The lights are dim and the curtains ripple. Today is the first day of the new year, the emperor should have stayed in the middle palace, plus Qingcheng and the queen had an accident at the same time, the government and the opposition are watching, and he can't be biased. The emperor got up, Qingcheng understood etiquette and knew that he was leaving, so he only stared at his figure silently, and did not open his mouth to stay. The emperor looked at her, but saw that his eyes were as shimmering as a pool of autumn water, his face was as white as paper, his lips were tightly closed, and he had a smile on his face. He said without a head or an end: "I can't stay." ”

Qingcheng said: "I know, the road is slippery, you walk carefully." ”

The emperor left, Qingcheng touched the empty position on his side, and was a little lonely for no reason. The room was silent, the ears were buzzing, and anyone would be timid when it came to ghosts and gods. The dark window sometimes had the shadow of dead branches, and he was terrified, so he shouted outside: "Hai'an, come in and light the lamp." The curtain was lifted, and there was a shadow of apricot yellow.

Qingcheng was stunned, and felt overjoyed, and said, "How..."

The emperor held the wax skewer in his hand and said with a smile: "Anyway, it's snowing outside, and the road is not easy to walk, so I will sit down again." He personally lit the palace lamp, kicked his boots, sat down on her bed, and said, "Are you scared?" In front of him, he had nothing to hide, Qingcheng said: "The window is pitch black, and I always feel that a strange face will appear at any time." The emperor said, "I will keep you to sleep before leaving." After speaking, he helped Qingcheng to lie down, and was afraid of touching her wound, so he was an arm's width apart, and his clothes were crooked.

With him by his side, it seems that he is not afraid of any demons and monsters, and his heart is very stable. Her thoughts blurred, and she didn't know when she fell asleep. The cold wind outside the house was cold, and Xiao Xiao was sounding. There was suddenly no sound in the room, and Wu Shulai rubbed his hands and paced left and right under the porch, seeing that the sky was dark, and he didn't know whether to remind the emperor.

In the early morning of the next day, Hai'an tiptoed into the hall and saw Wu Shulai sleeping soundly at the foot of the wall holding a quilt. couldn't help laughing, pushed him, and said: "Wu Chenda, Wu Chenda..." Wu Shulai sucked back his saliva, opened his eyes lazily, looked around, as if he had been bitten by a dog, turned over, and said, "Long live the lord?" ”

Hai'an held back a smile and said, "I haven't gotten up yet." ”

Wu Shulai slapped his head in annoyance, and shouted: "Oops! He straightened his clothes, lifted the curtain like a thief, and was about to look inside, but he bumped into the emperor's face face with him.

The emperor put his hands behind his back, his eyes were gloomy, and he stared at Wu Shulai with chills.

Wu Shulai hurriedly knelt down to greet him and said, "Long live the auspicious lord." The emperor strode out and said, "Tell me, can I be "auspicious" today?" Wu Shulai laughed twice and said, "The slave should be damned, he fell asleep." The snow in the courtyard was half a foot thicker, and the emperor went to look under the porch, turned back to the house, and said, "Set up breakfast." ”

Hai'an had already entered the house to serve the green orange to wash, the kitchen was set up, and the emperor ate two nests of pickles indiscriminately, washed his hands and asked, "Can the matter be investigated?" Wu Shulai stepped forward and said respectfully: "The servants closed the palace doors overnight last night and counted them, and a total of ten people were not on errands, three of them were sent by the master to work aside, and the other seven people did not know their whereabouts. "He is the eunuch in charge of the Heart Cultivation Palace, he does things neatly, and he will never drag on three or four, and the emperor will handle it carefully and strictly as soon as he decrees.

When the emperor heard this, he was very satisfied, and said, "Send those seven people to the Punishment Division for torture." ”

Wu Shulai responded, and was afraid that the emperor would investigate what he had forgotten to call yesterday, so he trembled and waited to be scolded. Qingcheng said, "Why didn't you leave last night?" The emperor did not blame Wu Shulai, but said: "I wanted to squint my eyes for a while, but I fell asleep." Qingcheng was worried and said, "What should I do then?" I'm afraid it's time to talk about it outside. ”

The emperor smiled, pinched her cheek, and said, "The matter has come to this point, what can be done?" Besides, isn't there much talk about you out there? When the sky falls, I still have you to support you, what are you afraid of? The two were talking and laughing, and a little eunuch knelt under the corridor and said, "Long live Lord Qiyu, pure master, Lord Jian asks to see." ”

Qingcheng said, "Let him come in." ”

Jian Yuheng entered the house, invited An according to the courtesy, checked Qingcheng's pulse, and personally stared at the doctor to apply medicine to Qingcheng, before leaving. The emperor suddenly said: "The old orange said that I want you to pay attention to the girl, there were a few Mongolian county lords in the palace yesterday, can I pick one for you?" He said it lightly, and Jian Yuheng was stunned when he heard it. The Jian family has practiced medicine for generations, and their ancestors are also quite famous in Shangjing, and several pharmacies in the family have a lot of income and a lot of land. But if compared with the Mongolian county lord, it is really a difference between cloud and mud.

