Meng Xilan's protective attitude undoubtedly reassured Song Huaiyu.

When she returned to Chuxiu Palace, she closed the door and prepared for her southern tour with peace of mind.

Wu Xue'er knew that she was going on a southern tour, and she was jealous.

This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity fell on her head. Needless to say, it must have been the queen who favored her and left this opportunity to her.

Meng Xilan's mind is really hard to guess. What exactly does she mean? It's hot and cold for everyone.

On the third day of the first month of September, Zhou Youchen went out on patrol and went all the way to the south.

Meng Xilan and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stayed in the palace, and the affairs of the dynasty were jointly supervised by Prince Rong Zhou Shirao and Prime Minister Meng Zhenglu.

For Zhou Shirao, this is a good opportunity to seize power. However, the existence of the Meng family made it impossible for him to let go of his hands and feet.

As soon as Zhou Youchen left like this, the atmosphere in the palace became cold.

Wu Xue'er held back a resentment in her heart, and she was angry with the palace people at two ends in three days. And Wu Qing'er, who was also favored, lived in the new dormitory silently.

On the day she moved to Jianzhang Palace, Meng Xilan ordered the Internal Affairs Office to give her a lot of rewards.

This Jianzhang Palace has been idle for many years, although it has been redecorated again, but it gives people the feeling that it is still deserted.

Wu Qing'er now lives alone in a house, and there is no one who lives with her, and when she is free, there is not even anyone around to talk to.

The palace maid next to her saw that she was lonely, and only took a needle and thread to relieve her loneliness, so she said: "Niangniang, now that the emperor is no longer in the palace, there is no one around you to be a companion, so it is better to go to Cining Palace to see the queen mother." ”

Wu Qing'er said lightly when she heard this: "Nothing to be courteous is the most boring." Hongu doesn't want to be annoying......"

She always has three points of vigilance in her heart towards Meng Xilan.

That woman, it's terrible.

She used to be a princess's companion, and she was a woman who had a marriage contract with the Chu family. After entering the palace, she stirred up trouble between the first emperor and the princes, and as a result, she abolished the first prince and imprisoned Zhou Youlin, who was rumored to be dead...... It's just that he was ordered not to mourn.

She served the first emperor for many years, and single-handedly assisted the emperor to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne. If you think about it carefully, she has stepped on the blood and tears of others for half her life to get to where she is today.

"The liveliness in the palace, the palace doesn't like it. Speaking of which, it's just a bit of hypocrisy. As for the queen's mother, the palace doesn't want to provoke her. ”

After Wu Qing'er embroidered the last stitch, she cut off the thread with scissors, and said quietly: "The reason why this palace left Chuxiu Palace is to avoid suspicion and hide cleanly. Now, the palace is finally clean, and the emperor is not there...... It feels so good. ”

Tong Yao relied on the imperial heir in her womb and often bullied newcomers in Chuxiu Palace. Today's headache, tomorrow's foot pain, always don't make people live in peace. Since he is going to offend Tong Yao sooner or later, it is better to be straightforward.

……

In autumn, the weather is crisp.

Recently, Meng Xilan's interest in tea tasting is particularly strong, and she sets up a tea party in the imperial garden every once in a while to drink tea and chat with the concubines in the palace.

A cup of tea, accompanied by fruit snacks, looks elegant and comfortable.

Although it was just a tea party to eat and drink, Wu Xueer attended every time in full costume, as if she was pretending to prove her nobility and difference.

In Meng Xilan's eyes, the more she is like this, the more it shows her weakness and helplessness.

Meng Xilan's good mood didn't come out of thin air, the reason why she called these people to her every day was not to drink tea, but to look at them.

As the saying goes, suspicion gives rise to dark ghosts. There are more women in this harem, and there are more rights and wrongs.

The child in Tong Yao's womb is about to be born. It doesn't matter what happens to adults, the child is innocent.

