The emperor was dressed in a single golden dragon coat with a silk face of Shiqingjiang, wearing a crown of raw silk with a velvet face, and his face was heroic, and his momentum was impressive. Qingcheng listened to his eloquent words, looked at him stupidly, thought in his heart, and said in a low voice: "You are the Ninety-Five Supreme, don't forget what you said today." He turned to look at her, and saw a pair of beautiful black eyes staring at him full of expectation, the breeze was blowing, and the faint fragrance on her body hit his nose, and he couldn't help but joke: "Otherwise, I will sign and draw for you again?" ”

She thought for a moment and said, "That's very good. ”

When the emperor heard her serious look, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "I am the master of the Qing Dynasty, and the whole world is mine, can I still deceive you?" Qingcheng bit his lip and said, "There is no basis for what you say, but there is evidence to prove it." In the future, whatever you promise me, you will sign and draw, and when I am old, I will take it out one by one and look at it, if there is any betrayal, I... I..."

He stared at her with amusement and smiled lightly, "You, what are you going to do?" ”

Qingcheng lowered his eyes, looked at the twig embroidery on the tip of his shoe, and sighed: "Naturally, I don't have any way." "He is the emperor, in the drapery, on the bed, I don't know how many women have made promises, and I don't know how many more promises will be made in the future, if everyone is as serious as her, the six palaces will be chaotic. The emperor saw that she suddenly lost her lustre, the tip of her nose shrugged slightly, and her eyebrows frowned, so he reached out and pinched her cheek, and said with pity: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you, just agree." ”

Entering the east courtyard of Zhongcui Palace, it is no longer the decadent scene of the past, and the bluestone bricks in the patio have been rebuilt and polished bright and clean. Yu Guiren led several imperial doctors to wait in the eaves of the corridor to pick up the driver, and everyone said: "The emperor is blessed with gold and peace, and the pure master is auspicious." The emperor glanced at it, and saw Jian Yuheng kneeling at the foot of the steps, lowering her eyebrows and lowering her eyes, very respectful, and involuntarily looked at Qingcheng, only to see her looking at Yu Guiren with a smile, and had personally helped each other, and said, "You are pregnant, you don't need to be polite." ”

Entering the house, Qingcheng and Yu Guiren entered the inner room to talk, and the emperor listened to the imperial doctor's advice outside. Qingcheng looked around, the furnishings of the bedroom still retained the appearance of when she lived, she used to look at nothing, but now when she looks at it, she feels shabby.

She sat down on the kang and said with a smile: "You are a nobleman, you should mention it to the queen, or renovate it, or move to the big courtyard, how can you always live in the house that you always have." ”

Yu Guiren didn't want to, but this is the former residence of Qingcheng, and the emperor likes to come more than the next place. Besides, if you want to move, you should let the emperor speak, she begged with a blank eye, in case the queen didn't agree, wouldn't it be a shame.

She said quietly: "It's a little smaller, but it's very comfortable to live in." ”

Qingcheng said: "I'll talk to the emperor later, the place of Zhongcui Palace is so big, and it's nothing to pick up an empty courtyard." It just so happened that the emperor opened the curtain and came in, Qingcheng hurriedly got up to give up his seat, and the emperor smiled: "There is something in the previous dynasty, so I won't sit down." He looked at Yu Guiren gently, and said: "The imperial doctor said that your pulse is very stable, it has been three months, although there are some cold symptoms, but it doesn't matter, you don't even need to take the decoction, you will be fine after a good rest for two days." ”

Yu Guiren bent his knees and said: "The concubine knows, Emperor Xie cares." ”

The emperor nodded with a smile, turned his face and asked, "Are you sitting here with Yu Guiren, or are you going with me?" Qingcheng saw that it was not early, so he said, "I'll go with you." He added: "Your Majesty, this is the courtyard where I lived when I was always there, and now that Yu Guiren is pregnant, it is not suitable for her identity." The Emperor looked around and said thoughtfully, "I like it here." After a while, he looked at Yu Guiren and said, "You can raise the fetus with peace of mind, and Ming'er will ask someone to find a big yard for you." ”

Yu Guiren was quite happy when he heard this, but he didn't dare to show it too much on his face, so he only said respectfully: "Thank you Emperor Longen." After the saint left, Zhiyan helped Yu Guiren to sit on the right seat in the outer room, gently shouldered, and said: "The master is far-sighted, and the pure master is swaying forward, and he can speak in front of the Long Live Lord, and help us everywhere." ”

