The little eunuch slipped back to the Internal Affairs Mansion in a gloomy manner, and bumped into the eunuch in charge Wang Jinbao sitting in the courtyard drinking tea. Wang Jinbao crossed Erlang's legs, and the spring light shone on his face, flashing so that he couldn't open his eyes. He stretched a slit, squinted his eyes, and said, "What are you doing?" The little eunuch nodded and bowed his waist to pay tribute to the territory of jade, and the long live lord said that he was going to make jade for the pure master.

Wang Jinbao bounced up from the recliner suddenly, patted his thigh and said, "Why don't you tell grandpa?" ”

How to let a nameless little eunuch snatch such a face-revealing thing, it's really a mistake. The little eunuch didn't know what he had done wrong, looked at Wang Jinbao's appearance, and said with a stiff smile: "You weren't there just now... The news came from the Yangxin Palace, and the slave was afraid of delaying the matter, just..."Wang Jinbao's eyes widened, pointed to the tip of the little eunuch's nose, and said: "Then I have to wait for grandpa to order... You... You can remember, in the future, everything in Yikun Palace must be told to grandpa first. ”

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "Yes, yes." "When I turned around, I dared to wipe two handfuls of sweat.

After a few days of sunshine, it rained for half a month. The rain is fine and dense, falling on the banana leaves, like a Sanskrit sound. Qingcheng was lazy, leaned his stomach in the pear blossom lotus pattern armrest rattan chair, asked Hai'an to extinguish Su Hexiang with grass ash, and quietly smelled the cool air of spring by the window. When the emperor came, Hai'an wanted to come forward to tell him, but he was stopped by the emperor. He quietly walked to the window, and saw her lying on her back, bent on her knees, and half of her feet peeking out of the brocade blanket.

Qingcheng didn't fall asleep, and felt that something was wrong in a trance, so he raised his eyes to look. I saw a tall apricot yellow figure standing beside him, and he was wearing a homely robe with golden patterns, containing a faint fragrance of dragon birth. She smiled lightly and said wryly, "Have you dispersed?" How late is it? The emperor pulled the blanket, covered the soles of her feet, and said, "It's still early, you can sleep again." Qingcheng no longer had the feeling of sleep, struggled to get up, and said, "I can't sleep, she always kicks me." ”

The emperor stretched out his hand to help her, took the gown handed by Hai'an, and draped it over Qingcheng's shoulder.

Dark clouds covered the sky, rolling and boiling on the top of the imperial city. The two of them paced slowly along the corridor, the rain running into the sky and the earth, filled with the rich earthy fragrance. The peach blossoms of the begonia in the courtyard were shattered to the ground and wandered with the falling water. Qingcheng asked, "Do you still come over for a late snack in the evening?" The emperor pinched her fingertips and said, "The frontier emergency will arrive in the evening, and it is impossible to say whether it is good or bad." After a pause, he said: "Anyway, don't wait stupidly, if it's late, I will rest in the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”

Qingcheng smiled back and said, "Don't be busy, you don't even remember to eat meals." ”

In the distance, Wu Shulai came over with an umbrella, and the emperor knew that he was here to urge the driver, so he stopped, kissed Qingcheng's eyebrows, and said softly: "Don't worry." Wu Shulai didn't dare to approach, and he followed him from a distance of more than ten steps. The emperor said: "You take care of your body, if you feel uncomfortable, let Erqi go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to inform me." ”

Qingcheng knew that he was leaving, and said softly, "Don't worry." ”

The emperor didn't let Qingcheng send him off, Qingcheng stood under the porch and looked at Xinghuang's figure disappearing, and Fang helped Hai'an into the house. After reading the book for a while, and feeling tired again, Qingcheng lay back on the rattan chair, and the more he slew, the thicker he became. I slept until dark, there was no lamp in the house, and a vague figure walked out of the study, tall and big, Qingcheng didn't see clearly, thinking it was the emperor, so he said: "Why don't you light the lamp when you come?" ”