Tong Yao is blessed, the position of the fetus in her womb is very positive, and it is estimated that eighty percent of them can give birth naturally.

Everyone gathered together in front of each other, talking and laughing, and it looked like that.

Tong Yao sat on the left and Wu Qing'er sat on the right, although the two were not facing each other, Tong Yao's gaze had been falling on her intentionally or unintentionally.

She wants to see how happy she is living in a house alone.

Wu Qing'er could vaguely feel her gaze, but she just ignored it, as if she hadn't seen anything.

After a while, Wuwu and Changsheng came over together, accompanied by Brother Yun and Brother Rong.

Now, Brother Yun and Brother Rong have become the companions of Changsheng. Cousins are also brothers, and they are connected by blood, so it is easier to trust each other.

Brother Yun is ten years old this year, and he has grown into a handsome young man, tall, tall and thin. Brother Rong is also seven years old this year, and his appearance is seven points similar to his brother.

Wu Xue'er raised her eyes and saw Wuwu and Changsheng walking hand in hand, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

One is the daughter of a rebellious minister, and the other is the current prince. Speaking of which, worry-free is still an immortal cousin.

The queen mother is really big-hearted, and she doesn't shy away from it at all.

Zhu Lu followed behind several little masters, holding a letter in her palm. The letter was brought from outside the palace, and the person who wrote the letter was Gao Welfare.

After three years of hard labor, he has returned safely. Niangniang treats him well, although he has no real estate in Beijing, there is still a way back.

After Gao Fuli settled in the capital, he wrote a letter, which was handed over to Zhulu after several tosses.

Zhulu has always carried the letter with her, just waiting for a suitable opportunity to give it to her master.

It seems that the master is in a good mood today.

The concubines in the palace, when they saw the prince, all had the intention of currying favor in their hearts. It's just that Changsheng doesn't like to talk to the living, so he just keeps talking to Brother Yun without worry.

Tong Yao looked at Changsheng's face, lowered his head and stroked his stomach, and said in his heart: The prince is getting older day by day, and he understands more. It would be nice if she could also give birth to a prince.

In the past few months, she has been silently praying in her heart, hoping to be a prince, and she must be a prince.

Meng Xilan has a prince, so she can be favored in front of the emperor, if she also has a prince, then she will not have to worry about anything in the rest of her life.

Tong Yao was looking down and caressing her stomach, only to see that she walked with a carefree smile: "Tong Niangniang, can I touch Niangniang's belly?" ”

Tong Yao's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she smiled a little unnaturally and said, "The concubine asks the county lord for peace." ”

She was about to refuse, but saw that Wuwu stretched out her hand.

Tong Yao decided in her heart that she was an ominous person and didn't want her to touch her. She subconsciously patted her hand lightly and slapped it away.

Carefree was slightly stunned, his dark eyes blinked, and a trace of inexplicable emotion flashed.

Tong Yao was afraid that she would talk too much, so she hurriedly explained with a smile: "County Lord, the concubine is a little uncomfortable, so she will leave first." ”

She carefully stroked her stomach and went to Meng Xilan to say goodbye and leave.

Many people saw the scene that happened just now, but Meng Xilan didn't notice it.

Carefree looked down at the back of his hand, slightly reddened, and felt inexplicably aggrieved.

She was bowing her head and feeling uncomfortable, when Brother Yun walked over from behind: "Your Royal Highness the County Lord." ”

Wu Wu looked back at him, saw that he was holding a plate of cloud cake in his hand, and smiled: "This is His Royal Highness the county lord's favorite food." ”

Carefree pursed his lips and smiled, and took it in his hand: "Thank you, Brother Yun." ”

After Tong Yao returned to the palace first, she asked the palace maid to bring Liu Ye'er to get bad luck for herself.

She was stroking her stomach with willow leaves, and her lower body suddenly throbbed.

Tong Yao frowned in pain and shouted softly, grabbed the palace maid's hand and said, "The belly of this palace is ......."