The doors and windows are wide open, the sky is blue like a mirror, and the rolling white clouds are like neatly combed feathers, which seem to be immovable. Yu Guiren looked at it fixedly, and said expressionlessly: "What can she do if she helps us again?" No one in this palace can rely on anyone for a lifetime, and in the end, the only thing that can be relied on is oneself. The black eyes turned slightly, the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, and he said inaudibly: "I used to have no one to rely on, so I wanted to cling to her, but now it's different, I have a dragon heir, and the mother is expensive by the son, see who dares to underestimate me." ”

Walking to Yikun Gate, Qingcheng said: "The emperor has walked for half a while, do you want to go into the house to rest." The emperor said: "No need, Zhang Tingyu is waiting in the Heart Cultivation Palace." The green orange stands, the autumn wind blows her skirt, the fallen leaves hover, reflecting the yellow tiles of the vermilion wall, like a picture of a beauty in the wind. She said, "If you want to have a snack at night, I'll let the kitchen prepare it." ”

The emperor pinched off the small broken leaves on her sideburns and said, "Whatever you like, do whatever you like." "He never eats the meal list drawn up by Yongzheng Ye and the ministers, and he has no habit of picky eating. Qingcheng nodded and said softly: "The matter can't be disposed of, don't stay up too late." After a brief pause, he said tenderly: "I'm waiting for you." The Emperor nodded and said, "I'm gone." Qingcheng snorted and curtsied, "Congratulations to the Holy Driver." ”

Concubine Lu picked out Concubine Xian from the front and put safflower in the red date cake, causing the queen to have a miscarriage, and Wang Daguo of the imperial hospital was acquitted. His niece and granddaughter gave a dose of a good prescription for conception, and Lord Wang was grateful to her and helped her to heal her body. After dinner, Yixiang stepped forward with a bowl of thick black soup and curtsied, "Master, it's time to take medicine." Concubine Lu half leaned on the big pillow embroidered by dark green Suzhou, her face was sad, showing a tired look. She looked at the medicine bowl in a daze, she had been drinking it for three or four months, and even her tongue was bitter, but if the emperor didn't turn over her brand, what was the use of drinking it? She suddenly raised her hand and brushed the entire bowl of medicinal juice on Yixiang's body, and the porcelain bowl fell to the ground and shattered.

Yixiang was so frightened that she knelt down tremblingly and said, "The slave deserves to die, please forgive the master." Lu Concubine said angrily: "I won't take this medicine in the future!" Yixiang persuaded: "Master, Lord Wang said that this medicine must be taken continuously, and it is not allowed to be stopped for a day, you have been taking it for several months, if it is broken, won't it be a waste of all your previous efforts?" Concubine Lu sneered and said, "What's the use of eating, the emperor doesn't call me to sleep, and I eat it for nothing." With that, Yixiang fell silent.

Lu Concubine hated and said: "I really underestimated Yu Guiren, I usually saw her big grin, no heart, look at it now, but she is really calm, and she waited for the fetus to stabilize before telling the emperor, I often meet with her, she can walk and jump, even I hide it." ”

Yixiang thought for a while and said: "Yu Guiren can be favored, thanks to getting close to the pure master, otherwise, the master Ming'er will go to Yikun Palace to talk, where is the emperor often, it is better to meet the holy driver, and it is better to be stuffy in the house all day long..." Yixiang couldn't care about the pain in her face, and hurriedly said: "The master speaks quietly, the wall has ears, and it is not good to spread it." ”

Concubine Lu said: "What can I do if it is passed on, I am still afraid that she will not succeed?" The more I talked, the more angry I became, the more sad I felt, and in the end, even my breath seemed to be stuck in my chest, I couldn't spit it out, and my face was purple and red.

The canopy gradually fell, Qingcheng was idle, carefully drew up a meal list, and let Er Qi pass it to the kitchen. Huang Er used to work in the imperial dining room, he was a native of Suzhou and Hangzhou, because the emperor didn't eat Su cuisine much, he didn't become the most inferior chef, and he often had to look at people's faces. Later, he said that he wanted to call him to the small kitchen of Yikun Palace, but he was always unhappy, and would rather be a phoenix tail than a chicken head. After staying for a long time, I realized the benefits of Yikun Palace. Especially during the time when Jing Tao was there, every time he went back to the imperial dining room to get the ingredients, it was really windy, rainy, and even the manager treated him politely, giving him what he wanted.

