After returning to the Falling Snow Pavilion, Lingxi buried himself in the bed, wrapped the brocade quilt around his body, and only looked at the exquisite palace with a pair of eyes that blinked occasionally.

Back then, when the Empress Dowager Xiaohe found a backer for Lingxi, the condition put forward was that Lingxi could not be the queen, and Lingxi's children could not be discussed as princes.

In addition to these two things, Xiao and the Empress Dowager can give Lingxi everything she wants.

The love of relatives, the emperor's favor, a strong backer, and the right to associate the six palaces......

Everything, as long as it is what Lingxi wants, filial piety and the empress dowager will give it to her. It's just that the position of the queen and the prince, filial piety and the empress dowager do not give it.

Lingxi agreed very happily.

At that time, she was working with Concubine Rou, Concubine Xian's life and death. A strong backer is too important for her to gain a firm position in the harem.

Besides, how far away was she from the back at that time?

Looking at the entire harem, Concubine Rou may be the queen, Concubine Xian may be the queen, Concubine Yi may be the queen, and even Concubine Yu, who was only a concubine at the time, may also be the queen.

But just she, a lowly bird trainer can't be the queen.

As for the crown prince. The fifth prince was crowned king at the first birthday, and Emperor Yong'an had already said that it was impossible to make the five princes the crown prince, which was even more distant for Lingxi.

Because it was impossible to get, Lingxi didn't feel like she had anything to lose.

She promised happily, exchanging a thing that she would never get for a powerful backer, in exchange for the trust and love of filial piety and the Empress Dowager, she felt that she had made a fortune.

The position of the middle palace and the position of the prince is just a flower in the moon mirror in the water for Lingxi, and it cannot be seen and touched. But for Xiao and the Empress Dowager, Emperor Yong'an and the Ye family, it is different.

The posterior, representing the justifiable power of the middle palace, represents whether the queen can be buried in the same cave with Emperor Yong'an, whether Ye Jingyan can become a real national battle, and whether the Ye family can become a real imperial relative.

These things of honor, when it is far away, people will only laugh indifferently because it is out of reach. But when this thing is placed in front of him, no matter how indifferent a person is, he will have a trace of his own thoughts.

Filial piety and the Empress Dowager understand human nature too well, and people's vanity and dedication to power can make people ruin all the good. In order to prevent the Ye family from becoming the next Zhu family with power in the opposition, she gave Lingxi supreme glory while strangling the possibility of Lingxi standing at the pinnacle of power.

Lingxi is a layman, and she is also greedy for vanity.

She did not deny that when Emperor Yong'an was about to receive the phoenix decree in her hands, she was as happy in her heart as if she could receive the holy decree of canonization on the second day.

The most noble woman in the Dashun Dynasty is something that many people can't ask for.

But today's words of filial piety and the Empress Dowager, like a howling north wind, suddenly knocked Lingxi's fluttering heart back to its original place.

She can't ask for this posterior.

She can't afford it!

She recognized the Ye family as her relatives, and Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager were the masterminds behind the scenes. Since the Empress Dowager can hold her up to today's noble and unique position, she can pull her down from this status.

Now that Lingxi has four sons under her knees, she can't afford to lose.

put away the unwillingness in his heart, and Lingxi comforted himself in his heart.

Now she is respected as a noble concubine, holding the phoenix order in charge of the six palaces, and she is just a canonized decree away from the queen's position. With the power in hand, what does she care about in that empty name?

As for the position of the crown prince, although the crown prince is not her own child, he is raised under her knees after all.

If one day the crown prince ascends the throne as the emperor, even if she is not named the queen mother, she must be the concubine, and then move out of the palace to live for a long time.

Thinking of moving out of the palace, Lingxi thought that the five princes would have a fief. At that time, she took her children to live in the fiefdom of the five princes, how comfortable it was.

Thinking like this, Lingxi's heart became comfortable.

As soon as the lotus leaf walked into the dormitory, he saw the spirit rhino buried in the brocade quilt with a smirk.

was infected by the spirit rhino, and the lotus leaf also burst out laughing and asked, "Niangniang, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Huh? Nothing. Lingxi took off the brocade quilt from his body and sat up from the bed, his eyes still full of smiles.

Lotus Ye nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "It's nothing, but also ask the mother to move to the inner hall, tonight the emperor will stay in the Luoxue Pavilion, and the slave maid will clean up the bed." ”

Lingxi happily turned over and went to the ground and ran to the side hall to go to the prince.

Now Lingxi has raised five princes and princesses under his knees, and because of the small space in the Luoxue Pavilion, the slightly older five princes have moved to the center of the Wutong Palace. The crown prince lived in the east side hall where the five princes originally lived.

The crown prince of the Dashun Dynasty has always been the queen's son, and before the minor leaves the palace to build a mansion, he will live in the Weiyang Palace and be raised by the queen.

The situation of Lingxi is relatively special, and it can only be done everywhere.

The prince is now two and a half years old, and it is time to be naughty. Because of King Ping's affairs, the nurse, grandmother, and palace maid on the prince's side were all executed by Emperor Yong'an, so after he arrived at Lingxi, he cried and made a fuss for a long time.

It is precisely because of this that Lingxi will take the initiative to send the five princes to Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager.

The fifth prince is her biological son, and she wants to hurt. But the prince is the prince of Dashun, and she hurts more, and it hurts more than her other four children.

