon as Lin Ziyu entered the hall, she saw the Queen Mother's unhappy face, and she didn't dare to say much. Finally, he called timidly: "Auntie." ”

The Queen Mother was angry when she looked at her, she had no intention of letting this niece enter the palace, but her brother should send another concubine into the palace for the glory of the Lin family for a hundred years. She thought about it, and finally made a promise in her heart.

"You, this emperor has been to your palace a lot of times, this Gu Qingwan is now six months old, but you don't even have a letter," Thinking of this, the Queen Mother couldn't stop for a while.

Her fate was originally a difficult heir, and she finally gave birth to a princess, but at the age of ten, she was still killed by a serious illness. She is better than others in everything in her life, but it is in this heir that she can't refuse to accept her fate.

And what she can't bear the most is that the Empress Dowager Duanzhang can be on an equal footing with her by relying on her son. So she is the queen mother, this status is higher than that of the Queen Mother Duanzhang, but in the end, the emperor did not crawl out of his belly, and only his own mother's family, Gu family, how can her Lin family still have a little face now.

"This child's business is not mine, and even if the emperor goes to Gu Qingwan's big-bellied wife, it will be more than going to my palace, what can I do?"

Lin Ziyu is also very aggrieved, this emperor has legs on his body, can he still drag him hard if he doesn't come to his palace? But thinking of this, she hated Gu Qingwan even more.

Because of jealousy, her cheeks were a little distorted, and her originally beautiful face looked a little hideous, "Auntie, you have been immersed in the palace for all these years, and you want to get ...... unknowingly."

Bang, the teacup that was originally placed on the soft couch table just rubbed Lin Ziyu's cheek and smashed it. And Mama Qian was also terrified when she stood aside and watched, she immediately went over to check Lin Ziyu's cheek, and said: "The master is still old, and his temperament is inevitably a little jumpy, so why should you be angry, master?" ”

The Queen Mother was panting unevenly by Lin Ziyu's words that she didn't know whether to live or die, and finally said angrily: "Do you think that the Queen Mother of the Mourning Family has come to an end?" What did I tell you? Don't touch the emperor's heirs, even if he doesn't dispose of you immediately, he will settle with you in the future. You didn't see what happened to the Zhu family? ”

Lin Ziyu immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, how could she not remember the fate of the Zhu family. These other people don't know why the Zhu family was rejected by the emperor, but how can they hide the queen mother's eyeliner, so Lin Ziyu naturally knows it.

"But aunt, this Gu Qingwan is now pregnant and can still hook the emperor to go to her palace three times and twice, and my niece is naturally unhappy in her heart."

The Queen Mother looked at the person kneeling on the ground condescendingly, and a mocking smile tugged at the corner of her mouth: "That's also her ability, she is pregnant and the emperor is willing to go to her palace, why don't you want to think about how to let the emperor go to your palace more?" ”

After Lin Ziyu left, the Queen Mother's strong breath was gone, and her face immediately showed tiredness. There was a look of disappointment in her eyes, and Mama Qian next to her naturally noticed the change in her master.

"Although the Lord has not completely calmed down now, as long as the Queen Mother □□ more, she will be able to advance and retreat in the future."

The Queen Mother didn't hide the tiredness in her voice, but said: "Look at these concubines, not those who have been in the palace for some time, even Gu Concubine, Liang Jieyu and others are not a penny taller than her." ”

Mama Qian knew that this was the Queen Mother's hatred of iron and steel, so she just listened with her ears.

Although the New Year was coming, Liu still entered the palace to see her once. As soon as I saw her expression and temperament, most of the worry on her face disappeared.

As soon as Liu entered the main hall, Gu Qingwan noticed that she seemed to have something to say to herself. She only left a jade face by her side, and the rest of the people were taken out by Shui Bi.

"Niangniang, do you know that the prince of Zhennan is going to bring the county lord to Beijing to meet the emperor?" As soon as Liu spoke, he went straight to the point.

Gu Qingwan frowned slightly, puzzled: "How could the emperor be with me about this matter of the previous dynasty, but is this news true?" ”

It is an indisputable fact that the relationship between the king of Zhennan and the current emperor was tense before, and there is no need for the cowardly character of the previous emperor, and the policy of reform and elimination of malpractices has been promulgated one by one since the pro-government. Even if the opposition from the DPRK and China is quite loud, it cannot stop the emperor's heart of reform.