When he saw Er Qi, he stepped forward first, bowed respectfully, and said with a smile: "Aunt Er Qi, what does the master want to eat today?" Er Qi said: "The master said, boil a pot of japonica porridge with Yutian japonica rice to make it thick; Prepare two more baskets of vegetarian buns made of tofu coating, golden needles, shiitake mushrooms, green vegetables, and black fungus - remember not to put meat; Serve it with four or five kinds of sour pickles. ”

Huang Er's "hey" joy responded, turned around and took out half a roast duck from the cabinet, and said flatteringly: "It was originally prepared for the master at dinner, half of it was used, and there is still this half left, aunt and grandmother, you don't dislike it, just take it and eat it, I will wrap it in oil paper for you, and wait for the night, you can fill your stomach." Erqi smiled and said, "You're clever." With that, he took the roast duck and went down to the room.

At the end of the emperor's arrival, Qingcheng and Hai'an were embroidering shoe soles under the lamp, and suddenly heard the sound of lifting the curtain, so they hurriedly put down their work and went to the flower hall outside. The emperor had already entered the house, slightly tired, but rather happy, and he said, "Hurry up and let people serve snacks, I am really hungry." ”

Hai'an listened, bent his knees, and hurriedly went out to spread the word. Qingcheng led him into the bedroom to change his clothes, and said angrily: "Since I'm hungry, I don't know how to let the people in the imperial dining room get some food!" The emperor stood tall, let her unbuckle and dress, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that if you are full, there will be no one to accompany you for a snack." Qingcheng glanced at him and said, "Flim tongue, don't do this in the future." ”

The emperor said repeatedly: "Okay, good. ”

After a while, Hai'an and Erqi entered the house with food boxes and placed japonica porridge and vegetarian meat buns on the kang table. The emperor cleaned his hands and face, sat down on the kang table, and said with a smile: "If the ministers of the court knew that I didn't even have meat to eat, and I didn't know what kind of happiness I had, they would definitely make fun of me." Qingcheng scooped a bowl full of porridge and handed it to the emperor, saying: "If you love to laugh, let them laugh, what is the good thing about eating meat at night." She only scooped half a bowl for herself, and after giving birth to the third elder brother, she was not fat or fat, and her face was also half a circle fat.

After a late snack, I pushed the window and looked at the stars in the sky shining like bright pearls. The emperor ordered people to light up the lanterns in the courtyard and carry green oranges to eat in the moonlight. After the guard of honor followed a hundred meters, the emperor took her hand and walked away. Qingcheng was wearing a goose-yellow cardigan, and two tasseled hairpins with golden beads on the side of her ears were rippling around her neck, crispy and numb.

There was silence all around, and she stared at his side face, and a strange warmth and peace welled up in her heart. She smiled: "The emperor has something to say?" The emperor turned around and smiled, and said, "Those who know me, you are like a green orange." He suppressed his expression and said in a low voice: "You have a pure temperament, and you have no quarrel with the world, so it is naturally good to treat me like this." But..."

Qingcheng listened to him snort, not at all as majestic as before, so he asked, "But what?" ”

The emperor paused, and said face to face with her: "There are many people in the harem, you have to be more careful, not everyone is as kind as you." She shook his hand and smiled, "Why do you say this all of a sudden?" Strange bluffing. The emperor said seriously: "Today, Yu Guiren is pregnant, do you think there is anything wrong?" ”

Qingcheng didn't understand what he meant, thought about it, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The emperor sighed, stretched out his index finger and poked her forehead, and said earnestly: "In the palace, you are the closest to her, she always comes to Yikun Palace to talk to you, and she likes to tell you anything embarrassing." But she's been pregnant for three months, you don't know! Don't you have any doubts at all? ”

Qingcheng smiled and said, "Of course I know her concerns, the former queen is pregnant and still hides it from people, not to mention that she is just a little noble." The emperor said: "She can hide it from others, but she still hides it from you!" Qingcheng said: "It's better to hide it from me, so that I don't have to worry about it more." ”