Qingcheng saw that Jian Yuheng was stunned, and hurriedly said: "This is a major marriage matter, and it needs to be considered in the long run." ”

The emperor was not reluctant, waved his hand to order Jian Yuheng to retreat, and said with a smile: "Leave a few county lords in the palace, you are not happy, give your brother a marriage, you are not happy, this matter is really difficult to do." Qingcheng smoothed the wrinkles on the emperor's shoulders and said softly: "I know you want to mention the lintel of the Jane family, but the county lord is a relative of the emperor and has a noble status, how can ordinary people bear it." After a pause, he said: "I only hope that the girl who marries into the Jian family can be quiet and filial, have a good character, and put her appearance and family background second." ”

Erqi stood beside him with the tea, listening to Qingcheng's words, his heart was about to move. I couldn't help but look at the majestic man crawling in the snow through the open-carved glass window, and sighed faintly after half a sound.

The matter of the holy car staying in Yikun Palace spread all over the big and small corners of the palace early in the morning. The Queen Mother was crooked on the kang smoking hookah, and Concubine Xian knelt on the pedal to serve, the smoke was filled, and the expressions of the two were blurred. The Queen Mother said: "I heard that the emperor is resting at Concubine Chun's. Concubine Xian pinched the queen mother's leg unhurriedly, and said: "It was said that the queen and Concubine Chun bumped into a villain on the palace street, and the queen was frightened, but her body was fine." On the contrary, it was a pure concubine, who blocked a knife for the queen and suffered a knife wound on her arm. ”

The Queen Mother spit out two circles of white smoke and said leisurely: "You tell the truth to the mourning family, but you instructed this?" ”

Concubine Xian stopped in her hand, took half a step back, knelt down on her knees and said: "Queen Mother Mingjian, no matter how confused the concubine is, she doesn't dare to touch the emperor's concubine." The Queen Mother snorted, squinted her eyes and didn't speak for a long time.

The hall was quiet, and Concubine Xian was also terrified in her heart. After a while, the Queen Mother broke the silence and said: "What you want, the mourning family understands, but the mourning family wants to tell you one, the mourning family next to you can ignore it, but you are never allowed to hurt the grandchildren of the mourning family." ”

Concubine Xian answered "yes" in a low voice, her thoughts moved back tactfully, but her face was restrained and submissive, and she did not show half a point.

Back at Jingren Palace, Concubine Shun had been waiting in the warm pavilion for a long time. After tea, the two didn't talk much and went straight to the point. Concubine Shun was worried and said, "I think you should know that Yinling was caught." Concubine Xian gathered the cashmere blanket on her knees and said, "What if you catch it?" She wants to avenge Jin Ling herself, can she rely on us? ”

Concubine Shun's fingertips trembled, and said: "I originally thought the same, but that silver bell is not a person according to common sense, the former concubine Yu arranged for her to leave the palace, and she made a plan to stay." Yesterday's incident, when I was discussed, I only said to scare and scare the queen. Who would have thought that she would dare to use a knife in the palace. It's a big deal, Concubine Chun is injured, the emperor wants to do it himself, if she confesses a sentence or two that shouldn't be said, let's just..."

Concubine Xian grabbed Concubine Shun's hand, tightened it, and said: "Don't mess with yourself, let's not make a move, can the queen watch Yinling rush to the emperor and talk nonsense, the emperor is sick, the emperor is guilty, if he knows that the person behind the murder is the queen, even if the queen does not admit it, the emperor has suspicions in his heart, and the queen will not be happy in the future." Therefore, the queen will never let Yinling speak. ”

Concubine Shun has always been calm, thought about it, and said about it, Fang said: "It's still your foresight." ”

In the afternoon, the snow is getting heavier and heavier. The queen cowered in the chaise longue and stared out the window at the snowfall. The warm pavilion was as warm as spring, her body was heavy, she only wore a thin silver silk embroidered peony pattern robe, her hair was not curled, and the green silk was spread all over her body at will. Shanrou took the hot milk into the house, and half-knelt down and said, "Master, for the sake of the prince, you have to cheer up." The queen smiled coldly, creepy, and she said, "Prince? The emperor doesn't care, what's the use of me cheering up? ”

Shanrou was relieved and said, "How could the emperor not care, yesterday and overnight..."

