On June 28, the eighth year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an sent a decree to the Sixth Palace, if the twin sons in Wen Jieyu's womb were a pair of princes, they would be directly promoted to the position of Concubine Wen Jieyu. and decreed that Wen Jieyu's mother, Cao Wei, was allowed to enter the palace to meet Wen Jieyu in order to relieve Wen Jieyu's feelings of missing her mother during pregnancy.

From Jieyu's direct concubine, since the founding of the Dashun Dynasty, there has never been. For a time, the Hanxiang Pavilion of Changxin Palace became the most lively place in the entire harem.

While the concubines were courteous to Hanxiang Pavilion, they also secretly speculated in their hearts that if Wen Jieyu was crowned a concubine, then among the four concubines now, who would be blessed to be promoted to the next rank?

On June 29 of the eighth year of Yong'an, Pan Changfei, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of Emperor Yong'an, was the right Shangshu.

After the news reached the harem, the concubines knew it in their hearts. It seems that this blessed person is still the concubine who is now the assistant concubine of the Sixth Palace, I am afraid that the day Wen Jieyu gave birth to the twin princes will be the time when Concubine Ying is canonized.

On the first day of the seventh month of the eighth year of Yong'an, Concubine Ying wore a gorgeous costume and took Su'er's hand to personally go to the Hanxiang Pavilion to deal with everything in the Hanxiang Pavilion, and put its daily use, month by month, month and month according to the concubine's position with the acquiescence of the emperor.

On the second day of the seventh month of the eighth year of Yong'an, the palace maid who was sent by Concubine Ying to the miscellaneous room on an errand hanged herself on a huge willow tree. After his bones were dissolved, he was lifted to a dry well in the cold palace.

On the fifth day of the seventh month of the eighth year of Yong'an, Lingxi's illness was completely cured. Not only can you go out of the palace for a walk, but you can also accompany the five princesses and the five princes to play in the Yongshou Palace for a while.

In the past few days, King Ning has not come again, and even Shen Feng has not heard a word. Shi Hezhan didn't even appear, and the only person who came to diagnose Lingxi's pulse on weekdays was Imperial Doctor Wang.

On the ninth day of the seventh month, Imperial Physician Wang came again in the rain. said to Lingxi, who was sitting on the bamboo couch and drinking tea, "Niangniang, these days, the old minister has been in contact with Lord Situ Yi and Situ. Lord Situ's mouth was very tight, as if he ......"

"It's like you don't know I exist, huh?" Lingxi opened his mouth coldly, and after a sneer, Lingxi looked at his bright red nails and said softly, "I guessed it a long time ago." The status of the noble concubine is not low, and the eighth prince is fostered under her knees, how can they give up easily? ”

"Mrs. Situ is a little loose." Imperial Physician Wang continued, "When the ladies were chatting, Mrs. Situ and the wife of the old minister said that they had a relationship with Niangniang, and they looked very kind......

Lingxi raised her eyebrows, the mother who gave birth to her body still misses her own daughter a little bit in the end.

"Lao Chen thinks that if Niangniang wants to recognize the Situ family, Mrs. Situ can find an opportunity there."

Lingxi nodded and said, "Let me think about it." ”

There was silence in the hall for a moment, and Lingxi raised his eyes to see that Imperial Physician Wang was looking at him with a smile on his face.

Lingxi turned back to Han Yan, who was guarding beside him, "Han Yan, you go to the small kitchen to see if the chicken soup is stewed, my stomach is empty, and I am a little hungry." ”

With a smoke, I went down.

Seeing that there was no one in the hall, the imperial physician took out a small pink-green bottle from his sleeve.

After placing it on the table, Imperial Physician Wang pointed to the small bottle and said, "Niangniang, the old minister has made some improvements in the prescription of 'Beauty Twilight'. This medicine will be extremely painful to take, and after death, it will be like falling asleep, with a childish face, and will not bleed from the mouth and nose like the 'twilight of beauty'. ”

Lingxi took the small bottle in his hand, tilted his head and said, "What's your name?" ”

"Please give me a name."

Lingxi put the small bottle back on the table, looked at it for a while, and said, "Crane hair and childish face? With a full head of white hair and a beautiful face, how enchanting is that? This thing is called 'enchanting'......"

"Good name." Imperial Physician Wang continued, "'Enchanting' is colorless and odorless when dissolved in water, as long as the amount of a small fingernail is enough. It will work after three hours, and it will be ...... twenty hours."

"How can I save it?"

"Save?" A hint of surprise flashed in Imperial Physician Wang's eyes, but he still lowered his head and said respectfully, "This medicine belongs to the same category as 'Beauty Twilight'. If you eat it by mistake, then drink plenty of warm water to prolong the survival time. Then, the old minister can save ......"

Lingxi nodded, and took the vial into his hand, "I see." If I had used this medicine, I wouldn't have been able to save it. ”

After Imperial Physician Wang stepped back, Lingxi personally put the pink green vial in the cassette of the jewelry box. Holding the jewelry box, Lingxi was secretly in a daze.

When Xiao and the Empress Dowager left the palace, she had clearly stated that she wanted to go out of the palace to find her father and mother and live a hard life. But Xiao and the Empress Dowager still kept this box to themselves.

Could it be that the Empress Dowager Xiaohe had long known that she would not be able to get what she wanted, and would stay in this deep palace in the end?