And for the ever-expanding power of the king of Zhennan, how could the emperor sit idly by. There is no room for others to sleep on the couch, let alone this splendid country that cannot be touched by others.

"I heard that the emperor intends to choose a man of appropriate age to marry the county lord among the nobles in this capital."

Gu Qingwan chuckled in her heart when she heard this, but she chose the marriage of the county lord, and this marriage was just a buffer between the king of Zhennan and the emperor, it seemed that this problem was really getting more serious.

"And what does Father mean?" How could Gu Qingwan not know what the Liu family meant, there was more than one unmarried man of appropriate age in their family, especially her sixth brother who was in front of the emperor all day long. At that time, if this Shao Ye picks Gu Qingyang, the Gu family will only be able to lure this time bomb home in the end.

Liu Shi said in a hurry: "The old man is naturally unwilling in his heart, so he wants to go back to his hometown in Shandong for a while after the Qingyang New Year's Festival, so it is good to avoid the limelight." ”

As soon as Liu heard Gu Zhongyan mention this, he couldn't help but feel resentful in his heart. Her eldest son grew up in front of the old lady, and finally looked forward to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetal daughters, but this daughter first entered the palace to accompany Queen Duanzhang, and was sent to Jiangnan within two years.

How could this make Liu have no resentment in his heart? She naturally wanted to keep Gu Qingyang, the root of her life, so she entered the palace to discuss countermeasures despite the busy New Year's holiday.

Gu Qingwan immediately felt that this matter was really tricky, so she asked, "Has that father ever probed the emperor?" ”

"How can your father's character have anything to do with my court? However, your eldest brother mentioned it to me once, and this time it may have been personally selected by the prince and the county lord. ”

Gu Qingwan knew at this time that this was Gu Qingzong's preventive injection for the Liu family, and this woman was naturally a husband with good character and family background. Gu Qingyang's character and knowledge naturally don't have to worry, and this family is not bad for this county lord, so the chance of being selected is not.

Gu Qingwan has always known that the red face will be a disaster, and she didn't think that this blue face could also be a disaster.

For everyone, the New Year is a festival that should be looked forward to, sending off the old and welcoming the new, everyone wants to have a good start to the new year.

By the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, all the palaces were properly arranged, and the red couplets hung on the walls, which really filled with a bit of joy. The palace maids and eunuchs all paid an extra month's worth of silver, and the rewards of the palace masters were also extraordinarily rich.

Gu Qingwan had already asked Shui Bi and them to prepare the silver for the reward, among which Aunt Hongxi got a piece of jewelry, and Yurong and Shui Bi got a lot of good things on weekdays, so they were naturally rewarded more generously at this time.

This New Year's event is the most complicated, but Gu Qingwan is because of her heavy body, and many etiquettes can be saved. Because Ye Xiuyi is about the same size as her, she is not so eye-catching.

The so-called farewell to the old and welcome the new, the Chinese New Year's Eve is naturally to say goodbye to the old, and the etiquette of this day is the most onerous. First of all, I have to go to the Taimiao Temple to worship the ancestors, of course, only the emperor and the queen mother can enter the main hall in the Taimiao kind of place, and everyone else can only kneel outside and wait.

However, because of the preferential treatment of pregnant women, Ye Xiuyi and Gu Qingwan rested next to them, because they would accept the worship of all the women in the main hall later, so they could not stay in their own palace.

At this time, both of them were in June's body, and the female officer did not dare to let them sit on the square bench, so they had prepared soft cushions for the two of them early.

Gu Qingwan has always been unfamiliar with this Ye Xiuyi, and because of her low position, she didn't dare to hold it up, so she had to pick some interesting topics.

Ye Xiuyi's belly looks bigger than Gu Qingwan, and her face is not very good, there are some unhealthy turmeric, even if you apply powder, you can see the yellow spots.

Ye Xiuyi looked at Gu Qingwan's face, but said with a little envy: "My sister's complexion is much better than mine, but I don't know how my sister maintains it?" ”

Presumably, the topic of maintenance is a topic that can never go wrong between women.

Gu Qingwan immediately replied: "The concubine just drank some nourishing soup, but each person's physique is different. The concubine looked at the mother's fetus as a good one, although it worked hard for a few days, but after all, this was her own child, and the patience passed. ”

Gu Qingwan's words came to Ye Xiuyi's heart, although this pregnancy changed her body, but in the end, it was still for her own child. Thinking of this, the jealousy in Ye Xiuyi's heart was a little less.