But I saw the figure clenching his fists and bowing his waist and saying: "Pure Niangniang Wanfu." After speaking, Yongzhang also came out of the study and said, "Eniang, you are awake." Qingcheng came back to his senses at this time, and it turned out to be the eldest brother and the third elder brother. Hai'an heard a sound outside, and hurriedly led the little eunuch into the house to light the lamp. The room was shining, Qingcheng was barefoot and shoeed, and the eldest brother's face turned red and tilted his head. Qingcheng looked at it in her eyes, and then looked at the figure of the eldest brother, and found that he was almost the same as the emperor, and her heart moved, and she had a measurement.

When night fell, the emperor still came.

The two of them lay on their sides, and the emperor held Qingcheng in front of his chest with his back, and said, "Jian Yuheng's marriage, I'm afraid it will be delayed for a while." The queen's mother is seriously ill, and I don't know how many days she can survive. Qingcheng had already written a letter to her family, and her family had also written to ask several times, she had thought that after the spring, before the July draft, she must let the emperor make an order, and she didn't want to have such an incident again, which was really unexpected.

His arms were long and strong, and his shoulders were broad and warm. Qingcheng was greedy for warmth, so he couldn't help but squeeze into his arms, and said quietly: "There's no way to do it, you can only wait." After a pause, he said: "Actually, if you get married, you don't necessarily have to get married immediately, it's better to fall into the name first." The emperor closed his eyes and pursed his lips and smiled, "What's the hurry?" You can't still run. ”

On the contrary, the emperor must have given Fu Heng a mouthful, although he has not made a clear decree, who would dare to make a difference?

Speaking of marriage, Qingcheng thought of the eldest brother again, and hid the fact that he saw her barefoot and red-faced, and only said: "The eldest brother is thirteen years old, and it is not good to live with me again." Besides, you should also pay attention to the fact that there should be two emissaries in his room. "It stands to reason that when the princes are generally twelve years old, they will have a regular reward to serve, and after the age of fifteen, they will marry and bless Jin. But the eldest brother has no mother, and no one worries about him, and no one thinks about this matter until he is thirteen years old.

The emperor stretched out his hand to touch Qingcheng's cheek, habitually pinched it, and said, "It's a bit of a posture to be a mother." ”

He doesn't like to hear what Qingcheng says, she raised Yongzhang and Yongying, and she is still pregnant with one in her belly, why doesn't she have Eniang's "posture"? She turned over, faced him face to face, her breath stirred in a small place, and said, "I am the mother of three children, why don't I have a posture?" The emperor didn't want her to care, so he sneered: "I only know that they are playing around, but there is no posture." ”

Qingcheng crossed him and said, "They are still children, it's normal to play around." ”

She was the only one, lying on the bed and muttering to him. She was covered in green silk, wrapped around him, exuding a faint fragrance that seemed to be absent. The emperor made a mistake and asked, "What incense do you use, it seems to taste different." ”

Qingcheng kicked his thigh and said, "Who are you worried about?" I am pregnant, what incense do I use? The emperor sniffed her hair and said, "It's the smell of hair." Qingcheng was coaxed by him and said with a smile: "You and I use the same soap, the same sesame oil, and you smell your own too." ”

The emperor brushed the shredded hair from her face, his fingertips touched the delicate ears, and he went down the road, climbed into the neckline of her clothes, and rubbed it on her shoulder blades. Qingcheng felt itchy, flashing and giggling. The Emperor went to bite her lip, and she tilted her head and told him to bite only on her slippery pointed chin.

Qingcheng squeezed his hand and said with a smile: "That's the end of today, let's sleep." The emperor refused, and Qingcheng said without hesitation: "Why, you want to make me have back pain and can't get off the bed, right?" The emperor stayed for a moment, and then laughed loudly, as if he had done some great feat, and he was proud and satisfied.

