Lingxi and Concubine Yu heard this shout, and hurriedly walked hand in hand to the front of the concubines.

With less than half a cup of tea, the concubines stood in four rows according to their status and humility. When Empress Zhu appeared holding Ziwan's hand, Qi Qifu asked for peace.

Queen Zhu wore a light red embroidered phoenix flower waist Luo skirt, her head pulled a Lingyun bun, in addition to the pearl flowers made of pearls and jade gemstones, another hairpin was a nine-tailed phoenix hairpin. Although its dress is not as formal as usual, it still reveals the solemnity and majesty that the queen of the main palace should have.

After Empress Zhu asked the concubines to get up, Lingxi jumped over the beaded hair of the concubines in front of her and looked in front of her. Seeing that Queen Zhu's face was ruddy, a pair of phoenix eyes were blazing, and her eyes swept to which concubine, as sharp as a knife with a blade, people didn't dare to look directly.

Such a radiant Queen Zhu, where does she look like someone who has just had a cold?

After a few polite words between Empress Zhu and Concubine Ying, who was standing in front, she called a girl about fourteen or fifteen years old standing behind her to the front. The girl was dressed in a light green embroidered willow skirt, with her head tied in a bun, and only a few new-style palace flowers hairpins, and no gold and jade. There are two points between her eyebrows and eyes, like a soft concubine, a pair of apricot eyes are full of water, and occasionally raise her eyes to look, it is really worthy of the four words of pulse and affection.

Empress Zhu took the girl's hand and said to the concubines in a soft voice, "This is the niece of the mother's family in this palace, and her name is Fang Fei." Bengong has been unwell these days, and he has relied on Fang Fei to take care of him in front of him, which makes Xigong happy. ”

After that, he asked Zhu Fangfei to salute the concubines. Zhu Fangfei let go of Empress Zhu's hand, took two steps forward, performed a well-behaved palace ceremony, and said in a soft and moderate voice, "Fangfei asks for Sister Storage." ”

Concubine Ying is so good at what she is, and she understands it at once. Hurriedly took off a jade hairpin with mutton fat jade from his head, took Zhu Fangfei's hand and smiled softly, "Even if it is the queen's mother's family, then it is my own family, how can I do such a big gift?" I didn't bring any good things with me when I left the palace today, so this jade hairpin should be given to my sister's meeting gift. After speaking, without waiting for Zhu Fangfei to say anything, he put the jade hairpin on Zhu Fangfei's bun.

Zhu Fangfei glanced back at Empress Zhu's face before turning around and saluting Concubine Ying again.

With Concubine Ying's appearance, where can the other concubines be left behind, they all stepped forward to give Zhu Fangfei a meeting gift according to their positions.

Xian Guifei seemed to have been prepared, so Xiang Er held a brocade box and gave a pair of earrings made of rubies in the shape of begonia flowers.

Concubine Yu rewarded a string of crystal hand beads, and Lingxi rewarded a jade bracelet of mutton fat jade. When handing it to Zhu Fangfei, Lingxi chuckled and said, "When the palace saw that Concubine Ying gave you a jade hairpin of mutton fat jade, the palace will reward you with a bracelet of mutton fat jade, and you will wear it out in the future." ”

As soon as Lingxi's words fell, the butterfly beauty stepped forward from behind and said with a smile, "Concubine Ying is polite, then I will give my sister a pair of mutton fat jade earrings, which is more compatible." ”

Butterfly Beauty is the position of beauty, and it is arrogant to give Zhu Fangfei a reward before Xin Concubine and other Jieyu. But because she gets along well with the concubines on weekdays, and at this time she is pregnant with a dragon heir, and no one says anything.

After all the concubines and concubines had rewarded some objects, the noble concubine Rougui, who had been standing in front of her and had not moved, cordially took Zhu Fangfei's hand and said with a warm smile, "I heard that you were here a few days ago, but I didn't go to see you because I was sick in this palace." Bengong still remembers that Bengong hugged you when he was a child," Rou Guifei gestured with her hand and continued, "It's just a little bit, it's cute." In the blink of an eye, you have grown so big, and my aunt is really happy to see you. ”

This aunt made Queen Zhu and Zhu Fangfei both green-faced.

