In the past, because Concubine De and Concubine Liuhuang were good friends, Concubine De herself had a cool personality, and she was used to speaking straightforwardly, and she often rushed to collide with the queen, so in these years, the queen did not often find a suitable opportunity to embarrass Concubine Liuhuang, who had children and daughters, and would embarrass Concubine De from time to time.

Now that Zhaoyang Palace has been sealed, although Emperor Chu has retained the title and honor of the queen, it is a foregone conclusion that the queen will lose power.

As soon as Concubine De turned over, not long after Emperor Chu went to Zhaoyang Palace yesterday, Lingyun Hall sent out the news that Concubine De was promoted to Concubine De. The news of the harem spread quickly, and today's Changle Palace of Concubine De was lively early.

Among the six palaces, the big and small concubines lined up to go to Changle Palace to congratulate her on her promotion, and only the three concubines of Emperor Liu, Ning Guiren and Concubine Chen did not pass.

Since Xiao Lu lost a child last time because of Duan Shaoyou, Concubine Chen has become more and more obsessed with things such as copying scriptures and reciting Buddhism, and even eats vegetarian food.

She devoted herself to eating and reciting Buddha, except for seeing Xiao Lu and Sister Rou, who entered the palace from time to time to ask for peace, she didn't hear anything outside the window.

Therefore, the queen's Zhaoyang Palace was sealed, and she never knew about it. It wasn't until the second day that the concubines of the six palaces all went to Changle Palace to say goodbye, and the palace maids in her palace got some rumors, so they came back and told her.

When she heard the news, Concubine Chen was kneeling in the small Buddha hall of Yuxiu Palace and chanting scriptures.

"Niangniang, the slave didn't believe it when she first heard about it, but then the slave went to look outside the Zhaoyang Palace. The palace gate of Zhaoyang Palace is closed, and there are four palace guards guarding the door. A round-faced palace maid knelt beside Concubine Chen and whispered to her. The slaves and maids inquired about the reason for the closure of Zhaoyang Palace, and they all said that it was because of the death of the prince of Zhenguo that the queen would be too sad and seriously ill. The imperial doctor went to Zhaoyang Palace for diagnosis and treatment, saying that the queen's heart and pulse were too damaged and she had to recuperate behind closed doors, so His Majesty ordered the palace to be closed and no one should be allowed to disturb the queen's mother's recuperation. ”

Concubine Chen, who was originally kneeling in front of the Buddha shrine, listened to what the palace maid said, and then slowly opened her eyes and turned her head to look at her.

"Is there anything else you've heard?"

"Niangniang, if you don't ask, I almost forgot." The palace maid was asked by Concubine Chen, and suddenly realized. "The queen mother closed the palace to recuperate, so it is naturally inconvenient to continue to manage the six palaces. His Majesty decreed yesterday that Concubine De of Changle Palace has been promoted to Concubine De, and in the future, Concubine De will assist with Imperial Concubine Niangniang in the affairs of the Six Palaces. No, Changle Palace was lively early this morning. Why don't you accompany the maid to Changle Palace now? ”

"Everyone will be the icing on the cake, so don't go to Changle Palace at this time to join in the fun." Concubine Chen no longer chanted Buddha in her mouth, but the Buddha beads on the plate in her hand did not stop for a moment. "However, the promotion of Concubine De to the throne is indeed a great joy. You went to open my private vault and picked up a few decent gifts. Later, you take someone to Changle Palace. Let's just say that I should go to congratulate Concubine De in person when I learned that Concubine De was promoted, but I was unwell and could only send someone to send a congratulatory gift first, and then come to congratulate her another day. ”

"Yes, the slave knows." The palace maid responded, and immediately got up, "The slave maid will take someone to open a private warehouse to pick up things." ”

"Well, there you go." Concubine Chen closed her eyes again. "I still have to recite the scriptures, so that people don't bother me for two hours."

"Okay, the slave will order it to go down immediately." The palace maid replied. "Niangniang meditates and worships the Buddha, and the slave will take care of the time outside."

Changle Palace was lively for most of the day, and it gradually quieted down in the evening.

"You will work harder today, and make a unified record and store the things they sent today." Concubine De is used to being clean in Changle Palace, and today's excitement really makes her a little difficult to handle.

It was easy to wait for the concubines who came to congratulate her to disperse, and she only felt a terrible headache.

"Niangniang, I can't stand it?" Concubine De's big palace maid Lingxi covered her lips and said with a smile. "Today, it's just the concubines in the palace who came to congratulate, and tomorrow the ladies outside the palace should also come to the door, and our Changle Palace will still be lively."

Her Majesty De Guifei has always been lenient, as long as she doesn't get involved in major matters, she also likes the palace maids to be relaxed.

She has no heirs under her knees, and in the past among the concubines in the palace, she only made friends with Emperor Liuhuang and Ning Guiren, although she doesn't like to be lively, but she is not used to being too lonely in her palace, so most of the palace maids who serve her close are outgoing and lively personalities, and Concubine De also likes to laugh with them when she has nothing to do.

"Don't say it, I've been making trouble in the palace for such a day today." Concubine De raised her hand and rubbed her shoulder, and immediately the eye quickly stepped forward to press and rub her shoulder, and she said with a long sigh of relief. "It turns out that I still prefer the birthday on weekdays."