Xianfu Palace has always been respected by Shu Concubine since the illness of Emperor Gao's concubine. The emperor has always treated Concubine Shu well, and the number of flipped cards is even more than that of Concubine Xian, but she has been favored for three and a half years, and she has never been pregnant. Not only was she anxious, but even her mother's family was restless, looking for folk prescriptions to make up for her. Although the rain stopped, the wind was still howling among the branches, blowing the corners of Shu Concubine's brocade robe fluttering. Xiang'er didn't wear much, and she trembled behind her, not daring to squeak.

Concubine Shu sneered: "I think I was born in Zhongming's Dingshi family, and my status is noble, but I have to suffer like this." ”

Xiang'er comforted: "Master, you are still young, you are seven or eight years younger than the queen and the pure master, and you are slowly recuperating your body, and there will always be a chance to give birth to a prince in the future." Concubine Xian is not in a hurry, what are you anxious about? ”

Concubine Shu turned around and glanced at her fiercely, and said, "How do you know that Concubine Xian is not in a hurry?" The Queen Mother didn't know how many ideas she had come up with. Xiang'er was most afraid that Concubine Shu would be angry, so she hurriedly said: "The slave is shallow, please forgive the master." Concubine Shu didn't have the heart to teach her a lesson, and asked, "Last time, you said that Lu Guiren had a recipe that could help you conceive, but is it true?" ”

Xiang'er seized the opportunity and said: "When the slave maid was receiving the moon in the Internal Affairs Office, I listened to what Master Lu's maid Yixiang said, and I didn't know if it was true or not. Concubine Shu thought for a moment and sighed: "It must be fake, if it is really useful, why didn't Master Lu himself have a son and a half daughter?" Xiang'er smiled and said, "It's useless for Master Lu to have a prescription, unlike you, the master, who has the emperor's favor." ”

Shu Concubine thought it was reasonable, but she really had no choice, so she was determined to give it a go.

After Lu Guiren was demoted from the concubine to the noble position, she was never summoned by the emperor again, she had no children under her knees, and she was ridiculed and sarcastic by the concubines every day, and the difficult life can be seen. Suddenly, Shu Concubine visited, and she couldn't help but be a little overjoyed, holding hands and chattering about noon. Concubine Shu had something to ask for, so she lowered her posture and agreed, and she didn't dare to say her purpose immediately, for fear that Lu Guiren would not want to, and she was afraid of what she would do, so she just passed through Zhongcui Palace and walked by the way. Lu Guiren thought that he had no use value, let down his guard, and treated people sincerely and sincerely.

The two talked happily and made an appointment to go to the Imperial Garden every few days.

The eldest brother was about to move back to the elder brother's office, and knew that Qingcheng had spoken for him, so he made a special trip to the main hall to bid farewell to Qingcheng. He bowed respectfully, kowtowed three times, and said, "In the past two years, thanks to Chun Niangniang's care." ”

He is now older and a man, Qingcheng can't be too close to him, so he only gave him a hand, and whispered: "Get up, when you get to the elder brother's office, if there is anything lacking or unsatisfactory, just tell me." He added: "When the show girl enters the palace, I want to reward you with two grids and put them in your house, and when the time comes, I will let you choose them yourself." ”

What is out of place, for the eldest brother, it doesn't matter, it is serious to pick a Fujin with a family background.

The eldest brother said obediently: "It's all up to the pure mother." He knelt down again, and led the grandmothers back to the elder brother's house.

There was a rebellion on the plateau, and the emperor was so worried that he could hardly sleep at night. Qingcheng ordered Erqi to boil the ginseng soup, and sent it to the Heart Cultivation Hall when he held the lamp, and the eunuch who was guarding the corridor said respectfully: "Qiqi pure master, long live the lord is still in the front hall to meet the minister." Qingcheng nodded, handed the ginseng soup to the eunuch on duty, and after some advice, he helped Hai'an back to Yikun Palace. In the middle of the night, the emperor came in the dark, and Qingcheng Yuan was half-asleep, and as soon as he came, he was completely awake.

