After dinner that day, Sizhen went to Chengqian Palace, and it happened that Concubine Zhen was also there.

Seeing her lift the curtain and go in, Wuyunzhu greeted her cordially, pointed to her side and asked Sizhen to sit down: "Ah Zhen, come here, sit here, I have something to say to the two of you." ”

"Yes, Imperial Concubine." Sizhen's attitude was respectful and detached, during this time, although she came to accompany Wuyunzhu according to Fulin's instructions, she was limited to talking about poetry and papers, because she had some doubts in her heart, she was a little resistant to Wuyunzhu emotionally, and she was not intimate because the two touched each other a lot.

"Ah Zhen, come and sit down." Concubine Zhen greeted Sizhen affectionately, smiled at her, and said softly: "Sister said that there are no outsiders here, tell us not to be restrained, you don't see outsiders like this, why has it been so long, or call my sister the imperial concubine?" Didn't my sister say it all, let you be called sisters with us. ”

"If it doesn't conform to the rules, please forgive the two ladies for not daring." Sizhen smiled and declined.

Wuyunzhu knew that Sizhen insisted on refusing to be called sisters with them because she was not a concubine in the harem, but she didn't embarrass her, but said with a smile: "Knowing that she is a polite person, just like you don't embarrass her." Ah Zhen, the emperor asked someone to send some delicious food over today, there are Ah Zhen's favorite lotus root flour osmanthus sugar cake and milk tea, you can eat a little. ”

Sizhen pursed her lips and smiled, thanked her, sat on the chair, took the milk tea offered by the palace maid and drank it slowly, listening to Concubine Zhen and Wuyunzhu chatting.

Concubine Zhen asked the palace maid to take out a blue flower brocade burden, untie it with her slender jade fingers, and said to Wuyunzhu with a smile: "The concubine made a few clothes for the little brother, sister, take a look, if it is not suitable, the concubine will take it back and change it." ”

"It's hard for you to be so careful, this shirt is too meticulous, it's just a child, where can you bother so much." Wuyunzhu unfolded a shirt that was not much bigger than her two hands and exclaimed.

The clothes are delicate and delicate, the stitches are reversed on the outside, the cotton inside, the outer layer of the brocade, the hem of the placket of the clothes is embroidered with a kitten that is fluttering butterflies, the cat's front paws are raised, tilting its head, staring at the big black eyes, naïve and cute, not only the demeanor is realistic, even the hair on the kitten's body is also embroidered with a needle to the kind of fluffy texture, which looks lifelike.

This kind of needlework obviously took a lot of effort and a lot of effort on the part of Concubine Zhen.

"The concubine calculated, when the little brother should be born, she was afraid that the weather would be cold, so she used new cotton and soft and comfortable cotton cloth, and the placket of this underwear was double-layered, so that the little brother's little belly would not be cold......"

Sizhen put down the milk tea and said with a smile: "These clothes must have taken a lot of thought from Concubine Zhen, but they are more intimate than sending gold and silver!" It's just that with your pearl and jade in front, the courtiers don't know what to prepare for the little brother. ”

Wuyunzhu covered his mouth and smiled, "In the future, you will accept the little brother as an apprentice and teach him two sets of punches well, so that he can be healthy and healthy, which is stronger than anything else." ”

This is insisting on bringing Sizhen into a relationship with the little brother in her belly, although knowing that Fulin lets him come to accompany Wuyunzhu every day, in addition to accompanying her, he also closes their relationship and lets himself protect Wuyunzhu, Sizhen still sighed in his heart.

She smiled slightly: "There are so many good masters in the palace, where can I use courtiers?" Not to mention anything else, even the emperor's riding and archery kung fu is also first-class, as long as the mother does not dislike the three-legged cat kung fu of the courtiers in the future, the courtiers will take a big time and teach the little brother two sets of boxing. ”

"Niangniang, look at Concubine Zhenniang's doing, it's so exquisite!" Sizhen changed the topic, walked over and took out three pairs of tiger head shoes of different colors from Concubine Zhen's baggage, and the tiger mouth, eyebrows, nose, eyes and other places on them are outlined with thick lines, exaggeratedly showing the majesty of the tiger, and the majesty is innocent and innocent, cute and clumsy, which makes people love it.

Wuyunzhu took the tiger head shoes and praised: "My sister is really ingenious, no wonder the emperor loves to wear the underwear you make, as far as my sister's embroidery work is concerned, compared to the top embroidery girl in the palace, it is not too much." ”

Concubine Zhen's face changed slightly, comparing her to an embroidery girl, is this a compliment? But looking at the sincerity on Wuyunzhu's face, she felt that she was just too careful.

Si Zhen glanced at them invisibly, pretending not to know, and only pointed to three pairs of tiger head shoes and said: "Concubine Zhen Niangniang is not only good at embroidery, but also has the meaning of these shoes." Does the imperial concubine know why these three pairs of tiger head shoes are not the yellow commonly used by princes? ”

"Why? Could it be that there is something to say about this? Wuyunzhu put down the tiger head shoes and asked Sizhendao, "There is a folk saying that the first pair of blue, can stop those bad things, keep the child safe and healthy, two pairs of red, because the red has the effect of warding off evil spirits, can avoid disasters, three pairs of purple completed, a metaphor that the child will not get lost, grow up in his own home...... Niangniang, you say, is this far-reaching? ”

"I didn't expect Ah Zhen to be a girl, and she also understands this, no wonder the emperor said that you are knowledgeable and talented, if you are a man, this civil and military person, you are really ashamed to kill men in the world!" Concubine Zhen covered her mouth and smiled.

