What is a little surprising is that there is nothing wrong with the sunflower powder brought back from Jingren Palace, it is nothing more than some mild spices added to it, and there is nothing to lose half of the fetus. Is it because Cao Xuyan is too careful, or is the person with the intention of harming others more and more careful?

After listening to Cao Xuyan's reply, Lan Xin slowly smoothed out his thoughts. "If that's the case, you should be careful. The palace also hopes that it is its own heart, the harem is harmonious, and the emperor's heir is prosperous, nothing is more important than these. ”

"I understand." Cao Xuyan said respectfully: "The queen's face is a little ...... But is the mother unwell? These words should not have been asked by him, the queen did not pass on his pulse, where did he dare to be the queen's master. But somehow, it seems that I can't feel at ease if I don't ask this sentence.

"It's just that there are a lot of trivial things in the New Year, and this palace is a little powerless." Lan Xin turned his head and asked Suo Lan, "How are the preparations for the reunion banquet?" ”

"Rest assured, everything is ready." Suo Lan is cautious and thoughtful, and Jinlan is also well-behaved, and he is very dedicated in the end.

Cao Xuyan wanted to say a few more words to persuade the queen to be careful, but before she opened her mouth, she heard Xue Guining report that it was Concubine Yugui who asked to see her.

Lan Xin stared slightly, glanced at Xue Guining, and said calmly: "You go, about Concubine Yi's dragon fetus, every day you need to report to the palace." ”

"Yes." Cao Xuyan's respectful blessing.

"Fu Yugui Concubine come in." Lan Xin glanced at Suo Lan, and seemed to have guessed what Concubine Yugui had come for. "Blessed is the noble concubine." After saluting, Lan Xin helped the concubine to sit down. "What's the matter, the noble concubine only needs to tell the servants to go once, why did she come here in person?"

Concubine Yugui couldn't hide her joy, and said happily: "The queen doesn't know, when the mourning family went to visit the queen mother early this morning, it happened that the emperor was also there. When the emperor has allowed the reunion New Year's banquet, he will enter the palace to gather together. The mourning family wants to come to ask the queen, and after the reunion banquet is over, can the mourning family be allowed to return to the palace with Hongtian to stay for a few days? ”

If it was in the past, Lan Xin would have agreed to come down as soon as he took a bite. But at this time, she saw that things would not be as simple as before. "Actually, the noble concubine has endured it all these years, why can't she suddenly bear it now? Is it because the Queen Mother is sick and her body is not as good as before, or is it because the concubine is very fond of her son and can't take care of the others, so she has this request? ”

When the queen asked like this, she had scruples. Concubine Yugui smiled slowly, trying her best to calm herself down: "Don't hide it from the queen, it is precisely because the queen mother's body is uncomfortable and her energy is not as good as before that the mourning family dares to have such a luxury." Back then, the mourning family could go to the palace and leave the four red walls, but for the sake of daylight, the mourning family had to continue to stay in Ningshou Palace.

The taste of being a hostage is not pleasant, but only in this way can the Queen Mother really feel at ease. The mourning family is old, what else do you want? Isn't it just to look at your children and be harmonious and peaceful? If the queen is embarrassed, the mourning family has not opened this mouth. ”

"The noble concubine laughed, don't you think there is anything difficult, how can the concubine feel embarrassed." Lan Xin glanced at Suo Lan and ordered: "Inform the Internal Affairs Office to take care of the concubine, and on the day the emperor invites the prince to enter the palace, he can take the concubine Yugui back to the palace for a few days." ”

Suo Lan responded obediently: "The slave understands." ”

"Empress Xie." Concubine Yugui said happily.

Lan Xin was not optimistic, as if gossiping: "This is the second time that the concubine has taken care of the concubine, and the last time I thought that the concubine would be happy to see it, but I didn't want you to think diametrically opposite." This time it was unexpected, but the noble concubine wanted to get out of the palace. ”

Slowly lowering her eyelids, Concubine Yugui was already full of sadness: "I really don't hide it from the queen, the intentions of the mourning family have never been diametrically opposed, but rather a desire to scratch the heart and lungs." Only in this way can the mourning family reunite with Day'er, and only in this way can the mourning family know whether the queen mother's illness is light or serious. ”

In this way, it was like a cold and strong wind, which suddenly poked into Lan Xin's chest. "The concubine is a little confused, what does the concubine mean by this."