The emperor wanted to eat three fresh vegetarian dumplings, Er Qi hurriedly put on them, staring at the kitchen freshly packed and cooked. The dumplings were served on the table, and there were two plates of hot and sour pickles, and the emperor ate them all up, and even ate the soup.

Qingcheng complained in a low voice: "I know you are worried about the court, but don't starve yourself. Ming'er, I'm going to ask the people in the Xuanyu dining room how it was a bad errand. The emperor was well fed, and he was feeling comfortable, listening to Qingcheng gritting his teeth to train the slaves, and said with a smile: "It's good to train them, let them know the power of the pure master." ”

This is just a joke, there is still a queen in the harem, Qingcheng has never liked to come out.

Hai'an led the palace people into the house with hot water, towels and other things, Qingcheng personally twisted the warm towel, cleaned his face for the emperor, and was about to serve him to change clothes, but the emperor said: "If you don't change it, you have to go back to the Heart Palace." Qingcheng said in surprise: "In the middle of the night, you don't sleep, the ministers still want to go back to the house to sleep on the hot kang." The emperor said: "I don't sleep, see which of them dares to think about hot kang." ”

He stepped out, the green orange was about to be delivered, but when he was stopped, the emperor said: "It's cold outside, don't go out." Qingcheng said: "I see that the moonlight is good today, and I can't sleep anyway, so I'll send you one." "He hasn't stepped into the harem for half a month, and he came to eat a bowl of dumplings and is leaving. Qingcheng was reluctant to follow him all the way to the court.

There are no stars or moons in the sky, dark and dark, only the dark outlines of pavilions and pavilions. The two palace people carried melon skin gauze lamps in front of them, and the cool wind blew their clothes fluttering. The emperor looked around and smiled, and said, "The moonlight is indeed good today. Qingcheng said: "I don't have a single star, where is there any moonlight." The emperor said, "Who said just now that you wanted to come out to see the moonlight?" Qingcheng heard that he was teasing himself, twisted his arm behind his back, and said angrily: "You want to go against me!" ”

The emperor was actually very depressed in his heart, and when he saw that she was delicate and infatuated, he gradually lost his anger and calmed down a lot.

He tugged around the green cloak on her shoulders and said, "Don't give it away, go back to the house." Qingcheng held the gold silk embroidered dragon claw purse around his waist and said, "You are so annoying, but I can't help you solve your worries." The emperor smiled, hugged her into his arms, and said, "You shouldn't be involved in the affairs outside, you just need to be my favorite concubine with peace of mind, go back to the house." ”

Early the next morning, Qingcheng sneezed twice, which frightened Hai'an, and hurriedly sent someone to the imperial hospital to call someone. In the kitchen, all kinds of ginger soup, green onion and white soup were prepared, and I drank half a bowl of green oranges first. It didn't take long for the emperor to know, and he couldn't pull away himself, so he asked the palace people back and forth four or five times. Jian Yuheng diagnosed the pulse and did not dare to prescribe the decoction, for fear of affecting the fetus in the womb, so he wrote two pairs of medicinal food and handed them to Hai'an. Hai'an didn't care about the meal, and called Erqi to come forward and admonish.

Since Chinese New Year's Eve, Erqi has avoided Jian Yuheng, but when he met at this time, he was downright and generous, he asked what he should ask, and he didn't pretend to understand if he didn't understand, but it seemed that Jian Yuheng was childish, red-faced, and couldn't say it clearly for a long time. Fortunately, the two of them were talking in the side hall, and they didn't ask Qingcheng to see the clues. After the instructions were finished, Er Qi said goodbye and retreated, leaving Jian Yuheng stunned for a while. Until the doctor reminded her, "Master Jane, do you have anything else to order?" ”

Jian Yuheng nodded, shook his head again, and then said, "It's okay, go back to the imperial hospital." ”

Qingcheng is sick, and he can't eat meat all day long, and most of them eat soup and porridge. The concubines and concubines in the palace all came to visit, and even the queen was alarmed, and sat in the Fengyu Yikun Palace. No one else can see the green oranges, but when the queen comes, she can't refuse. I didn't have time to put it on, so I cut a purple sunflower on the desk and pressed it on my sideburns, looking more energetic.