"The slave maid is only afraid that the mother will not be able to live such a clean life in the future, the mother is now promoted to a concubine, and she has to cooperate with the imperial concubine in the six palaces, and there will be people who come to the door every day in the future." Lingxi instructed the palace maids to go down and count the gifts that Concubine De received today, and turned around and said. "It's that Concubine Chen didn't come to join in the excitement today, but she just sent the palace maid around her to give her a gift for Niangniang's promotion, saying that she was unwell and inconvenient to go out today, so she came to talk to Niangniang another day."

"However, after marrying Princess Nan'an, Concubine Chen's mother has become more and more simple." The palace maid who was massaging Concubine De said in echo Lingxi's words. "I heard that Concubine Chen hasn't been out of Yuxiu Palace for several days, and she just eats fasting and recites Buddha every day."

"Concubine Chen's life is not easy, she eats fasting and recites Buddha probably for the sake of Princess Nan'an's child who died early." Suddenly mentioning the child who died at birth of Xiao Lu, Concubine De couldn't help but think of her child who died of illness before even her first birthday, and she lowered her eyebrows and instructed Lingxi. "I remember that I still have a string of Xingyue Bodhi Buddha beads in my library that have come out of blood, right?"

"Yes, it was the last birthday of the mother, the imperial concubine Niangniang gave it to you, the imperial concubine said that the string of Buddhist beads was in the Famen Temple for decades by the incense offering and the blessing of the monks, but it is a rare good thing." Lingxi recalled.

"It's a bad thing for such a good thing to fall into the hands of someone like me who doesn't believe in Buddhism." Concubine De's eyes were slightly sour. "You find the Buddha beads for me and go to Yuxiu Palace in person, and hand them over to Concubine Chen for me, and say that I will give her a thank you gift. I'm a little tired now, and if I want to rest, you can go down first. ”

"Is the mother going to rest at this time?" Lingxi looked at the sky outside and asked suspiciously. "It's almost time for dinner, why don't you wait until dinner is over?"

"Let's pass on tonight's dinner later, I'm really tired."

"Okay, then I'll serve Niangniang first and go back and lie down for a while." Lingxi gave the other palace maids a look, and they retreated in understanding, leaving Lingxi alone to help Concubine De Guifei to the back of the dormitory.

Concubine De took off her concubine court clothes, and simply asked Lingxi to remove her hair bun, and she spread her long hair and lay on her side on the bed.

Lingxi quietly covered Concubine De with the quilt. He lowered the curtain in front of the bed and quietly withdrew.

Concubine De lay down at this time, and she fumbled for a jade pendant from under her pillow. This jade pendant was given to the child by Emperor Chu when she gave birth to the seventh son of the emperor, and her child wore it until the child fell ill. The imperial concubine couldn't bear to leave these things behind to see the injuries, and persuaded her to put the children's daily toys and jade pendants into the coffin for burial. She stayed in front of the spirit for several days without sleeping, and until the last moment, she finally ordered someone to take the jade pendant out of the coffin.

At that time, Concubine De Guifei had been unhindered during pregnancy, but she suddenly had dystocia during childbirth, she was broken and could no longer give birth, and the child was born with serious illness and small pain, and she was only nine months old when she died.

Later, the dark line brocade buried in the Zhaoyang Palace by Emperor Liuhuang once reported back a piece of news, saying that it was the queen who had a difficult birth that the queen let the queen buy the stable woman and secretly did her hands and feet, but it was a pity that the stable woman fell into the well drunk and died half a year later because of the addition of a grandson to the family, and the palace maid who came forward for the queen also left the palace the next year and there was no news, and she was killed by the queen.

There is no way to continue to investigate this matter without certification, and Emperor Liu Guifei also told her about it after thinking twice.

"My child is only the seventh son of the emperor in terms of prelude, what is the threat to her, why does she want to harm me and the child?" She was still immersed in the pain of losing her child and couldn't extricate herself, and she almost collapsed after hearing about it. "I have served His Majesty for many years before I conceived this child, and he was only nine months old when he left."

"The prince of Zhenguo was degraded some time ago, if it weren't for the prince of Zhenguo to intercede, I am afraid that the position of the prince will not be kept." Concubine Liu comforted her. "There are your father and brother among his people, and you know the queen's temperament."

"That's what it was." -Rolling-hot-tears—fell across her cheeks, and she said suddenly.

After returning to Changle Palace that day, she couldn't afford to be sick, she was sick for several months, and when the illness was at its worst, the imperial doctor instructed her to put ginseng tablets under her tongue to renew her qi, and Liu Huang Guifei explained her several times to no effect. Concubine Liu couldn't bear to let her friend lose her life, so she had to let Suihong go out of the palace and bring her mother into the palace.

Emperor Chu only thought that she was seriously ill because of the loss of her son, so he specially allowed her mother to temporarily live in Changle Palace until she recovered.

It was about the time when her mother, who couldn't bear to cry at her bedside all the time, worried about her, so she struggled to survive, saved her life, and never talked about the child again.

It's just that at this moment, I know that the queen has finally suffered retribution, even if this retribution cannot completely calm the resentment in her heart.