The queen looked at Shanrou with cold eyes and said, "Overnight? Don't you know that he is staying in Yikun Palace? Shanrou said: "I heard that the emperor overslept, so he didn't come back, master, you..."

The queen's sleeve flicked suddenly, knocking over the hot milk in Shanrou's hand. The spoon of porcelain fell to the ground, and it made a loud noise, burning Shanrou's hands, but she didn't dare to cry out in pain. The queen seemed to be crazy, and said sharply: "Oversleeping? How could there never be such a thing before...", crying and laughing, said: "What is the injury on her pure concubine's hand, who knows my injury here!" She clenched her fists and pounded her chest hard, tears streaming down her cheeks with grief. The queen's temperament has changed greatly, and Shanrou was frightened yesterday and was talking nonsense, so she hurriedly called someone to go to the Imperial Doctor Xuan to take a look.

The doctor checked the pulse, re-prescribed the prescription, and ordered the doctor to boil.

For a while, Concubine Yu came to visit, but Shanrou stopped her outside, and said, "The master just drank the medicine, and it's better not to see the guests." Concubine Yu couldn't care about these things, she heard that there was a palace man named Yinling among the people who were arrested, so she rushed to discuss with the queen non-stop. That silver bell is Jin Ling's sister, whether she is instructed or not, it may be to take revenge on the queen.

The matter of Emperor Gao's concubine's illness, once it is poked out, the queen is afraid that she will lose her troops to protect the commander, and her situation will be difficult.

The queen rested for a while, her spirit was slightly better, and after listening to Concubine Yu's words, she said decisively: "You prepare some crane top red and send them to the Shen Punishment Division, just say that it is my intention, and give all the seven palace people to death." Concubine Yu was frightened and said, "But...", the queen's eyes were like a sword, and she said: "What can't be, we have to act in front of the emperor." When the emperor asked, you blamed me completely, and I was stupid and crazy. I am pregnant with my son-in-law, and the emperor will not do anything. After a short pause, he said: "This is the incident you provoked, if you don't do it, who will?" ”

Yu Concubine's knees were weak and she could barely stand.

Yongzhang broke up from school, and built a snowman in the courtyard with the eldest brother, accidentally fell, and a big bag appeared on his forehead, Qingcheng was distressed, Ling Erqi took the boiled egg and slowly rubbed it for him. In the evening, the emperor came, his face was gloomy, and Yongzhang was so frightened that he asked for peace, and hurriedly retired with a big bag. For fear that the emperor would ask, it would be another lesson.

The emperor took off the Xuanhuang Dayu, took off the crown of the Golden Dragon Winter Dynasty, changed into a homely pine flower-colored satin tuanfu robe, and sat cross-legged opposite the green orange. Hai'an held the tea, the emperor took the porcelain bowl, and was about to smash it to the ground. Raised in the air and paused, and slammed it heavily on the kang. Qingcheng remained silent and said, "Hai'an, you take a jar of cool rose dew and let the Long Live Lord dissipate the anger." ”

Hai An agreed to go out, and with another look, he asked the palace people standing in the house to retreat to the outer hall together.

Qingcheng said with a smile: "I just watched Yongzhang's homework, and the teacher's comments were very good, and he also said that the idea was novel and he made great progress." The emperor glanced at Qingcheng and said angrily: "Is this the time to talk about homework?" Qingcheng still smiled and said, "Then what should I say?" The emperor looked at the tea mist and said, "The seven palace people who were arrested last night were given to death by the queen." ”

The snow got dark early, and a thick layer of dark clouds accumulated on the top of the imperial city, pressing down heavily. The courtyard was lit up, and the soft light shone into the room through the glass window, and the emperor's face was yellow and black, which made people panic.

Qingcheng was also frightened, it stands to reason that the queen should investigate this matter to the end and find out the people behind the scenes, and she should not be so hasty. And with the emperor doing it himself, no one can make his own decisions. Qingcheng said: "Yang or the people below take the name of the queen..."