Concubine Yu pulled Lingxi and couldn't help laughing, and whispered in Lingxi's ear, "This is pinched." ”

So, in the rest of the time, the concubines saw that the noble concubine was pulling Zhu Fangfei's aunt long and aunt short, pointing to the things in the Weiyang Palace and explaining them to Zhu Fangfei carefully, as if Zhu Fangfei was really as Queen Zhu said, just living in the palace and leaving the palace in a few days.

But which of the concubines present didn't understand what was going on? When Zhu Fangfei gave the salute, she had already made it clear that she was greeting the sisters, not the mothers. Don't you understand the meaning of this?

After a farce in Weiyang Palace was over, Lingxi was in a good mood and walked out of Weiyang Palace hand in hand with Concubine Yu.

Concubine Yu touched the spirit rhino with her right arm and said with a smile, "I'm tired all morning, how about I go to your palace to sit?" By the way, take a look at the five princes. ”

"It's really shameless, you should say, 'How about I go to your palace to see the five princes?' Feel free to sit and sit. ’。 Lingxi smiled and said to the concubine, the afterglow swept to the figure of the concubine, and was busy with the concubine, "But today is not the case, I want to find the concubine first." ”

Concubine Yu also saw the figure of Xian Gui Concubine, and let go of Lingxi's hand and said, "Then let's go another day, I'll go first." ”

As soon as Concubine Yu walked on the front foot, Xian Gui Concubine walked out of the palace with a group of concubines on the back foot. Lingxi stepped forward with the lotus leaf's hand, and said to Xian Gui Concubine, "Concubine please be happy to Xian Gui Concubine." ”

As soon as Concubine Xian saw Lingxi, a big smile immediately appeared on her face, and she helped Lingxi up and said, "Why are you so polite?" ”

After the concubines who came out said hello and walked away, Lingxi replied, "Isn't there a lot of people, it's better to be cautious." ”

Concubine Xian took Lingxi's hand and walked towards Guangyang Palace, saying as she walked, "Now you are busy and I am busy, and now that you have met, you must come to me to sit down." ”

Lingxi did not shirk, took the hand of Xian Gui Concubine, and talked and laughed with Xian Gui Concubine along the way back to the Deyang Hall of Guangyang Palace.

After sitting down in the inner hall of Deyang Hall and drinking a cup of chilled plum juice, Lingxi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This weather is really hot, I haven't seen how beautiful the brocade fish is after basking in Weiyang Palace for half a day." ”

Xian Guifei was wiping the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and laughed out loud when she heard it. Stretched out his tender white finger and tapped it, "Where is the golden fish, the queen is clearly not a 'fish' between drunkards!" ”

Lingxi laughed after hearing this, and then talked about the sentence that Rou Guifei said, and the aunt and Queen Zhu almost turned green with anger.

Xian Gui Concubine sneered after hearing this, and said, "The arrogant days of Rou Gui Concubine are over. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lingxi asked curiously.

Xian Guifei said softly, "Yesterday, Mrs. Situ came and said that now Zhu Shangshu is no longer mentioning the matter of establishing a prince with the emperor, don't you still think clearly about the meaning of this?" ”

Lingxi thought carefully in his heart, and suddenly woke up. No wonder Empress Zhu tried all her means to put herself to death, it turned out that the battle for the crown prince had changed again.

Originally, the ministers of the court were divided into three parties, and the elders were different, and the successes and virtuous were different. Now that the dragon heir in Cao Guifei's womb is gone, those Cao family ** who shouted Lixian will naturally not shout this matter again, otherwise wouldn't they have made wedding clothes for the Xian Guifei and Lingxi who have children?

Zhu Xian** has always been keen on establishing a long and long heir, intending to put the eldest prince or the second prince on the throne of the crown prince. During this period, it was Empress Zhu who liked to make the eldest prince Li Lingyun the crown prince, because she had spent more than ten years of thought on the eldest prince. In this last moment, of course, I don't want to let my hard work go to waste.

And in the Zhu clan, the second prince Li Lingfeng is more favorite, because Li Lingyun has the blood of the Zhu family. But the problem came again, the second prince had been married for more than five years and had not given birth to an heir, so Emperor Yong'an would naturally not agree to him as the crown prince for such a childless prince.

