In winter, the cold wind howls day and night. When the palace people are not on errands, they all hide in the tea room to roast the fire, and when they talk about gossip, they also gossip, spreading the words of ghosts and gods. A pot of black charcoal was burned in the embroidery room, surrounded by four embroidery girls.

Xiao Rou'er sat on tiptoe by the brazier, cupped her hands on her chest, and said, "I braved the winter rain yesterday morning to send a winter jacket to the eldest princess in the Changchun Palace, guess what I saw?" The palace maid in the green robe leaned over and rubbed her hands on the charcoal fire, and said, "I don't dare to go, the palace people wear hemp and filial piety, which is really infiltrating..."

There was a little girl in gray next to her who was impatient and said, "Don't interject, let Xiao Rou'er say." He arched Xiao Rou'er's arm again, and asked meaningfully, "What did you see?" Let's hear it. ”

Xiao Rou'er made a fool of herself, and said in a low voice: "I saw the eldest princess dancing in the hall..."The green-clothed palace maid interjected: "What's so strange about that, the eldest princess liked to dance very much when she was a child..." Xiao Rou'er continued: "The hall is pitch black, and there are no lights, the eldest princess is wearing a white dress, her hair is not in a bun, her hair is scattered, and there is no one around, I thought I was going to see a ghost, but it didn't scare me to death." As he spoke, he looked like he was still afraid.

The green-clothed palace maid regretted: "The eldest princess is also miserable, when the queen is here, how delicate and graceful, but now..." sighed again, and said: "I heard that the Lord Long Live does not go to Changchun Palace, and the Internal Affairs Office often deducts the eldest princess's share, and the master does not care." Xiao Rou'er said: "I'm afraid that the master of Xian is desperate...", the tone became more and more inaudible, and said: "I heard that when the queen of Daxing was touring with Hu, she fell into the river and drowned. The only person present at that time was the master of Xian..."

The little girl in gray said: "Such a big thing, don't talk nonsense!" Be careful to know that the root of the tongue is wringed. ”

The four of them were busy booing, and they talked about needlework and silk flowers, and they had long words.

The harem competition, most of the palace people are not involved, but the night is long and dreamy, the paper is always wrapped in fire, and the time is long, and those who do not have it are like the first snow particles in winter, scattered with the wind, and the accumulation is getting deeper and deeper.

It was drizzling, Wang Jinbao was so tired that he was sweating profusely, running around between the Internal Affairs Office and the Yikun Palace. In front of him, Qingcheng ordered the Internal Affairs Office to set up wooden horses, swings and seesaws in the courtyard, and Jiao'er was greedy for freshness, crying and playing around. The emperor was afraid that she would catch a cold in the wind, so he ordered the Internal Affairs Office to immediately erect a wooden shed, and then thickly forged it around to block the wind.

The emperor stood under the porch and stared, did Wang Jinbao dare not go out in person?

But the eunuchs of the Internal Affairs Office were miserable, and it was just a matter of doing things in the rain, staying under the eyes of the emperor all the time, and they didn't even dare to take a breath. Wang Jinbao climbed the ladder and held the pole, not asking for credit, but begging to leave a diligent impression in front of the emperor. He has been a supervising eunuch for more than ten years, and he is usually carried by others, and he doesn't work his fingers in everything, and now he has put his old waist together.

Kyau'er has walked steadily, running around chasing the lion, which is very interesting. Qingcheng snuggled up to the emperor, and the two stood on the edge of the threshold and looked at each other with a smile, talking about trivial matters. The emperor said: "I picked it up and picked it up, but the family background and appearance of Fu Heng's fourth sister are worthy of Jian Yuheng." "It's not worthy of Jian Yuheng, but worthy of the identity of Qingcheng.

Qingcheng lowered his eyes for a moment, and said: "But my brother has resigned once, I'm afraid he won't like it." ”

The emperor said: "It is already a grace to allow Erqi to enter his mansion. What does he like and dislike? I gave it, he dared to say he didn't like it? Don't be too accommodating to him. Qingcheng still said: "Wait for me to ask him first..."The emperor said: "I have already told Fu Heng to let the Internal Affairs Mansion draw up the decree, and now I am afraid that I have arrived at the Jian Mansion." Qingcheng glanced at the emperor and said, "Don't discuss with me." ”

Jiao'er giggled and threw herself into the emperor's arms, and the emperor bent down to hug her while saying, "What are you discussing?" For his marriage, I am heartbroken, and I dare to chirp crookedly, I am not happy..."Jiao'er lay on the emperor's neck, and said in a milky voice: "Huang Ama, eat sugar and sugar." "Sugar candy is a special Western candy made in the imperial dining room, which is kneaded with mint, which is cool and sweet, and Jiao'er likes it very much. But Qingcheng was afraid that she would eat too much and bad teeth, so he didn't give her more.