The emperor interrupted: "It was done by Concubine Yu, I interrogated it, and said that it was an order from the queen." ”

Qingcheng was taken aback again and asked, "Can the queen admit it?" The emperor did not speak, but nodded silently. Qingcheng got up and sat next to the emperor, her right hand was injured and it was inconvenient to act, she shook the emperor's palm with her left hand, and said softly: "Xu is the queen's troubles." The emperor laughed angrily, looked at Qingcheng fixedly, and said, "Bitter? What is there she can't tell me? As the mother of a country, how can she act so cold-blooded and ruthless? It's heartbreaking. ”

Hai'an stood outside the door with rose dew, and did not dare to enter.

There was silence in the room for a moment, and Qingcheng said: "The queen has lost Yonglian, and she is already sad. Later, she had a miscarriage, and now she finally has a stable pregnancy with a dragon heir, but someone has an idea to murder her. I am also a mother, and I know that she has a hard grudge. After many years of getting along, she knew the emperor, and he ran to him to lose his temper, but he just wanted her to comfort and comfort her, in fact, he had already made up his mind for a long time. The queen is his wife and pregnant with a son-in-law, no matter what the queen does, he will forgive, and he can only forgive.

The emperor really breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You can't kill innocents indiscriminately in love and law." ”

Qingcheng said: "People can't be resurrected after death, and if they find their families, they will be rewarded a lot." Only then did the emperor hold back the green orange, his fingers interlocked, and he said: "You are my untie lock, I can't let the minions know the joys, sorrows, and sorrows outside, and I can only keep a straight face every day, only in front of you, can I speak freely and without scruples." Qingcheng smiled and said, "Needless to say, it's okay to drink a cup of rose dew?" ”

Hai'an heard it outside, fixed his expression, lifted the curtain and smiled: "The rose dew is here!" ”

Although the emperor did not investigate the matter of the queen's death palace people, he was reluctant to visit Changchun Palace for several days after a gap in the end. After the first month, Concubine Xian's green head card was put back into the list of servants in the Jingshifang, and the four county lords of Mongolia only left the Borzigit clan as a concubine and gave the title of the lord of Yonghe Palace. When Concubine Jing first arrived, she went to each palace and hall to ask for peace, the queen was virtuous, and rewarded two white jade Ruyi, Concubine Xian, Concubine Shun, and Concubine Jia were one level lower, and the reward was two golden steps. When she went to Yikun Palace, Concubine Chun shirked her hands and didn't even see her. The emperor listened to Wu Shulai's announcement in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and was immediately happy.

Qingcheng took a nap and leaned on the kang to listen to the affairs of the concubine return to the palace. After the New Year, there was no major event, and the concubine gave the trivial things one by one, and said: "The emperor said that he would add two cabinets made of rosewood to the concubine's dormitory, and the Internal Affairs Office said that he wanted the mother to approve the white strip." Qingcheng snorted and said, "The emperor has spoken, and he wants me to approve some security guards and let them find the emperor by themselves." ”

Laughter came from afar, saying, "What's the matter with me?" ”

Concubine E hurriedly got up to greet her, but the emperor had already entered the door, she took half a step back, bowed down and said, "The emperor is blessed." Qingcheng also bent his knees and said, "If you want to add things to the Jing Concubine's dormitory, you should do it, and the Internal Affairs Office will ask me to approve the security guards, isn't there nothing to do?" Her tone was not good, and Concubine E was shocked to hear it.

The emperor opened his mouth and was about to speak, when he glanced at Concubine E again and said, "You still have something?" Concubine E hurriedly said: "The concubine wants to go back to read the account book, so she won't disturb the emperor and the pure master to talk." The Emperor waved his hand and said, "Go." "Concubine E blessed her body, but retreated. At the door of the outer hall, she vaguely heard the emperor's Shu Lang's voice, she didn't dare to stay for a long time, and lifted the curtain to go out.

Qingcheng picked up the books on the kang table, stacked them neatly on the big case, and muttered: "Today is the tribute of the Li Dynasty, and tomorrow is the Mongolian marriage, one after another, when will it be the head." ”

The emperor saw that her hands and feet were nimble, and said, "Don't move, be careful of the wound cracking." ”

Qingcheng said: "It's a traumatic injury, and I've been raising it for half a month, so it's almost complete." Then he looked at him and asked, "Dispersed so early?" The emperor casually helped her sort out the book, but said to the side, "I came to ask you, Concubine Jing came to ask for peace, why did you avoid it?" It's obviously good on hand. Qingcheng was really a little angry, and said, "What, you are here to ask the master to ask for sin?" ”

