In the middle of September, the air is solemn and condensed, and the dew is frosty.

Frost is the last solar term of autumn and the transition from autumn to winter.

At this time, hoarfrost has appeared outside the palace, on the yellow wall and red tiles, pieces of silver ice crystals are shining, and the plants condense to form fine ice needles, and some have become hexagonal frost flowers, which are white in color and loose in structure.

The leaves inside and outside the palace are withered and yellow, and all the leaves have fallen off.

"The air is solemn and the frost falls, and the yin begins to condense."

Xuan Ce's birth made this dull and lonely Forbidden City more happy, during that time, Xuan He stayed in Yongfu Palace, Xuan Ce almost never left his hand, thinking about it, he was very happy with this child.

In Yongfu Palace, all the concubines gathered.

Yuqing has seen Xuanhe for many firsts in his life, but this time, he is happy different. The topic of conversation is always around the baby in swaddling clothes, and the eyebrows and eyes look very much like him.

Xu Qianshi sat beside him and smiled a little shyly, covering the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, looking at Xuan Ce's eyes with extremely gentle eyes, which was a woman's unique temperament, maternal brilliance.

Yijia smiled a little perfunctorily, as far as her eyes could see, revealing a sense of mockery.

The other concubines also followed Yijia, and they didn't dare to praise loudly, and they just flattered a few words.

Yuqing looked at the room full of women, didn't say much, just smiled with the crowd.

In the harem, it seems to be divided into three factions.

Xu Qianshi, Fang Jinshu faction, Yijia and the concubines, the remaining faction is Yuqing alone.

The three-legged stand up, everyone's laughter and laughter in their eyes are a little angry and gunsmoke, only Xuanhe, feeling peaceful.

Half a month later, Xuanhe announced the decree, and the concubines of the palace set off to Zhaohua Temple to pray for the prince's blessing.

Shaohua Temple is located in the suburbs, about two hours by car. I thought I was going to stay there for one night.

It was nearly the middle of October, the weather was getting colder and colder, and the emperor left the palace and pulled a long queue, and the palace had not been so lively for a long time.

According to the position, Yijia walked behind Xuanhe, followed by Yuqing, and then followed by Xu Qianshi and other concubines.

When Yuqing walked to the carriage, she was hit by a gust of cold wind, which made her dizzy. tightened the fox fur on his body and sneezed lowly.

Yan Zi hurriedly handed over a stove, Yuqing took it, and a burst of warmth spread from the palm of his hand.

"Ahh......h

Xu Qianshi walked behind Yuqing and sneezed firmly, his voice was abrupt, and Xuan He turned back almost at the same time and looked in their direction.

Xuanhe strode over, skipped Yuqing directly, walked towards Xu Qianshi, took off the cloak on her body and wrapped Xu Qianshi, and authorized her to sit with him.

Xuan He hugged Xu Qianshi and passed by Yuqing, Xu Qianshi turned his head slightly and smiled contemptuously at Yuqing and Yijia.

Yuqing's heart was cold, and the two people in her eyes were like two thorns, piercing her heart fiercely. His figure is getting farther and farther away, as if there are thousands of mountains and rivers in between, and he can't catch up anymore.

Yi Jia angrily almost tore the Jinpa in her hand, bit her silver teeth and said coldly: "Slut! ”

In this prayer, Yuqing suffered their love and the pride of Xu Qianshi. The heart was empty, and the eyes gradually lost their light and turned gray, as if they had lost their souls and no longer had any hope.

Finally, after tedious etiquette, Xuanhe went to the presiding meditation room, and it was the turn of the concubines to pray for blessings in the main hall, followed by the queen, the concubine, the concubine, the concubine, the nobleman, and the promise......

In previous years, Yuqing was the first one, so after she listened to the Buddhist scriptures, she held the incense in her hand and subconsciously walked up first.

"Concubine Yu, have you trespassed?" Yijia was just about to go up to the incense, but Yuqing took the lead and sneered.

Yuqing was confused, her thoughts drifted away for a while, and she forgot that she was no longer the queen.

Yuqing was a little embarrassed and walked down silently.

Yijia pursed her lips and laughed a few times when she saw this, and the other concubines also laughed. Indeed, such jokes are not common, and the last time was when Yuqing removed the queen.