The emperor's eyebrows slowly relaxed, and he said angrily and funny: "It's up to you!" After a brief pause, he said, "Anyway, be more careful, don't let her take advantage of you in everything." Like the matter of moving the courtyard today, she herself refused to mention it to the queen, and asked you to come and beg me, which really didn't make sense, and you were still willing. ”

The cold wind in the autumn night was very cold, Qingcheng was chilling, instinctively snuggling the emperor's arm, she looked up at him, and said with a smile: "When I was pregnant with the third elder brother, she saved me in the imperial garden, and now she is pregnant, I should help her." The emperor lowered his face and looked at the little man in front of him, and said, "If I hadn't seen her save you, I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to her." ”

The cold moon is as beautiful as clear frost, reflecting the dark and dreary cornices in the distance under the thin light. She was petite, and when she reached his shoulder, she craned her neck and looked up at him. He knew that she was cold, so he took her in the crook of his arm, and when he lowered his head slightly, he could see her white and flawless little face, his eyes flowed, and he couldn't help but put his face in his face to kiss her. The two quickly warmed up...... She lay out in his arms like a lump of mud...... As the moon fell, his breathing became heavier, and he carried her all the way to the back room and fell into the pile of brocade quilts......

In the afternoon of the next day, Jian Yuheng went to Qingyunzhai to ask for peace. The crisp autumn weather is a pleasant sight to behold. Qingcheng sent Jian Yuheng to the eaves of the corridor and asked: "I can't see the third elder brother, and I don't know if he is good or not, so I will bother you to take care of him in the future." ”

Jian Yuheng glanced at her fixedly, looking a little uncomfortable, and said, "Between us, there is no need to say kind words, the third elder brother is my own nephew, even if you don't say it, I have to take care of him a little more." Don't worry, every day I go to Brother A's place to ask for peace and security, I will visit the third brother, his nursing mother is an old man, who has raised many princesses and princesses, and is very experienced. ”

Qingcheng nodded, and seeing Jian Yuheng turn around, Fang called softly: "Brother." Her voice was small, but it was deafening to his ears. His back stiffened, tilted his head, and let out a low "um".

She said from the bottom of her heart: "Thank you. "Thank you for taking care of her body in the palace, thank him for visiting the third elder brother, and thank him for still taking care of her quietly like when he was a child, and thank him even more for giving her unscrupulous trust and reliance.

Jian Yuheng was stunned, her heart warmed, and she smiled lightly: "Silly girl." He wanted to pat her on the shoulder, his hand was raised in the air, but he hung down, the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, he had to care. He said: "There is a saying I have always wanted to tell you, in the harem, be careful in everything. Qingcheng smiled slightly and said, "Let the family rest assured, the emperor treats me very well." Jian Yuheng wanted to say a few words, but someone from the palace came over to spread the word and said, "Master, the queen sent someone to ask you to go to Changchun Palace." ”

Qingcheng asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Behind the palace people was a clever little chamberlain, who knelt on his knees, kowtowed, and said: "Qiqi pure master, the queen mother said, Jiangning weaves a few boxes of satin in the autumn equinox, please go over and choose." "The silk silk in Yikun Palace is enough for another four or five years, although Qingcheng doesn't care, but the queen has a call, she has to go. Then he nodded to Jian Yuheng and motioned for him to step back, before turning around and going back to the house for Hai'an to serve and dress.

Changchun Palace is full of flowers and trees, and the pavilions are like covers. The apple tree is fruitful and will be ripe for red. The branches and leaves are blowing the eaves, and there are many birds and parrots hanging under the corridor, chirping and noisy. At the bottom of the stairs, a palace maid said with a smile on her face: "Queen Mother, the pure master has come to greet you." The queen's voice came from afar, and said, "Let her in quickly." When the curtain was lifted, I realized that there were already seven or eight concubines sitting in the room, except for Concubine Gao and Concubine Jia, all of whom got up one after another and saluted Qingcheng.