The emperor was interrupted while talking, but he didn't get angry, but smiled and took Jiao'er's little hand and teased it, and said with a smile: "Jiao'er wants to eat sugar candy, will Huang Ama let Eniang get it for you?" ”

Qingcheng followed behind him and instructed the slaves and maids to bring hot water to wash Jiao'er's face and sweat, and said: "Jiao'er, E-Niang said that she can only eat one grain a day, and Jiao'er has already eaten sugar candy after breakfast, so she can't eat it again today." Jiao'er didn't seem to understand, her fat little face wrinkled into a paper ball, tears and snot rubbed into the emperor's neck, and she cried with her small mouth.

The emperor coaxed: "Don't eat sugar candy, is it okay for Huang Ama to play high with you?" ”

Jiao'er turned crying into laughter and said, "Huang Ama, hold high, lift high." The emperor was already tall and mighty, his hands were strangled under Jiao'er's armpits, and he lifted himself into the sky, turning around twice, which made Jiao'er giggle and laugh. The palace people held the hot water towel, Qingcheng personally twisted the warm towel, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll wash Jiao'er's face, just now I ran around with the lion, the underwear should be sweaty, change the clothes and play again." ”

The emperor asked Jiao'er, "Do you still want to play?" ”

Jiao'er is a child's heart, and she can never play enough. She was held up in the middle of the air and danced, and said, "Huang Ama, turn in circles, turn in circles..." Jiao'er wrapped her arms around the emperor's neck and didn't let go, her mind was in a trance, and her black grape-like eyes were rolling. The cute and cute made the emperor laugh and said, "Qingcheng, Jiao'er is dizzy." ”

Qingcheng took Jiao'er and said angrily: "She is still young, dizzy and uncomfortable." ”

After changing Jiao'er's clothes and cleaning her hands and face, Wu Shulai came into the house and said, "Master, the shed outside has been set up." Qingcheng answered, and asked Mama to go to the shed to ride a wooden horse and play seesaw. The emperor was rarely idle, and he took pen and ink with a smile and practiced calligraphy in the study. Erqi is not there, the kitchen can't guess the master's mind, and everything has to be returned to Qingcheng. Qingcheng was free at this time, so he discussed with Hai'an about the meal to be eaten later.

After the emperor finished writing, the sky was black, and the little eunuch took a wax skewer and lit lamps everywhere. Qingcheng rewarded the emperor's words, and said: "Yongzhang Yongying was personally raised by you, but the words are not like you at all." Yongying's words are not bad, but Yongzhang's words are far behind. Another day, you'll dial it up again. The emperor smiled and said, "It's not that I haven't scolded Yongzhang's words, but I still can't write well, and I can't do anything about it." After a pause, he said: "Don't always think about letting Yongzhang read and write, you are his mother, now that he has grown up, you should pay attention to pointing two grids into his house." ”

Qingcheng was surprised and said, "Yongzhang is only twelve years old... Isn't it too early? ”

The emperor said: "It's not too early, waiting for you to find a good person and point to his house, it will take a year and a half." When he turns fourteen, it's time to pick a fortune for him. "The latter words are that after marrying Fujin, he will go out of the palace to build a mansion.

Qingcheng asked, "Have you seen it?" ”

The emperor replied: "I pondered that in the next year, the internal women will enter the palace to ask for peace, and then let the internal affairs office submit the list of daughters of the ministers' families. Qingcheng felt reasonable, thought for a while, and sighed suddenly: "It's been more than ten years in the blink of an eye, and Yongzhang is going to marry Fujin!" ”

Her face has changed, she is no longer immature and young, only a pair of clear eyes, still full of the agility and grace of the year, which makes people unforgettable. The emperor took her hand and smiled, "What? Afraid of getting old? ”

Qingcheng lowered his face and shook his head, but said in his mouth: "A little." ”

The emperor smiled, stroked the broken hair from her ear, and said, "Don't be afraid, I will accompany you to grow old." If she was a little younger, she might be jealous and said: "There are so many seventeen or eighteen-year-old concubines in the palace, I can't guarantee that you will accompany them one day." But now that she is getting older, her heart is stable and calm, and she can bear his favor with certainty, and no longer be entangled in him and other women.