Lingxi thought about it, her face was a little pale, and she said, "Sister, why did you say Zhu Fangfei entered the palace?" ”

Xian Guifei smiled softly, "Do you need to talk about this?" The queen can't give birth to ...... herself."

Xian Guifei's words confirmed Lingxi's guess.

Even if Zhu Fangfei gave birth to a prince, her identity was only a concubine. Even if he was raised under the knee of Queen Zhu, he still was not the eldest son when he took the position of his son-in-law.

Only the prince born by Zhu Fangfei is hung up as the eldest son, and can be justified as the crown prince.

Lingxi suddenly sneered, "What a vicious mind! ”

Xian Guifei sighed and said, "In this harem, who is not vicious?" ”

"Being in this cannibalistic place, you can only ask for more blessings." Lingxi also sighed.

"But my sister's methods are very clever," Xian Gui Concubine looked at Lingxi softly, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth, "A dress dyed with smallpox will avenge the revenge of Concubine Ren for humiliating you in the chrysanthemum garden that day, making her miserable, and she can't survive and die!" ”

Lingxi listened to the words of the noble concubine, and her body trembled, and a chill rose in her heart. Looking at the smiling but extremely serious eyes of the concubine, she hurriedly argued, "Sister, do you also think that I did it?" ”

Xian Guifei laughed, pinched Lingxi's tender face with watery eyes and said, "Sister teasing you!" When you entered the palace at the age of nine, where did you have connections outside the palace to dye your clothes with smallpox? He smiled and said, "But my sister really hopes that you did it, if you really have such a vicious mind, you won't have to be bullied by others." ”

Lingxi was frightened by Xian Gui Concubine into a cold sweat, and pushed Xian Gui Concubine with disgust, and said, "Sister, you really scared me to death." If you don't believe me, then I really don't have a place to reason. ”

"Who said that?" Xian Guifei tilted her head to look at Lingxi, and said with a smile, "The emperor's letter is not enough." On that day, all the human and material evidence in the Changxia Palace were there, didn't the emperor still believe your words? ”

Lingxi lightly covered his chest and smiled bitterly, "That's a fluke, if there is another time, I am not sure that I will escape again." Saying that, Lingxi lowered his voice and said to Xian Guifei, "But I know who did it." ”

A chill was in the eyes of the noble concubine, "Who?" ”

Lingxi dipped the tea and wrote the word 'butterfly' on the mahogany table, and whispered to the noble concubine about the butterfly beauty and her own private affairs.

When Lingxi finished speaking, Concubine Xian raised her eyebrows and smiled, "So, she thought that you were angry and wanted to take such a bad breath for you, so she set up a situation to let the four princes die miserably?" ”

Lingxi wanted to defend himself, but after thinking about it a few times in his heart, wasn't that the case? So he said helplessly, "Sort of." ”

Lingxi said to the noble concubine who listened carefully, "Actually, I also have something to discuss with you, and now I have stepped into the dead end of someone else's cloth for me......"

As soon as Lingxi brought his words to the point, he saw Lotus Ye running in hurriedly from outside, and said to Lingxi with an anxious face, "Niangniang, it's not good, Xiao Renzi came to report that the fifth prince had a high fever and kept vomiting!" ”

Lingxi was startled, and the tea cup in his hand fell to pieces in response.

Xian Guifei was also taken aback, and hurriedly called Xiang Er in and ordered to prepare a sedan chair. Then he took Lingxi's hand and said, "Sister, don't worry, the weather has been hot in recent days, and the fifth prince may have suffered from summer heat." Let the Imperial Doctor consider a prescription and eat it a few times. ”

Lingxi was indeed shocked when she heard the five princes vomit at first, but when the concubine Xian ordered to prepare a sedan chair, she also eased up.

So he said to the same anxious concubine, "Sister, it's hot outside, and there are still three princes in your palace, so don't go with your sister." Wait for my sister to go back to the palace to see, if there is anything, I will send a palace maid to send you a message. ”

Saying that, he took the hand of the lotus leaf and went out of the Deyang Palace, leaving only the back of the noble concubine who walked farther and farther.

When Lingxi returned to the Lingyan Palace, Imperial Physician Shi had already taken the first step to diagnose the pulse of the five princes, and was prescribing medicine to the five princes.