Qingcheng also asked Concubine Gao, Concubine Jia, and the queen to say goodbye, and after such greetings, everyone sat down and gossiped again. The queen smiled: "Calling you here, there is nothing else." Just now, the emperor ordered someone to send the silk of the autumn portion, and I usually reward it according to the color you each love, but there is always something unsatisfactory. Now I suddenly thought, it's better to let you pick and choose, and you can choose the good and the bad, and I also saved a lot of trouble. ”

Everyone hurriedly said: "The queen is sympathetic to the concubines, and the concubines are grateful." ”

After that, the eunuchs of the Internal Affairs Office carried dozens of wooden boxes, unlocked them, and then moved them to the kang in order, and the colorful silk, Luo, silk, and satin made people dazzled. Yu Guiren is pregnant, and she has to make a lot of clothes in the past few months, and she has a lot of examples, she picks and chooses, and when she sees that Qingcheng's face is bland, she picks up a crimson satin, walks to Qingcheng's side, and says: "I know you don't like to dress brightly, but we are still young, if we don't dress up carefully, we will be old in the future, and we really can't wear it." She compared the satin to the green orange and smiled, "It flatters your complexion." ”

Qingcheng Wan'er smiled and said, "If you like it, you can pick it up yourself." Wait a minute, you're done picking, I'll just take two of them. When Concubine Lu heard this, she said sourly: "We can't compare to the pure master, I heard that every three or five days in Qingyunzhai, the emperor will have a reward, presumably this silk is not a rare thing for the pure master." Her tone was not good, Qingcheng was too lazy to care, but said indifferently: "If Master Lu is short of silk, he can order the slave to come to me at any time to get it." I don't like to wear new clothes, and shelving is also shelving, and it's bad if you put it aside for a long time. As soon as she finished speaking, Concubine Jia laughed "poof", and Concubine Lu felt more and more embarrassed, her face was red and white, but she didn't dare to attack.

Yu Guiren glanced at Concubine Lu contemptuously, she was in the Zhongcui Palace, and she had to look at Concubine Lu's face for everything, and she finally sulked today. Concubine Gao looked at her coldly and did not speak. It was Shu Concubine, who took a few steps to Qingcheng, pointed to the crimson satin, and said: "The color of this material is very good, if the pure master doesn't want it, I can pick it up." ”

Qingcheng and Yue said: "If you want it, pick it up." Concubine Shu was busy thanking her, but unexpectedly, Guiren Yu directly asked her palace maid to move the satin away, and Concubine Shu's face was suddenly clouded, and she said, "Guiren Yu, I picked up this material first." ”

Yu Guiren has Qingcheng and Long Hei as backers, and she is a little more arrogant than usual, she smiled and said: "The material was my first look, and it was originally placed there, but I moved it over." ”

Concubine Shu is young and noble, with a prominent family background, what she wanted since she was a child, no one has ever robbed her, and she refused to let go at this time, and said angrily: "Since you have thrown it away, it will be mine." After speaking, he personally snatched the material from the palace maid, turned around and was about to leave. Yu Guiren's blood surged up, stretched out his hand and grabbed the other end of the satin, and said: "Although you are a concubine, you are much younger than me, you should also be respectful, and you should not be so unreasonable." ”

Seeing the sudden change in the situation, Qingcheng hurriedly grabbed Yu Guiren and said, "Forget it, you can go to my palace to pick two good ones." Where is Yu Guiren for a small piece of fabric, but blame Qingcheng for not helping him, and said angrily: "You are there is yours, even if it is very good, I can't let people rob it if it should be mine." Qingcheng wanted to persuade again, but Shu Concubine used brute force to pull the satin into her arms, and how could Yu Guiren let go, but she also dragged it to death.

The queen went to the outer hall to dispose of the trivial matters of the Internal Affairs Office, and when she entered the door and saw such a scene, she shouted: "What's the matter? As soon as the words fell, I suddenly saw the green orange suddenly pounce on Yu Guiren, Yu Guiren lost his center of gravity, and the satin on his hand was loosened. Shu Concubine was too strong, and she lost her strength, so she fell heavily behind her, and it was Concubine Jia who was standing behind her.

The room suddenly jumped like chickens and dogs, barking and shouting, and even the palace people who were waiting outside looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. The queen stayed in place in shock, but fortunately she was well-informed and calm, first helped all the people who fell to the ground to sit upright, and then sent someone to the imperial hospital to ask the imperial doctor to diagnose the pulse of Concubine Jia and Yu Guiren.

Yu Guiren felt that his stomach was swollen and painful, and there seemed to be a hot current between his legs, so that Yixiang helped him behind the screen, lifted his skirt and robe to take a look, only to see that the small clothes were red and red, like newly blooming plum blossoms, and his brain was booming, and his legs were weak, and he could barely stand.