Her certainty comes from the love he has accumulated for her, the love that she believes in and relies on.

It was not until Chinese New Year's Eve that the emperor gave wine, but Concubine Xian pushed back, and only then did he confess to the emperor that he was pregnant with a dragon heir in his belly, and the placenta was stable, and he had been three months old. The harem was in an uproar, and the queen mother was overjoyed, and in front of all the concubines, she proposed to make Concubine Xian the queen. The emperor was also pleased, but did not immediately agree, saying that the matter needed to be considered in the long run.

After the New Year, the Wulanala clan and the Niu Colu clan lobbied in the DPRK and China at the same time, and the excerpts from various places were piled up like mountains in the military plane. The Queen Mother was very powerful, and drove to the Yangxin Palace for several days, interfering in the government affairs, taking out the frame of the mother of the Qing Dynasty, and persecuting the emperor. It's not that the emperor can't resist, it's just that the queen mother is not in good health, and the emperor governs the country with filial piety, and after thinking about it all night, he reluctantly agreed to appoint the imperial concubine as the queen.

Concubine Xian finally got her wish, and her heart was like a tide of sleepless for several nights.

She secretly thought that as long as she gave birth to the prince, she must give birth to the prince.

Qingcheng has never had extravagant hopes for the back position, no matter who is in the middle palace, for her, the days will not change. The emperor still walked the most diligently to Yikun Palace, sometimes the two sat cross-legged on the kang silently, sometimes sat under the begonia flowers to watch Jiao'er play, and there were also times when they were red-faced, but just like ordinary people's bedside fights at the end of the bed, they are the same, no matter how big the quarrel is, it will be automatically good after one night. Slowly, the concubines below the rank of nobles in the palace almost never saw the emperor all year round.

When the spring is strong, two major events happened in the palace, one is that the eldest brother and Ilaris Susu got married, and the other is that after Er Qi married Jian Yuheng, he returned to the palace to serve Qingcheng according to his words, and left the palace for two days every ten days.

In fact, there is one more thing, which is not a big deal, after all, it is just a small Gege in Brother's house who is pregnant. Eniang's status is low, and even if she gives birth to the eldest son, she may not be able to inherit the title of eldest brother.

So in the entire harem, there is no one who even asks.

Miza was pregnant, and she found out on the second day after Daifuku Jin entered the door. Everyone in the courtyard of the eldest brother thought that even if he was pregnant, he should be the first of the Mongolian clan, after all, the eldest brother still had more days to spend the night in the Mongolian family's house. No one expected that the Miza clan would be in front, and it happened to be the time when the eldest brother got married.

Only the wedding with Fujin is called marriage.

Ilarishi Susu was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and when she entered the door, she bumped into Gege who was pregnant, and the eldest brother was called away by the eunuchs early in the morning, and she did not dare to be jealous. On the wedding night yesterday, the eldest brother was already drunk when he entered the cave room, and he was in a hurry and drunk when he collapsed.

The palace maid helped her wash and dress and went to Jingren Palace and Yikun Palace to ask for peace, but after a toss, she didn't see the shadow of the eldest brother. It wasn't until two days later that the eldest brother came to dinner, and she saw his appearance clearly.

Oh, it turns out that this man is all that he will rely on in the future. One is prosperous, and one is lost.

The eldest brother was full of food and drink, lying on his back on the rattan chair and pretending to sleep, and said, "The Miza clan has a body, you take care of it more." ”

The tip of Su Su's nose was sour, and she swallowed her anger and said, "I'll go see her at night." "They didn't come to ask for peace, but asked her to run into the Gege house as a blessing, which is really not true. The eldest brother also knew that it was a passover, and said: "You don't have to go in person, just ask the two grandmothers to send some ginseng and bird's nest and the like, just show your heart." After a pause, he said: "Her body is very thin, you look at the kitchen, don't let her eat grievances." Su Su answered, stood behind the eldest brother and pressed his temples. Somehow, she was not afraid when she saw the emperor before, but at this time she accompanied the eldest brother, but she felt cramped and afraid to do anything.