Yijia didn't look at Yuqing again after the incense, and walked down by herself, Yuqing looked around, hesitated and walked to the Buddha, but collided head-on with Xu Qianshi, Xu Qianshi fell to the ground with an exclamation, and the baby in her hand cried loudly instantly, and for a while, the hall was in a mess.

Xuanhe happened to bump into this scene when he arrived, ran over hurriedly, helped her up, and said distressedly: "How is it?" Does it hurt? ”

Xu Qianshi's eyes were red and he shook his head, as if he had been greatly wronged, and looked at Xuan Ce in his arms: "It's okay to be a concubine, it's just a ...... of Ce'er."

Xuanhe saw that the incense burned a large bubble on Xuance's pink little hand, and Xuance couldn't stop crying, which should be extremely painful. Don't worry about it, Qianshi's hands are also a lot redder.

Xuan He was furious, turned his head and kicked at Yuqing. Grabbed her collar and shouted, "What's the matter? ”

It happened so fast that Yuqing barely reacted, and this kick was firmly kicked in the abdomen! The dense pain pulled her blank thoughts back, and Yuqing raised her hand to hold her abdomen and explained blankly: "It was the turn of the concubine to incense just now, but I didn't know that the nobles also stepped forward together, so I accidentally ......"

Xu Qianshi hugged Xuan Ce and cried: "It's all the concubine's fault, the master in the hall previously said that the concubine was the biological mother, so he asked the concubine to take the lead in praying for the prince, but as soon as the master finished reciting the Buddhist scriptures, the jade concubine's sister went up, and the concubine thought that it would be the same to wait for her sister to incense first, so she thought about the second one to come forward, but she didn't think about ......." With that, she wiped away a few more handfuls of tears.

Xuanhe swept his eyes lightly, squinted and said, "Since you have already finished the incense, why do you still hit her?" ”

Yuqing looked at his almost resentful gaze, and forced herself to cry and explained: "Previously, it was the concubine who crossed the first one to step forward, and after Concubine Yijia reminded her, the concubine came down, thinking that according to the position, the second concubine will be the turn of the concubine, and the concubine will ......."

Xuanhe interrupted her impatiently, with a disappointed expression: "You take position so seriously? ”

Yuqing's heart was cold, and she was stunned: "The concubine didn't have a ......"

Xuanhe's eyes swept over Yuqing's whole body, and became gloomy for a moment, slowly frowning, he loosened Yuqing's collar, his eyes were full of disgust and disgust, he was like a sinner who had seen a heinous crime for the first time, and commented in that surprised and malicious tone: "Why are you so vicious?" ”

"It's not enough to hurt my first child, do you want to do it again?"

Yuqing looked up violently, simply, in disbelief.

With this kind of malicious insult and speculation about her, is it really the man who loves her entire youth with all her heart?

Yuqing struggled to stand up, she used all her reason and strength to keep herself steady.

"Your Majesty, do you conclude that it was your concubine who did it indiscriminately? You're rightly accusing me like that? The concubine was the middle palace back then, and the emperor raised a woman quietly behind the concubine's back outside, do you yourself have a clear conscience? ”

Before Yuqing finished speaking, what interrupted her was a very loud slap!

Xuan He was annoyed and angry, gritted his angry teeth, shook his sleeves hard, and said coldly: "From now on, the noble Jin Xu is Concubine Xu," After speaking, he glanced at Yuqing: "Concubine Yu, reduce it to a promise." In this way, you don't have to remember when the incense is applied, and a ruthless woman like you is not worthy to stand on top of the Buddha hall. ”

The sound fell, Xuanhe left with Xu Qianshi, and never looked back.

Yuqing knew that Xu Qianshi gave birth to a child for him, and no matter how different other concubines were in his heart, Yuqing didn't expect that she was also different from herself, and everything she once had was about to fall apart.

Yuqing's pupils were dark and dark, reflecting the shadow of Xuan He who was extremely disgusted with her, and all that remained in her heart was overwhelming sadness.

The crowd dispersed, only Fang Jinshu helped her hand before leaving, the others were all mocking and sneering, Yuqing finally sat down in front of the Buddha and didn't know how long she knelt and sit, only knew that it was already dark when Yan Zi ran over from the meditation room.

Yuqing remembered that she used to talk to Xuanhe very late, but now they won't talk anymore, and she would still stay up late before, but she thought that it would be better to go to bed early from today.