The queen has not been to Yikun Palace for many years, and when she entered the house, she found that the furnishings in the room were luxurious and rich, which was several times better than her Changchun Palace. She was secretly unhappy in her heart, and felt uncomfortable chest tightness, a little Han girl, with the emperor's favor, her food and clothing were still above the mother of the middle palace, but she was still angry, and she was born one after another.

Qingcheng has lived in the palace for a long time, and he has seen a lot of sophistication, but he can't understand why the queen is still smiling in the courtyard, why did she collapse her face when she entered the house? She had taken everything she had for granted, and she didn't feel anything wrong with it, so she couldn't guess why the queen was suddenly upset.

The queen exchanged a few words, didn't even drink tea, and left in a huff.

After lunch, Qingcheng really summoned Wang Zizhong, the chief eunuch of the imperial dining room, and gave him a careful training. If it was the concubine next to her, she would naturally not dare to meddle in the affairs of the emperor, but how good the pure concubine was in front of the emperor, everyone in the palace kneeled, Wang Zizhong knelt down, drooped his head and listened, except for "yes", that is, "the slave knows the guilt", other quibbles, I dare not say half a word. When Qingcheng was about to take a nap, he was released. When he arrived at the palace corridor, he bumped into Huang Erxia returning to the house, thinking that he was on someone else's territory, Wang Zizhong smiled and said: "Brother Huang, I haven't seen you for many days, how are you doing lately?" ”

He is the chief eunuch of the imperial dining room, and Huang Er is just a cook in the palace of concubines. Huang Er was not blind, he was busy and said, "Mr. Wang is in charge of Wanfu." Then he asked, "What is the wind that has brought you here?" Wang Zizhong couldn't say that he was here to be scolded, and said with a smile: "The pure master has something to say, let me go in person." ”

Huang Er said: "Do you want to go to my room to drink a bowl of tea before leaving?" ”

He was just polite, but he didn't want Wang Zizhong to agree, and said: "I'm just thirsty, don't bother, just take a sip of herbal tea." Now that he was on the stage, Huang Er had no choice but to lead him to his lower room.

In the lower room of Yikun Palace, in the corner near the palace street, there is a patio about ten meters in size, planted with a peach tree, and now it is blooming, and the pink and white petals are disturbed and fall to the ground.

Huang Er asked, "What kind of tea do you want to drink?" Wang Zizhong said with a smile: "Just make a pot of tea leaves." Huang Er didn't ask any more, picked out two rubs of Biluochun and soaked a pot, and poured half a bowl for Wang Zizhong with a bucket-sized flowerless white porcelain bowl.

Wang Zizhong had seen good things, and after taking a bite, he asked, "Is this Biluochun?" Huang Er said: "It's an old tea, and if the pure master doesn't want it, he will reward it to the people below." ”

In a word, he almost choked Wang Zizhong and vomited blood.

If you want to say that the palace tribute of the high-grade Biluochun, the internal affairs office is only so much a dozen catties a year, the queen mother has a big head, and the rest except for the Yangxin Palace and Changchun Palace, the rest can't be divided, and the concubines who have a low rank and no grace don't even have to think about it, and they should be thankful for being able to share some tea powder. And in this Yikun Palace, there will be left Chen tea for the minions to drink!

Wang Zizhong couldn't wait to get rid of Huang Er at this time and make up for the lack of cooks in Yikun Palace. The manager of Laoshizi, who is tired and worried, is afraid of being afraid, and even the pot of Biluochun is difficult to drink all year round, what is the use of asking for it? !

A few days later, Qingcheng's illness was cured, and the emperor saw that she was not in good spirits, so he ordered the people of Nanfu to sing in Yikun Palace. didn't make much of a battle, only picked four or five Shengdan to be ugly, and didn't even set up a stage, just played and sang in the pavilion. was afraid that Qingcheng would not be interesting to watch the play alone, so he specially asked Concubine E to accompany him. I want to be free, and I go around twice from time to time.