The eldest brother also felt it, and after sleeping lightly for a while, he got up and went to the south study to read.

In the evening, I didn't go to the Fujin house.

Miza was in a trance all day, but he didn't feel much joy, but he felt a little dizzy and his appetite was not very good. The grandmothers below were very nervous, and always waited for her to lie on the bed, not allowed to move, for fear that something would happen, so that they could not eat and walk.

The eldest brother dispersed his school, and as soon as he turned his feet, he arrived at the house of the Miza clan. Seeing that Miza was lying on the bed and falling asleep, he didn't let people scream, and said, "In the future, when I come here, I don't have to let Gege go out to greet me." All should "yes."

The lamp was in his hands, but Miza hadn't woken up yet. The eldest brother asked the little eunuch to take the pen and ink, and sat under the window to write. After writing for a while, I felt hungry, so I announced that I was late. After the meal was set, Miza came out of the dormitory with her forging shoes, she was still cautious, and she didn't even dare to come out in front of the eldest brother. She blessed her body and said, "Please say hello to the master." ”

The eldest brother stretched out his hand to hug her and said with a smile: "You are pregnant, you don't have to be formal." ”

He took her hand in front of everyone, and she was ashamed and squirmed slightly. The eldest brother saw her blushing, and felt more and more cute, and said, "Can the ginseng bird's nest sent by Fujin be used?" The Miza clan said in a proper manner: "The things sent by Fujin are naturally excellent, and I am very comfortable eating." The eldest brother helped her sit at the dining table, personally sandwiched a piece of ice-skinned chicken for her, and said, "Let the kitchen cook whatever you want to eat, and let go of your guts." ”

The Miza clan kept his duty and said: "The slave knows that Xie Ye cares. ”

After eating, the eldest brother took the Miza clan to the garden to relax, and since the Miza clan married into the palace, it was the first time that the Miza clan took a walk with the eldest brother. The moon is clear, the big stars are like eastern pearls embedded in the blue sky, white clouds are blooming, and the dark shadows of the flower branches overflow with fragrant fragrance under the moonlight. The eldest brother said without a beginning or a tail: "Everything next to you is good, but you are too obedient." ”

Miza didn't know what he was wrong with, and said in fear: "The slave is not good, don't be angry." ”

The eldest brother paused, holding her fingertips with both hands, and the two faced each other, close together. Miza's heart beat violently when he heard the smell of him in his face, and he glanced at the attendants behind him, but fortunately they all hung their heads and looked like they didn't see anything. The eldest brother suddenly leaned over and pressed his lips on her forehead, startling Miza to retreat and almost fall.

The two have loved countless times, but it is the first time they have kissed. In the true sense of the word, a kiss full of friendship.

In the upbringing of the Miza clan, there is no such thing as kissing a man, even if it is his husband, he must behave in a proper manner, not to mention that he married into the emperor's family, and observance is the first woman's virtue. She blushed and didn't dare look at him again. The eldest brother didn't care, hugged her waist, and said, "While you are pregnant, hurry up and make up for your body, it's too thin to like it." ”

Since the words of the eldest brother, the Miza clan will eat half a bowl of porridge and rice every day. She treated him as her own affection, and it was a command between her master and her slave. She did whatever he told her to do.

The Miza clan is pregnant and can't sleep, the eldest brother stays in the Fujin room half the day, and stays in the Mongolian room half the day, and usually accompanies the Miza clan to eat at noon. After three months, the eldest brother will also stay in the Miza clan's room, and every time he sleeps, he will scare the Miza clan to death, the eldest brother moves very much, and she doesn't dare to say no.

So, she began to gently persuade him to go to the Fujin house.

By May, Miza's belly was already bulging. The eldest brother dismissed school at noon, went to the house of the Miza clan for dinner, and used some rice wine during the dinner, his head was hot, his hands and feet did not rest, and he threw himself on the couch with the Miza clan in his arms. The Miza clan struggled slightly for a while, not daring to disobey the wishes of the eldest brother, but also really didn't want to accept the favor, so he said: "I still have to go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to reply, don't delay the master's business." ”

The eldest brother hugged her tightly......... "There will be no mistakes." ”

He................. Unusually gentle.