Seeing Lingxi coming in, Imperial Physician Shi hurriedly saluted, and then said, "Niangniang, the fifth prince is fine, it's just that the weather is hot and he suffers from summer fever." Wait for Weichen to open a few prescriptions and adjust it. ”

After hearing this, Lingxi put his heart down, and after Doctor Shi left, he asked Xia Qing, "The fifth prince went outside to play today?" ”

Xia Qing knelt at Lingxi's feet, and shed tears of self-reproach, "Niangniang, after you leave, the five princes will clamoring to go outside to play." The slave maid saw that the sun outside was good, so she and Mrs. Li held the five princes and played outside for an hour. It was good, but who knew that when Granny Li breastfed the five princes after coming back, the five princes would vomit non-stop. The slave was flustered, so she sent someone to ask for Doctor Shi, and asked Xiao Renzi to find you back. ”

"When the five princes were playing, did they meet other people?"

Xia Qing shook his head, "I only held the five princes to play in the courtyard of the Lingyan Palace, and I didn't see anyone else." ”

After hearing this, Lingxi nodded, and helped Xia Qingdao, who was kneeling on the ground, "Today's sun is a little bigger, don't mess around with the temperament of the five princes in the future." ”

Xia Qing saw that Lingxi didn't punish her, and her heart became even more uncomfortable, so she knelt down and said, "Niangniang, you let the slave and maid kneel for a while, slave and maid, slave and maid feel uncomfortable." ”

Qiaozhu looked at Lingxi's eyes on the side, helped Xia Qing up again, and said, "Don't cry anymore, if you are also crying sick, who will take care of the five princes?" Although it is not right for you to let the temperament of the five princes today, but you handled it well, and if you didn't panic, it can be regarded as a crime. The mother is magnanimous and will not punish you. ”

Qiaozhu said a few words very Lingxi's heart, and the lotus leaf would not be able to say such a clever word.

Xia Qing listened to Qiaozhu's words, really wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and blessed Lingxi again, "Niangniang, the slave will definitely serve the five princes well, and there will be no more mistakes." ”

Lingxi nodded, "Go ahead, don't cry anymore." ”

Xia Tong's eyes were also red, and he walked in from outside with the decoction. Lingxi sat on the edge of the bed of the five princes, took the hot medicine bowl, scooped up the amber medicinal juice with a white jade medicine spoon and cooled it, and then sent it to the mouth of the five princes to coax the five princes to drink.

Qiaozhu pulled Xia Tong, who was kneeling in front of Lingxi and kept blaming himself, to the side to persuade him, and said what he said to Xia Qing again.

Before he had drunk half of the medicine in the bowl in Lingxi's hand, he heard the eunuch singing loudly outside, "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Lingxi's hand holding the medicine spoon shook, and the medicinal juice spilled on the bed of the fifth prince, and said in his heart, why did the emperor come so quickly?

Lingxi hurriedly put the medicine bowl back into the tray on the small table next to the bed, got up to salute Emperor Yong'an, and the tears couldn't stop sliding down again.

Emperor Yong'an stretched out his hand to help Lingxi up, wiped her tears and comforted softly, "Didn't the imperial doctor say that it was just a summer heat." Take a few pairs of decoctions and rest for a few days. Don't cry, when you cry, I will panic in my heart. ”

Lingxi took a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, and said with a sob, "The disease is in the child's body, and the pain is in the mother's heart." The concubine's heart is in turmoil......"

Emperor Yong'an hugged Lingxi and sat on the bed of the five princes, reached out and took the medicine bowl with half of the medicinal juice left, while feeding the medicine to the five princes unfamiliarly, and said softly to Lingxi, "Father and mother are the same, and I am also distressed." However, children are weak and sick cannot be avoided. ”

Lingxi nodded slightly, and swept his gaze to the several palace maids and grandmothers waiting in the hall.

After the fifth prince drank the medicine and fell asleep quietly, Emperor Yong'an whispered in Lingxi's ear, "Obediently, don't cry." I'll come back to see you in the evening. ”

Lingxi's face turned red, and he saw Emperor Yong'an leave the Lingyan Palace.