Lotus Ye came in from outside, stood beside Lingxi, and said cautiously, "Niangniang, Shen Feng has a message." ”

Lingxi hummed, indicating that he was listening.

Since that day, Lingxi has become silent, and rarely sees a smile except for the five princesses and the five princes.

"Shen Feng said that King Ning has been busy discussing the flooding in the south of the Yangtze River with Lord Pan these days, and he may be busy for a while."

Lingxi looked at the heavy rain pouring outside the window, and his heart was cold.

What is not gained and what has been lost is always the best.

Now that King Ning has got everything, what reason is there to go to the harem to deal with those lies that he said to himself.

Seeing that Lingxi's face slowly turned white, Lotus Ye knelt on the ground and said, his eyes were full of anxiety, "Niangniang, the slave begs you, don't torture yourself anymore." ”

Lingxi stood up, his tone soft, but without any warmth, "I didn't torture myself, I was just thinking about how to live in the future." Lord Pan was promoted to the position of the right scholar, and Concubine Ying was just around the corner; Xian Gui Concubine has an ambiguous attitude, and she is more enemies than friends; Wen Jieyu already hates me in her heart, and she can only endure it now that she is the heir. But once the heir in her womb gives birth to a concubine, the first person to worry about will be me; Concubine Ren relies on hatred to survive, she is now happy to tease the butterfly beauty like a cat and mouse, once the butterfly beauty is dead, she will be ten ** will focus on my hateful eyes; There are too many enemies of the Zhu family during her lifetime, and the five princesses are always in danger, no matter whether those people really hate the Zhu family or fake the Zhu family, as long as the five princesses are a little bad in my palace, I am the one who finally cleans up the mess; Although Concubine Rou did not move, the second prince was in charge of the officials in the previous court......"

"Niangniang, King Ning won't leave you alone." Lotus Ye comforted in a loud voice, "Just like you said, King Ning's power has penetrated so deeply in the palace, how could he let you be in danger?" ”

Lingxi stretched out his right hand and lifted the lotus leaf's delicate chin, bent over, and said with cold and clear eyes, "King Ning is in charge of the household department, and the second prince is in charge of the official department. One is to manage money, the other is to manage people, it seems to have nothing to do with it, but it holds two throats of the entire court. Coupled with King Ping, who holds the military power, the entire court is now divided into three major parts, and any of these three people may ascend the throne as the emperor and support the country. In this three-legged situation, you let King Ning, who cares about the country, help me fight with these women in the harem? Don't say that I am his father's concubine, even if I am the wife of King Ning, he will not interfere too much...... Wake up," Lingxi patted the lotus leaf's tender white face twice, raised her eyebrows and sneered, "Don't be naïve, what is a woman?" A woman is nothing but a beautiful garment. It's gone, and that's it......"

Standing up straight, Lingxi turned and walked towards the dormitory, "You don't have to wait with me, I'll lie down by myself for a while." ”

Lotus Ye sat paralyzed on the ground, feeling a chill on her face, only to realize that she had unconsciously wept.

Back in the dormitory, Lingxi took off the clothes on his shoulders and looked at his shoulders in the water mirror.

On the white and delicate shoulder, a bite mark with a purple and blue color is clearly visible.

Lingxi pressed it lightly with his hand, and it didn't hurt, but if he wanted this color to fade, it would be impossible for a while.

Because of this bite mark, Lingxi has been pretending to be sick and not getting better, she is afraid that Emperor Yong'an will stay in the Luoxue Pavilion on a whim, and then this bite mark will push her down the abyss.

Putting on his clothes, Lingxi sat in the innermost part of the bed, his hands around his knees in a daze.

She found that what was now in front of her was a mess that she couldn't figure out.

She wanted to cut through the mess with a decisive knife, but she didn't know where she had to start to get out of the way.

Wen Jieyu has been pregnant for more than seven months, and if she really gives birth to a pair of twin princes in two months, the position in the harem will change greatly.

Lingxi is indeed one of the four concubines, and she is also quite favored. But if you talk about the background and family background, you can't compare to Concubine Ying, and you can't even compare to Concubine Rou who is in the middle of the family.

Concubine Ren is a princess who is close to her, although she has no power outside the court, it is difficult to guarantee that Emperor Yong'an will not be promoted to her position.

Above the concubine, there are concubines, imperial concubines, and queens.

At that time, even if the concubine Ying of the assistant sixth palace cannot be sealed, at least one concubine will be canonized.

If it is only promoted to the position of Concubine Ying and Guifei, then the positions of the other three concubines will not move. If the Imperial Concubine is promoted or canonized as the queen directly, then the positions of Concubine Rou and Concubine Ren will also follow Jin.

At that time, the position of the fourth concubine will be empty, and the noble concubine who has raised the eighth prince will have the opportunity to win the concubine position......

Lingxi had a splitting headache, and couldn't help but slap the back of his head twice with his powder fist.

There is one imperial concubine and two concubines. The imperial concubine is like a deputy queen, even if the emperor does not make an order, she has the right to associate the six palaces.

There is Concubine Ying's family background compared there, Lingxi doesn't dare to think about the position of the imperial concubine, and now she is thinking about how to become a concubine.

Qiaozhu came in from outside the hall, walked to Lingxi's bed, and said softly, "Niangniang, the little well in Zichen Hall is here." ”