After the incident, the grandmother waited for the two to wash, and the Miza clan re-braided the hair for the eldest brother, and said, "The slave maid heard that Fujin has been coughing. The eldest brother didn't hear the meaning of her words, she was crooked, and no one could guess. He replied: "I went to see Fujin in the morning, and I announced that the imperial doctor had seen it, it was an illness that had lasted for many years, and it would not get better for a while, and I had to take medicine from time to time." ”

Miza nodded and said in a low voice: "Fu Jin coughs badly, and he must want to let his master accompany him very much." ”

Only then did the eldest brother know what she meant, and said with a dumb smile: "You... Disgusted with the master? The bluffing Mizza clan trembled when he spoke, and as soon as his knees weakened, he was about to kneel down, and said, "The slave and maid don't dare." The eldest brother stopped her, and he didn't blame her, and said, "Did the master hurt you?" "There were two maidens dressed in the room, and two grandmothers carrying water and handkerchiefs, and two messengers standing by the curtain. The eldest brother didn't shy away from speaking, and said it casually, and the Miza clan couldn't even raise his head, his face was red to the base of his neck, and he said like a mosquito: "No, the master is very good." ”

Finally, the eldest brother left, and the Miza clan wanted to take a breath, but the Mongolian clan came again.

The Mongolian clan was in a hurry, and sat on the kang with the Miza clan and talked about the harem, and suddenly said: "I heard that the eldest brother has not been to the Fujin house to rest for half a month..." ”

Rao has only slept in the Miza clan, and he has no face to talk about boudoir affairs with people, not to mention that Fujin is involved. She changed color and said, "Fujin is Fujin, a serious master, let's not talk too much." The Mongolian clan looked at her, smiled contemptuously, and said, "What are you afraid of?" You have the flesh and blood of the big brother in your belly, just straighten your waist. "Miza doesn't understand, whether she is pregnant or not, and what does it have to do with whether she straightens her waist or not.

She just doesn't want to speak ill of people behind her back, and she just doesn't want to cause trouble.

The Mongols didn't really like Miza, but in the Elder Brother's office, she had nowhere to go. When you leave the Brother's Office, there is even more nowhere to go. It's been a long time, and she doesn't even have anyone to talk to, except for the Miza clan. Mongol spoke almost to himself for half an hour, and felt that his throat was dry and his lips were cracked, so he went back to his room.

At night, the eldest brother really didn't come, and the Miza clan first breathed a sigh of relief, and then had some indescribable melancholy, as if there was an empty piece of land in his heart, and he couldn't fill it with anything, so he could only let it be empty and pour in with the wind.

Miza wanted to make his own clothes, shoes and socks for the children, but most of them were too small to know the size. She was the first to think of the pure master, she was the only one in the palace who raised three children, and she was half an adoptive mother of the eldest brother. But she's just a character, and she can't even agree to the lowest level in the harem, so why should she go to see the pure master? So she had the courage to tell the eldest brother that she rarely asked the eldest brother for anything, and after opening her mouth, the eldest brother had nothing to disagree.

Within half a day, Yikun Palace sent a message to announce that he had seen the Miza clan.

Miza was overjoyed, and carefully dressed up before taking a sedan chair out of the elder brother's office. The rules of Yikun Palace are big, and the words are handed in from the Yikun porch room layer by layer, and I waited for two pillars of incense to wait for the hour before I saw a palace maid come out. The Miza clan recognized the palace maid, who was a first-class one beside the pure master, and returned to the palace to serve after leaving the palace to get married.

Erqi no longer wore her hair and braided her hair, but tied her hair in a bun, looking like a woman, her face was much rounder, and she looked kind and kind. She only blessed her body, so she took the hand of the Miza clan from the palace maid, and said with a smile: "I've waited for you for a long time, long live the master writing in the study, and the pure master will delay a little when serving the pen and ink." ”

The Miza clan only glanced at the emperor from a distance during the draft, and had long forgotten about the holy face, and couldn't help but be afraid: "Otherwise, I'll come back tomorrow?" Er Qi guessed her thoughts, and said with a smile: "No need, the pure master told the Long Live Lord, and the Long Live Lord just wanted to meet you." In short, no matter how humble the status of the Miza clan is, the child in her womb is indeed the emperor's first grandchild.