When Concubine Shu heard this, her face turned green with anger. If it's just usual, but this day is her birthday, and the emperor didn't say a good word, even the queen forgot to appreciate the silver silk noodles, and Yikun Palace was still singing when she had nothing to do, just to relieve her boredom! She added fuel and vinegar to Lu Guiren chattering in the imperial garden, Lu Guiren felt the same way, shook the veil and said: "When she was not favored before, she didn't even dare to say a word in front of me, if I pointed to the east, she didn't dare to go west, she was very timid." ”

Concubine Shu didn't like to listen to this, stared at Lu Guiren with squinted eyes, and thought in her heart: I can talk about the past, and now I can't even compare to the toes of the pure concubine, and I don't feel boring.

As soon as June passed, show girls from all over the country rushed to Beijing. The queen and Concubine Xian were secretly competing, and both of them were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground. On the day of the draft, the genius was shining, and the palace gradually became noisy. Anyway, she didn't have much to do with Qingcheng, she slept peacefully until three o'clock in the morning, and when she woke up for breakfast, the unsuccessful show girl had already begun to leave the palace. Qingcheng didn't inquire about how many people were left, nor did she ask people to ask about the title rank, anyway, if she knew it or not, it didn't have much impact on her.

At least, no one can shake her position for the time being.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the sun is shining golden, as if it is about to roast everything in the world. The forest shades the sky and the sun, and the breeze shuttles, blowing the leaves and the branches sizzling. Qingcheng sat quietly in the pavilion, and Erqi set up a stove to make tea on the side, boiling water gurgling, and the surroundings seemed more and more peaceful.

Mama hugged Yongying, and Qingcheng looked at him running around and felt very comfortable. Yongying listened to something on Qingcheng's stomach, and Qingcheng couldn't help laughing: "Does Yongying want a sister or a younger brother?" "Yongying is already three years old, and she speaks very neatly, and when she chooses haha beads, it is time to go to school in the south study.

Yongying thought about it carefully and said, "I want a sister." "For Qingcheng, it doesn't matter if it's a prince or a princess, after all, she already has two sons, and it's not bad to have a princess.

Qingcheng asked, "Why?" ”

Yongying said in a milky voice: "If you are a sister, you can be as beautiful and gentle as the eldest princess." ”

Pretty?! Gentle?! It is undeniable that the eldest princess has a very good appearance and a bad personality, Yongying described it well, it is strange, no one knows where Yongying learned these two words, which made Qingcheng surprised. She couldn't help but ask with a smile on her face: "Where did you learn to be "beautiful" and "gentle"?" Do you know what it means to be "beautiful" or "gentle"? ”

Yongying didn't seem to understand Qingcheng's words, but he always felt that it meant praise, and said proudly: "I just know." ”

The emperor's voice came from behind him, and said, "What are the two mothers and sons talking about, I can hear laughter from afar." Yongying grew up beside the emperor since he was a child, and he didn't salute, but threw himself on the emperor's lap first, and shouted sweetly: "Huang Ama." The emperor was in a very good mood today, picked him up with one hand, scratched his nose, and said, "It's so big, I still want the emperor to hug him." ”

If he doesn't come, as soon as he comes, he looks happy again, and he is full of vinegar, and said, "How many show girls did you stay?" When the emperor saw her face, he knew that she was not happy, and said, "Two nobles, two are always there." He handed Yongying to Mama and took it away, sat down with Qingcheng, and said with a smile: "I don't want to inquire, I have to ask me." ”

Qingcheng said: "What can I do if I inquire?" Can you leave two less? ”

The emperor picked up a piece of lotus root flour cake on the table, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and quipped: "You have to change your jealous problem." ”

Qingcheng sulked and turned to leave. Coincidentally, Erqi stepped forward with new tea, and was flung by the green orange sleeve, and couldn't help but loosen his hand, and the entire tea plate was splashed on him with the boiling tea.