Chapter 41: The First Month
"Concubine Hui is young in the end, she is not unwell when she is pregnant, and it seems that this baby is very stable." Concubine Jing leaned lazily on the bamboo chair and said slowly.
Lin Yuan looked up at her, pursed her lips and smiled: "The concubine is still the first child, and she doesn't understand anything, she just thinks that being pregnant is nothing more than a change in appetite, and there is no difference between weekdays." β
"Yes, you don't understand when you're young, so you have to be more careful." Concubine Jing seemed to have no intention: "Yesterday's incident scared the palace, who do you say is the femme fatale, who bribed the doctor to talk nonsense and want to murder you?" Pity yourself and don't know you're pregnant, but the man knows, how terrible you say it is! From now on, you have to let the grandmothers and doctors around you take good care of you, but don't let those who have a heart take advantage of the loophole. β
Lin Yuan lowered her head and smiled lightly, and replied lightly: "Concubine Jing's teachings, the concubine has remembered." β
Concubine Jing's brows furrowed, and she couldn't see it when she entered the curtain. She had the feeling of punching the cotton, since she recovered from her illness and walked out of the Hehuan Hall and sealed Concubine Jing, how many people in the palace wanted to stammer? Does this Lin really not understand, or does he disdain to cling to her at all?
Yesterday's big drama was not exciting, looking at Queen Xiao's deflated appearance, Concubine Jing was very happy. After returning to Huayang Palace, he calmed down and thought about it and was secretly surprised, no matter whether the Lin family had already understood it or was simply lucky, she was the one who finally rectified Empress Xiao, and she was also the one who won the emperor's love and had more than a dozen more people to serve and protect than the ordinary pregnant palace concubines.
A woman like Lin Yuan is fearful for no reason. But in Wei Mizhuang's opinion, she has not been afraid of anyone, the Lin family came to her Huayang Palace, and she has a deep grudge with Queen Xiao, if she can take it for her own use...... Naturally, with Lin Yuan's ambition, it is impossible to be a pawn that depends on others forever. But in the current situation, if she and Lin Yuan can get acquainted, it will be beneficial to both parties.
Listening to the reply of the next person before, this Lin family has been alone since entering the palace, and in the past, Concubine Shen and Queen Xiao both wanted to win her over, but they were unsuccessful. And it is such an isolated person who has no support from his mother's family to come to this point.
Wei Mizhuang was surprised.
But now I'm feeling depressed. "Sister Lin has been in the palace for more than a year, and she understands that life in this palace is not easy." Concubine Jing's voice was soft: "It's hard to support this truth alone, my sister should understand, right?" β
"Oh?" Lin Yuan opened a pair of big eyes and looked a little dumbfounded.
What a woman who doesn't know how to lift! Concubine Jing was already impatient, her fingers tapped on the small table, and the bracelet on her wrist was knocked so hard that she couldn't help making a sound, and she was not afraid of wearing out the high-grade Lantian jade.
"Niangniang, although the concubine is not from a high background, she is also over the age of four books and five classics." Lin Yuan laughed as usual: "The concubine understands what Niangniang said. However, if it is exported into a poem like Tian Concubine, the concubine is still not good. I heard that Concubine Jing was also a well-known talented girl in the capital? Another day, the concubine will ask for advice with the mother, and the emperor also likes women who read poetry and books, and the concubines don't know enough......"
Concubine Jing heard the smoke of the seven tricks, and finally shook the handkerchief and said: "The palace is tired, go back first!" "Helped the palace maid and left.
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After this day, there was an inexplicable embarrassment between Concubine Jing and Lin Yuan. But it's nothing, although the two failed to cooperate smoothly, but after all, they live in the same house, and there is still harmony on their faces.
Huayang Palace is still full of flowers.
There are concubines who come to visit every day. This time, Lin Yuan did not ask the emperor to expel this group of people on the grounds that she was pregnant, because she was pregnant with a child, and the way of handling things could not be the same as before. The dragon fetus is undoubtedly the rarest and most precious treasure in the harem of Great Qin, and it is also the most special existence, Lin Yuan has to be extremely careful, and he has to think before and after doing anything.
At the first moment when the emperor learned that she was pregnant, he did not hesitate to make her a concubine himself, and sent a sergeant to guard the scarlet building, giving her more grandmothers and medical women than anyone elseβthese are eye-catching enough. She could no longer be pampered and arrogant, and simply turned away the concubines who came to visit, and told them how considerate the emperor was, wouldn't that be more eye-catching.
But Lin Yuan indulged the visitors, but Concubine Jing couldn't tolerate it. Concubine Jing is not hypocritical, she is such a natural temperament and does not like to be noisy. As soon as there are too many people, she gets dizzy, can't eat well, and can't sleep well. There is no need to ask the emperor, she is a concubine herself, except for the queen, who is older than her, she simply issued a decree as a concubine - "Anyone who enters Huayang Palace needs to pass through the Hehuan Palace to enter." Those she doesn't want to see, not allowed to enter is not allowed. All of a sudden, there were immediately fewer people.
Lin Yuan knew that it would be like this, so she was happy and comfortable, and praised Concubine Jing with a smile for her good behavior.