In the side hall, Mengxiang, the big palace maid who was coaxing the prince to play, saw Lingxi come in, hugged the prince and asked Lingxi to be safe.

After Lingxi let Mengxiang get up, he reached out to tease the prince.

But the prince was so faceless, Lingxi's hand stretched out sideways in front of him, and he was already crying.

Lingxi felt helpless in his heart, so he could only retract his hand and stop teasing.

Seeing that Lingxi was no longer teasing him, the prince climbed down from Mengxiang's body, turned around and played with his back to Lingxi.

Seeing this, Meng Xiang blessed Lingxi, and said timidly, "Niangniang, the prince is still young, and it would be good if he was bigger." ”

Lingxi nodded slightly, but did not answer.

Qiaozhu came from outside, and when he saw Lingxi, he gave a blessing and said with a smile, "Niangniang, the fifth princess is here and looking for you." ”

Qiaozhu had given Lingxi to the five princesses since the day King Ping forced the palace, so now he is no longer waiting by Lingxi's side.

Lingxi told Mengxiang and a few grandmothers a few words, and then took Qiaozhu's hand back to the main hall.

Qiaozhu held Lingxi's arm, his head pressed very low, and whispered to Lingxi as he walked, "Niangniang, the fifth princess and Wan Guifei seem to have something to do with it......"

Lingxi's steps paused slightly, looked at a jade hairpin on Qiaozhu's head, and asked, "Is this true?" ”

"The slave is not sure." Qiaozhu cautiously replied, "However, there is an eighty percent chance of ......"

Although Qiaozhu speaks a little freely on weekdays, he does things very properly. If she says there is an 80% chance of it, then it is true.

In the inner hall, the fifth princess is sitting on a low kang eating honey cakes.

Seeing Lingxi coming in, she jumped on the ground and saluted Lingxi, and then said with a smile, "Mother, where have you been?" ”

"Mother go see the prince." Lingxi took the hand of the fifth princess and sat on the low kang, and said with a smile, "The snow outside hasn't stopped yet, why did you run over." ”

"I have something to discuss with my mother." The fifth princess smiled and said, "Mother is not allowed to talk about Mu'er." ”

Looking at the naughty appearance of the fifth princess, Lingxi knew that what Qiaozhu said was true.

She raised her hand to let all the servants in the palace withdraw, and then said to the fifth princess, "Say, you hid Wangui Concubine there." ”

The fifth princess showed a surprised expression and said, "Mother, how do you know that I hid Concubine Wangui?" ”

"It's done, don't pretend!" Lingxi raised his hand and nodded the forehead of the fifth princess, and said with a smile, "If Qiaozhu hadn't accidentally found out about you and Wan Guifei, how long would you want to hide it from your mother?" ”

The fifth princess didn't deny it, took Lingxi's hand, and said with a smile, "Even if Qiaozhu doesn't find out, Mu'er won't hide it from her mother." Because Mu'er succeeded......"

"Success?" Lingxi's eyes showed confusion.

The fifth princess's little hand stroked her tender left cheek, looked at Lingxi seriously, and said, "Here, it's gone." ”

"Gone?"

"The scar, gone." The fifth princess's eyes smiled into a crescent moon, "The scar here is gone, ...... there."

Lingxi reacted immediately, she looked at the fifth princess in surprise, and said, "You, can't be cured?" ”

The fifth princess nodded, "The method of the imperial physician is to cut off the scar and apply ointment, and in three months, new skin will grow." Mu'er tried three times, and finally succeeded......"

Lingxi couldn't help but shiver in his heart, and cold sweat suddenly oozed from his back.

Imperial Physician Wang once said to Lingxi that it is not impossible to remove the scar, but the first thing to bear is the pain of cutting the skin. In this era of anesthetic scarcity, what kind of pain should it be to cut the skin hard.

In addition to this, you also have to endure the itching of the heart caused by the plaster.

For three whole months, after enduring three full months of heart itching, new skin will grow in the cut area.

"Actually, the first time Mu'er succeeded." The fifth princess frowned, pouted, and said, "But the new skin that grows is different from the original." The fifth princess rubbed the left side of her face vigorously and said, "Although the original skin is good, there is no new skin, which is fair and smooth......

"So......" Lingxi looked at the fifth princess fixedly, his face a little pale.

"So it's all changed!" The fifth princess smiled brightly, "In a few days, I will bring Wan Guifei to my mother, now she has no scar on her face, and she is as delicate as a shelled egg!" ”

Lingxi was horrified in his heart, and couldn't help but cover his chest with his hand. She didn't expect that such a delicate An Xiaowan would be able to bear the pain of changing her face!

Seeing that Lingxi's face was pale, the fifth princess covered her mouth with her little hand. stepped forward and stroked Lingxi's chest, blaming himself, "Mother, I scared you." ”

Lingxi wanted to say no to the fifth princess, but the words were blocked in her throat and she couldn't say it stiffly.

At the thought of a skinless face, Lingxi's heart couldn't help but tremble.

Lotus Ye came in from outside, blessed Lingxi and the five princesses, and said, "Niangniang, the fifth princess, Xiao Dezi just said that the emperor has entered the Yongshou Palace." ”

The fifth princess jumped down from the low kang and smiled at Lingxi, "Mother, I'm back to Changle Palace." ”

Lingxi swallowed a mouthful of spit and shouted at the back of the fifth princess leaving, "Mu'er, you haven't told your mother where you hid her!" ”

"I'll talk to my mother tomorrow!"