If you want to take care of Qingwan's fetus, you really have to thank Hongxi. The pregnancy of a woman in the palace is different from other places, and if you are not careful, you will be in danger of falling out of favor from now on. It was Gu Qingwan who specially asked Hongxi for advice on how to get fat and not fat.

She doesn't need to say hello to the queen now, so seeing Ye Xiuyi a few days ago. When I saw her today, it really made Gu Qingwan feel that the decision she insisted on at the beginning was really too wise.

Although both of them are June bellies, Gu Qingwan's cheeks and arms have not grown at all, and this Ye Xiuyi is already fat with a double chin.

"But although my sister has a good complexion, her body is really thin," Ye Xiuyi saw that Gu Qingwan's figure was not out of shape at all, and couldn't help frowning, and said with a little worry: "My sister can't wronged the child just for the sake of looking good, after all, this child is what we will rely on in the future." ”

Her two sentences have the meaning of heart-to-heart with Gu Qingwan, and she is also concerned in and out of her words.

However, Gu Qingwan's thin body has seen many people pass her, that is, when Shao Ye went to see her two days ago, he frowned when he looked at her.

At first, she thought that it was someone who upset him, but after asking, she realized that this master actually disliked her for being too thin.

"I look at Ye Xiuyi, who is your age, but her body looks better than yours for a long time. You just have to raise the fetus with peace of mind, even if you are as fat as Ye Xiuyi, I will not dislike you. ”

Gu Qingwan listened to his words, and she was speechless for a long time. will not dislike her, Gu Qingwan feels that if she really believes his words, she will be very stupid and true.

After the sacrifice outside was over, the two were helped out by the female official. And when he arrived at the main hall, after taking his place according to his grade, he was ordered to kowtow by the prefectures.

And after the worship of everyone, they received a feast, and everyone ate a meal rewarded by the emperor together.

But the concubines still have to bow to the queen mother and the queen, and this time it is inevitable for a pregnant woman like Gu Qingwan. This is about the face of the queen's wife, the queen can give you preferential treatment within the appropriate range, but you can't spare your face.

Although Gu Qingwan already knew that today would be a toss, Rao was psychologically prepared, but physically, it was inevitable that he would not be able to talk about it. After Gu Qingwan knelt down, she felt back pain and dizziness, so she received the family banquet, but she couldn't eat much at all.

Don't be tired of the ladies who can't pick their shoulders and can't scoop them on weekdays, even if the emperor looks at it, he is a little tired.

Everyone just ate a few bites, and the Queen Mother spoke and asked everyone to go back. And the emperor took the queen to accompany the queen mother back to Na Jikang Palace.

The matter of keeping the New Year is not something that Gu Qingwan and a pregnant woman can control at all, so not long after she went back, after Shui Bi sent all the reward money, Gu Qingwan was also helped back by Yurong and slept well.

The second day is the first day of the first month, and it is also the beginning of the real new year.

And this day is just a repetition of yesterday's kneeling and feasting, and it is a tiring thing on both sides.

In the evening, it was the imperial doctor who suddenly came to Changle Palace. Gu Qingwan didn't know what was going on, but she was asked by the imperial doctor to take the pulse first.

And when the sixth son came in, he learned that after Ye Xiuyi went back today, the fetal image was not good, and many doctors asked over there. And the queen was worried that something would happen to Gu Qingwan's fetus, so she asked the imperial doctor to come over and ask for peace in the pulse.

Gu Qingwan thought about it and sighed, this Ye Xiuyi herself looked older than her, and she was afraid that others would find fault, but she didn't discount it at all when she bowed. And even if Gu Qingwan was respectful on her face, she was not lazy at all when she should be lazy.

Because Ye Xiuyi suddenly saw red, the queen was afraid of taking responsibility, so she let the two pregnant people stay in her palace

After the second day of the new year, there are no important worship activities, but it is just a greeting to the queen and the queen mother. The Queen Mother has always been kind, how could she not be considerate of these pregnant women.

And on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the palace was quiet.

In the past half a month, the emperor stayed at the queen's place for a few days, and the remaining days were two times to turn over the Lin Ziyu brand.

Gu Qingwan didn't look at it, and she could know how proud this Shu Xiuhua was now.

But Mu Luozhi was also turned over by the emperor, and since Xiyuan came back, this Luo Xiuhua's momentum has not been as good as before. But the emperor could still remember her at such a busy moment, which made Gu Qingwan a little puzzled.