It didn't take long for the Lantern Festival to reach the fifteenth day. Empress Xiao was applauded by the emperor because of the imperial doctor's work, and her spirit was so high that she couldn't muster the energy to do a big job. She only instructed all parts of the Shanggong Bureau to arrange according to the practice of previous years, so there was nothing new about the Lantern Festival.
Tuoba Hong was not dissatisfied with her negative attitude, after all, it was just a Lantern Festival, and on Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the empress still managed it very well.
Concubine Jing looked at the queen coldly, and sneered in private: "She finally knows that she has to go soft." If this Lantern Festival is really a big deal, wouldn't the emperor be even more tired of her when he saw her, then it would be called stupid. β
Concubine Jing didn't say the rest of the words, and several henchmen and palace maids looked at each other, some of them couldn't understand.
Concubine Jing just sneered, the reason why the emperor hated the empress was because she had too much authority. As the queen, she actually bought the imperial doctors and doctors in the palace, and let this group of people join forces to harm the pregnant concubines. Not to mention virtue, this ability to cover the sky with one hand is the emperor's taboo.
At this time, the smartest thing to do is to show weakness.
But no matter how weak she is, the queen just fooled a Lantern Festival. If you really let her share some authority to others, she won't want to kill her.
On the night of the Lantern Festival, Concubine Jing was bored in the Hehuan Hall and cooked a pot of rice balls, and invited Lin Yuan to come over for dinner, and the festival passed. I have to say that Concubine Jing's taste is too light, the soup balls have thick skin and less filling, and there is still a lot of bean paste in it, how boring it is. When Qi Ronghua ate it, it was like eating bitter gourd, Lin Yuan took out the skin and ate the stuffing, or Zhang Wanyi and Fang Cairen had the foresight, and took out the white sugar from the cuffs.
With the coldness of the Lantern Festival, the joy of this New Year has gradually faded. It is enough for the New Year to be lively for more than ten days, and the days still have to be passed, and it cannot be celebrated all day long.
On the twenty-first day of the first month, there were people in Huayang Palace again.
is not a concubine, but the fan jade emperor in the palace who is not valued by the emperor. Concubine Jing listened to the reports of the people below, and she didn't bother to raise her head, and waved her hand to allow Fan Yu to visit the Scarlet Building.
Lin Yuan looked at the little girl who hadn't seen her for a month, ordered someone to bring honey milk and white sugar cake to entertain her, and said with a light smile: "Why did you come to me today, I heard that you have been running to Jianzhang Palace these days." β
Fan Yu peeked at Lin Yuan's stomach, which was still flat. I can't help but feel bitter in my heart, Lin Niangniang's child has not been born and has been extremely loved by his father, and when he is born, whether it is the prince or the emperor, he is born with a noble dragon, and she is the difference between heaven and earth.
It's also the child of the emperor......
Since Lin Yuan became pregnant, everyone around her flocked to her, but Fan Yu didn't come. She knew in her heart that when Lin Yuan had no children, she still had some hope to cling to this favorite concubine. But now people have their own ...... How could he take a second look at himself, the princess who met in Pingshui.
I rushed to the knots again, and I didn't have to be annoyed.
Fan Yu had mixed tastes, bowed his head slightly, and said: "My father is very busy, although I wait in front of the gate of Jianzhang Palace every day, the number of times I meet is very few. She understood her identity, and she never dared to order someone to disturb Tuoba Hong, so she just waited quietly in the side hall of Jianzhang Palace.
But obviously, even if her sworn enemy, Empress Xiao, is no longer beautiful, Tuoba Hong has not been able to value this eldest daughter.
Fan Yu's situation didn't get any better.
She used to live with Concubine Shen, and Concubine Shen was willing to take her in, but because she was incompatible with Queen Xiao, she let her disgust Queen Xiao in front of her. Later, Concubine Shen died, and Fan Yu moved out of Yongshou Palace, so she didn't know where to go. Everyone knows that she is a dispensable princess, especially disgusted by the queen, and adopting her will not please the emperor but also offend Empress Xiao, who will do this kind of loss-making business in the palace. At that time, the emperor was still busy dealing with the Shen family's affairs, how could he care about her, Fan Yu had nowhere to stay, so he had no choice but to live in Qiannan.
Qianxi and Qiannan are both places for the princes and princesses to live, the difference is that the five places in Qianxi are the places where the princes are raised, and that place does not belong to the harem, but is on the side of the Jinluan Hall of the emperor of the previous dynasty. The great Confucian of the Hanlin Academy was invited to be the master of the princes, and not far away was the field of riding and shooting, and the princes who could live in Qianxi were at least valued by the emperor and wanted to cultivate them with his heart. And Qiannan is a palace close to Changle Palace, but it is just to give the motherless children in the palace a place to live.
"Today is my birthday, and I live in Qiannan by myself, so I took the liberty to come here to talk to Lin Niangniang." Fan Yu still kept her head down. has lived in Mingjue Temple for many years, and her temperament has long been smoothed out, even in front of Lin Yuan, she is also very polite and restrained.
Lin Yuan looked up in some surprise and laughed out loud: "Ah, it turned out to be the emperor's birthday." Okay, I'll let someone make longevity noodles for you, and you can play in the Scarlet Smoke House today. β
Because it was her birthday, Lin Yuan always had to be more tolerant of her. No one in this palace will remember Fan Yu's birthday, she is lonely, and it is understandable to come to the Scarlet Smoke Building to celebrate on this day.