The emperor stopped his movements, grabbed her waist, and said: "I don't want to ask you about the crime, but Concubine Jing is the lord of Mongolia, and her grandmother and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang are cousins. ”

Qingcheng pouted and said: "What kind of county lord is not the county lord with her, anyway, I am not happy, I am not happy." ”

The corners of her eyes were slightly red, the tip of her nose twitched, and she pouted, which was exactly the same as when Yongying couldn't eat candy. I thought that the emperor would inevitably be angry, but unexpectedly, he laughed back, pinched her face, and said, "Oh, my pure concubine Niangniang won't be jealous." Qingcheng glared at him and said, "You're still making fun of me." ”

The emperor tightened her into his arms and said, "Teasing is teasing, I am talking seriously." ”

Qingcheng knew that he was wrong, and said in a low voice: "Okay, okay, I know." If she comes to say goodbye again, she won't let her eat behind closed doors. She occasionally became jealous, and the emperor felt quite interesting, so he couldn't help but kiss the corner of her lips and said with a smile: "Seeing that you are so well-behaved, how about I reward you?" Qingcheng's house is already full of antiques and curios, and the things in the library are also piled up with gold and silver, and she can't even look down on what he wants to reward.

The emperor said, "It's rare to keep you." ”

After the first month, it is considered spring. The white spring day is as shallow as nothing, reflecting on the two of them, fainting out a faint and thin brilliance. The trees and flowers in the courtyard spit out the young shoots, a little bit of emerald green, fresh and fragrant. Qingcheng smiled, as if the flowers were blooming, she said: "What rare objects, nothing more than valuable things from the slaves below, and I am not short of silver, so it is not rare!" ”

The emperor said: "I want to seal Yongzhang and Yongying as Beizi." "Beizi is different from Brother A, he is a Manchu royal title in the Eight Classics, and his rank is below Beile. Qingcheng was stunned and said, "It's better to wait for the queen to give birth, seal the concubine, and then seal the two of them." The court criticized, I don't want to involve Yongzhang and Yongying anymore. The emperor grabbed her shoulders and said, "I just want the world to know that although I intend to appoint my concubine as the prince, in my heart, the child of the pure concubine is also unique and favored. ”

Qingcheng's eyebrows frowned, bit his lip for a moment, and said, "But..."

The emperor knew that she was still worried about her Han identity, so he hugged her into his arms and said: "I am the lord of the Qing Dynasty, I want to protect the people I like, protect my cherished children, and look forward to the future?" Don't worry, I'm sure I'll do things properly and won't bother you. Listening to him, Qingcheng's heart warmed, like a spring breeze on the shore of the lake in the field, and the complicated thoughts in his head were precipitated and dissipated little by little.

In April, coinciding with the Buddha's birthday, Changchun Palace gave birth to a son, the emperor was overjoyed, did not let the Ministry of Internal Affairs draft the word, personally to "Xishui Congcheng" as the meaning, named Yongcong. The queen's heart that had been hanging for a long time finally landed, holding her long-awaited sister-in-law, and choked up several times. Although no secret decree was issued, in the emperor's heart, Yongcong had become the prince to make up for the regret that there was no son-in-law to succeed him in the Qing Dynasty. The son is more precious than the mother, and the mother is more precious than the son, and the emperor treats the queen more respectful and gentle than before.

Yongzhang shrank up and leaned on Qingcheng's arms, and asked lonely: "Is it because I'm not good at reading, and Huang Ama doesn't like me?" ”

Qingcheng said: "How come? Huang Amma, like Eniang, likes Yongzhang very much. ”

Yongzhang didn't believe it, blinked his eyes and asked, "Then why is it that after Yongcong is in the palace, Huang Ama doesn't even ask about my homework?" "Although he is young, he can feel the warmth and coldness of people.

Qingcheng said: "Aren't you most afraid that Huang Ama will ask you about your homework?" ”

Yongzhang said: "I'm afraid, but I also know that Huang Ama cares about me, so he will ask me about my homework." Now that he doesn't ask, he just doesn't care about me. He stared at the Emperor's eyes, his face full of disappointment. Qingcheng leaned over and kissed his little face, and said, "Huang Ama is the emperor, there are too many people to care about, and there will always be times when he can't be busy." You are the flesh and blood of Huang Ama, how can Huang Ama not like you? E-Niang promises that Huang Ama cares about you like E-Niang. She comforted Yongzhang in her mouth, but she was very depressed in her heart, as if there was a big stone piled up on her chest, which made her breathless.