The pain in her lower abdomen was getting worse and worse, almost making her unsteady.

Seeing this, the palace maid hurriedly sent someone to find the imperial doctor.

At this time, the tea party in the imperial garden has not yet had time to disperse, and when everyone is tasting tea, a eunuch hurriedly came over to report: "Qi Yu Niangniang, after Master Tong returned to the palace, he seemed to have a fetal gas, as if he was about to give birth." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked different. Some are surprised, some are angry, and some are disapproving and careless.

Meng Xilan frowned and said, "What is it like?" Is it going to give birth? ”

If you count the days, the day when Tong Yao is about to give birth should be at the end of the month.

"Hui Niangniang, Imperial Doctor Jiao is going over to check, and the minions don't know anything......"

Meng Xilan got up and said, "In that case, sisters, let's disperse today." This palace also has to go to see Sister Tong. ”

"Yes, the concubine retired." Everyone got up with interest, but only Wu Xue'er took the initiative to step forward: "Niangniang, the concubine will accompany you." ”

Meng Xilan glanced at her, and seemed to smile: "It's okay." ”

Wuwu held the hand of the queen mother and asked, "Queen mother, is Tong Niangniang going to give birth to a little brother?" ”

Meng Xilan smiled meaningfully when she heard this. "Maybe."

Meng Xilan asked Zhulu to take the children back to Cining Palace first, and she took Wu Xue'er to Chuxiu Palace.

Before he could enter the door, he heard a painful moan inside.

It seems that she is really going to give birth.

The delivery room is filthy and generally reluctant to be entered. But Meng Xilan didn't care, she went straight to the inner hall, and saw that Jiao Changqing was outside the curtain, so she asked, "Master, how is Sister Tong's situation?" ”

Wu Xueer covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and followed.

Jiao Changqing saluted and replied: "If you go back to Niangniang, Jieyu Niangniang is okay for the time being, and she should be able to give birth smoothly." ”

Although Tong Yao is pregnant for the first time, her tone is good, and the fetus is well maintained.

Meng Xilan breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she could give birth safely.

Meng Xilan sat quietly in the outer hall and waited, and there was Tong Yao's heart-rending cry in her ears.

She probably couldn't stand the pain, and shouted louder than one.

Wu Xue'er furrowed her brows when she heard this, and said in her heart: How can it be so exaggerated? It's ridiculous.

After waiting for half an hour, there was finally movement inside. However, what Meng Xilan was waiting for was not the cry of the baby, but the exclamation of the grandmothers.

"Oh my God...... What is it? It's ......"

Jiao Changqing heard that something was wrong, and saw that a grandmother ran out in a panic, knelt in front of Meng Xilan tremblingly and said, "Niangniang, the big thing is not good, Tong Xiaozhu is ...... Gave birth to a demon! ”

Demons?!

Meng Xilan stood up suddenly, raised her hand to slap her face, but saw two more grandmothers running out in the same panic.

One of them, with a swaddling baby in his arms.

Meng Xilan stared at it and asked the grandmother to bring the child over, she wanted to see with her own eyes to see if they were talking nonsense.

She raised her hand to lift the swaddling clothes, and saw that the baby's whole body was red and purple, and his body looked fine. It's a boy, it's just his mouth...... His upper lip was open, as if someone had cut it with a knife.

Wu Xue'er saw a newborn baby for the first time, and the appearance was still so terrifying, she couldn't help but turn pale with fright, and almost screamed.

"Mother, this is ...... This kid is indeed a demon. ”

Meng Xilan frowned and glared at her: "Who said this is a demon, he is the emperor's child, how can it be a demon?" ”

Meng Xilan looked at Jiao Changqing and said puzzledly: "Master, what's wrong with this kid?" ”

Jiao Changqing stepped forward to take a closer look, and said in a deep voice: "Niangniang, this child may be underdeveloped, so he has the disease of rabbit lips, which is a disability. ”