After returning to the inner hall of the Lingyan Palace, Lingxi asked Xia Qing again, "Xia Qing, can you order someone to inform the emperor?" ”

Xia Qing shook her head, her eyes were still red and swollen, "The slave only thought of letting people ask the imperial doctor and looking for you, and didn't think of letting people notify the emperor." ”

After Xia Qing retreated, Lingxi asked Qiaozhu, who had been guarding the Lingyan Palace, "You tell me about today's events again, and you won't miss a word." ”

Qiaozhu stood beside Lingxi, and while thinking, he said, "After Niangniang and Lotus Ye left, the slave maid has been sitting in the cloister embroidering belly pockets. Later, when I saw Xia Qing, Xia Tong, and Grandma Li, they hugged the five princes out to play, and they played with the five princes for a while. About an hour or so, the five princes began to rub their eyes, and Xia Qing hugged the five princes back to the side hall. The slave maid looked at the incense bell and estimated that the mother was coming back, so she instructed Hanyan Hanyu to prepare pastries and tea. But who knew that the pastry was not ready, so he heard Xia Qing crying outside. The slave ran out to look, and saw that Xia Qing had already asked Xiao Wuzi to ask for a doctor, and asked Xiao Renzi to find you. When the slave asked, she learned that the fifth prince vomited after breastfeeding, and he also had a high fever......"

After Qiao Zhu finished speaking, he closed his eyes and thought for a while, before he said with certainty, "During this period, the slaves and maids did not see anyone from the palace except Xiao Wuzi and Xiao Renzi entering and leaving the Lingyan Palace. ”

Lingxi nodded, and said to Xiao Renzi who called her back, "What about you, who did you meet and talk to when you went to look for me and came back?" ”

Xiao Renzi also told the process in detail, he first went to Weiyang Palace, and when he saw that the people in Weiyang Palace were scattered, he went to Concubine Yu's palace. Concubine Yu didn't ask Xiao Renzi what happened, and only asked Xiao Renzi to go to Guangyang Palace to find Lingxi.

After Xiao Renzi finished speaking, it was Xiao Wuzi again, and Xiao Wuzi went straight to the Tai Hospital after leaving the Lingyan Palace, and he didn't meet anyone during the period.

Lingxi listened carefully, and then let out a long sigh.

Xia Qing did not order anyone to inform Emperor Yong'an, but Emperor Yong'an was able to come to the Lingyan Hall so quickly. That can only be said that there are people in the Lingyan Hall who have Emperor Yong'an watching the situation in the Lingyan Hall all the time.

Lingxi was scared and happy at the same time. What I am afraid of is that my every move is under the control of Emperor Yong'an, but fortunately, I have not done anything to be ashamed of since I moved to the Lingyan Palace.

Thinking about it carefully, it has nothing to do with the fact that he can be so trusted and favored by Emperor Yong'an.

So apart from the people who have Emperor Yong'an in their own palace, what about the palaces of other concubines? Isn't it the same as Emperor Yong'an's eyeliner? If there is one......

Lingxi suddenly laughed, laughing until his stomach hurt, and rubbed it with his hands.

Lingxi felt that he really didn't deserve to die. If Emperor Yong'an has eyeliner in all the concubines, then Emperor Yong'an doesn't know everything about her being framed?

The laughter has not yet reached the bottom of his heart, and Lingxi's heart is cold again.

If Emperor Yong'an really has eyeliner in various palaces, then how can he tolerate these concubines who have repeatedly killed the imperial heirs, and how can he believe Mo Liu's words to frame him when he was in the Changxia Palace?

Lotus Leaf and Qiaozhu were shocked when they saw Lingxi, sometimes laughing, and sometimes showing fierce light in their eyes.

Lotus Ye asked Lingxi cautiously, "Niangniang?" What's wrong with you? ”

Lingxi came back to his senses, smiled brightly at the lotus leaf and Qiaozhu, and said, "It's okay, I'm just thinking, it's time for me to add a younger brother or sister to the fifth prince." ”

Lingxi had a headache, and finally decided that it was better to conceive another dragon heir to save his life. If the matter is revealed, it just saves his life, and if it is not revealed, he can fix his favor.

After hearing this, Qiaozhu's eyes widened, and he laughed and rushed to Lingxi's front and said a little helplessly, "Niangniang, Niangniang, do you mean that you now have another imperial heir in your stomach?" ”

The lotus leaf slapped Qiaozhu's body and said angrily, "Where are the ears?" Niangniang said that it was time, not now. Niangniang is drinking contraceptive juice every day, how can there be? ”