Wuyunzhu also smiled: "It's not, if you didn't say these things, I wouldn't have thought of them at all." ”

She sighed deliberately and chuckled, "Hey, like yours, it seems more and more that I am a stupid person, no, if it goes on like this, I won't have the face to sit with you, I will read more books when I look back, learn more from girls, and make up for the evil, so as not to be too far behind my two younger sisters." ”

Sizhen didn't speak, Concubine Zhen laughed first: "Sister wants to say this, but it really kills us, who doesn't know that my sister is a crystal heart and glass person, the most transparent, not to mention anything else, my sister's embroidery work, compared with my sister, can only be made of children's clothes, the concubine saw my sister embroidered for the emperor two days ago, the bamboo leaves on it, just like the real general, so that the concubine also used her hands to pull, strange emperor's clothes, how could the bamboo leaves fall!" ”

Sizhen also said: "No, even the courtiers and Niangniang yesterday lost a mess. ”

Although Wuyunzhu knew that Sizhen lost to her because she deliberately released water, she was still in a good mood: "Okay, okay, okay, you don't praise me anymore, so that the emperor can hear it, I will listen to two compliments for the joke, and I don't know the south, south, west, and northwest." This is autumn, the autumn tiger is still very powerful, but do not dare to use ice, afraid of the cold, but in the imperial garden, the pines and cypresses are verdant, looking at it feels much cooler, it is better for you to accompany me to the garden for a walk, the doctor said that more exercise, the future production will be smooth. ”

Concubine Zhen and Sizhen naturally responded, and one of them took a hand and helped Wuyunzhu to get up.

After leaving the Chengqian Palace, they did not use the chariot, but only sat in a soft sedan chair, with a bunch of palace maids and eunuchs, and went to the imperial garden.

At this time, it is almost dusk, and the evening breeze slowly sends bursts of fragrance of flowers and plants, and I feel more relaxed and happy.

Wuyunzhu turned her head to look at Sizhen who was bathed in the afterglow of the sunset, and saw that her whole body was like a layer of red glow, which looked more bright, and couldn't help but caress her lower abdomen: as long as she gives birth to a smart and healthy dragon, in this harem, her status will no longer be shakable, even if the emperor misses Sizhen again, he can take her off his heart......

In autumn, the imperial garden is not only lush with flowers and plants, but also more fruitful than in summer, with bunches of crystalline and round grapes hanging on the shelves, red dates like red agate inlaid on the branches, and apples are blushing girl's cheeks......

Although these fruits in the royal garden are more ornamental than edible, the dark cloud beads are particularly attractive to look at, so people pick some red dates, wash them with clean water, and send them to the Chengrui Pavilion in front, saying that when they rest there, they just taste and taste.

Chengrui Pavilion and Fuxiu Pavilion are both square pavilions, spanning the pool, and only stretching out to hug the building on the south-facing side. Although it is a pavilion, it has a square three-bay room, which is about 24 feet (8 meters) wide and very spacious.

Chengrui Pavilion with green glazed tile yellow trimming, save the spire on the top of the glazed treasure top, a bucket of two liters of cross-leaf bucket, the eaves under the Anhua board, the stone carving railing on the east and west sides of the pavilion is also the railing of the bridge, the banana leaf pattern looks at the column head. The north and south sides of the pavilion are set up as the entrance and exit. The square pavilion is the ceiling of the wellhead of the golden dragon pattern, the double dragon plays with the pearl in the middle of the eight directions caisson well, the dragon brocade painting under the eaves, the hugging building is open on three sides, with the cool breeze of water vapor, it is the most suitable to escape the heat.

Recently, the autumn tiger is hot and dry, and the dark clouds have to come here for a walk almost every night.

Approaching Chengrui Pavilion, everyone saw some palace people leaning on the stone railing to watch the fish from a distance, and when they got closer, they found that it was Concubine Ning Yu who was playing there with the second prince Fuquan.

Seeing Wuyunzhu and his entourage coming over and handing over the second prince to the nurse to hold, Concubine Ning Yu stepped forward and saluted: "The imperial concubine is Jin'an." ”

"Excuse me." Wuyunzhu raised his hand and said with a smile.

Sizhen stepped forward to greet Concubine Ning, Concubine Ning helped her up, and greeted Concubine Zhen again, and they agreed with each other, and walked into Chengrui Pavilion together.

The jujube looked Hongyan, it tasted only acceptable, and the dark cloud bead only ate half of it and put it down, asking someone to peel an apple, and only after a few bites did he feel comfortable.

Seeing Sizhen standing by the window of the hugging mansion and teasing Fuquan, she got up and walked over, teasing Fuquan with a smile on her face: "Second elder brother, do you guess that the queen mother is in the belly, is it a younger brother or a younger sister?" ”

Fuquan bit his fingers and didn't speak.

Concubine Ning Yu hurriedly took out his fingers and scolded softly: "Your imperial concubine asked, answer quickly." ”

She smiled apologetically at Wuyunzhu: "The second elder brother doesn't like to talk when he is young, he is very wooden, please don't be surprised by the imperial concubine." ”

Wuyunzhu shook his head: "It's okay, he's just a child, what am I fighting with him?" Don't blame him, the Analects says, 'A gentleman wants to be quick in words and quick in deeds', I look at the blessed child, a man who knows in his heart, is a smart and well-behaved man, you are a blessed man! ”