"How could the queen not understand. A few days ago, there were a lot of words in the palace, all of which were unbearable and vicious nonsense that would put people to death, but fortunately the emperor had no letter, and the queen mother had no evidence. Otherwise, the mourning family may have been scared to death, how can they still sit in Ningshou Palace and embroider the screen for the queen mother, the queen doesn't have to be sloppy with the mourning family, you know me. Concubine Yugui stared at the queen with a pair of uneasy eyes, full of doubts, as if she longed for the queen to give her a clear answer.

But such an idea is actually ridiculous.

Lan Xin lowered her head, suppressed the ridiculous smile in her heart, and couldn't help but say: "The concubine was born in the fifty-first year of Kangxi, and she married the emperor in the fifth year of Yongzheng. In a blink of an eye, it has been fourteen years. The concubine is over thirty years old, and it is no longer the age of dreaming, and the concubine is afraid that she is still a little girl. ”

With a sigh of relief, Concubine Yugui's eyelids couldn't help but droop a little: "In the eyes of the Queen Mother and the mourning family, isn't the queen just a little girl." Xu is not a queen, you haven't grown up yet, but you are a day of mourning. Day'er has been a tenacious child since he was a child, and he admits death in everything, and once he recognizes something, he is unwilling to turn back even if he breaks through the south wall. No one knows their children better than the mourning family, what does the queen think? ”

"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and Concubine Yugui is a person other than right and wrong, why bother to make such a move and get involved in right and wrong?" Lan Xin did have a heart for Hongtian when he was not doing anything, but this was many years ago. That's just the impulsiveness and ignorance of cardamom, which can't stand the test of time, and it's not true affection. "It's been a year to be close to each other, and if you think about the concubine, you will definitely not be reckless and impulsive, which is the most important thing."

Concubine Yugui's heart tightened, what she wanted to know, the queen had already given the answer. It's not that the queen and Hongyang still have an old relationship, but that the queen mother's illness is just a trick, but in fact, the queen mother is still good inside. The queen mother and the queen fought each other, causing everyone in the harem to be in danger, for fear that one party would collapse and crush the other, and others would suffer.

With such an idea, Concubine Yugui didn't dare to make it again. "Queen Duolao bothered, and the mourning family should also return to the palace. Before the reunion banquet, the old sisters in Ningshou Palace still wanted to embroider a screen of flowers and phoenixes for the Queen Mother to congratulate them. ”

"Gui Taifei walks slowly." Lan Xin sent him off respectfully, and motioned to Suo Lan to send people out of Changchun Palace in a good manner. Who knew that her heart had not yet been settled, and she actually came to visit with the prince.

"Niangniang, slave maid......" Suo Lan couldn't stop the prince, and followed in a panic.

The Yugui concubine had not gone far yet, and was also bluffed by Hongyang to follow up in a hurry.

"The younger brother asks the imperial sister-in-law to say goodbye." Hongtian clenched his hands into fists, there was anger in his eyebrows, and there was even more dissatisfaction.

Lan Xin was a little stunned, he and the prince had not entered the harem for a long time, but they broke in in a hurry today. After making up her mind a little, she made herself less irritable: "I'm here with the prince, don't you take the concubine back to Shoukang Palace?" The palace was instructing someone to send the concubine back, and he didn't want the prince to take the initiative to pick him up. In the end, the prince has filial piety. ”

"You know that my mother is a foreigner, why do you want her to put her at risk? The Queen Mother's body is unwell, but it is only a temporary illness, and the imperial doctor's medical skills are outstanding, so she can recover after all, right? Hongday's eyebrows were awe-inspiring, as if he wanted to cut open the queen's chest and see what color her heart was. What do you and the Queen Mother have to do with my Eniang, why do you just refuse to let go of my Eniang? ”

Concubine Yugui seemed to hear the clue, and hurriedly said: "Day'er, you misunderstood, it was Eniang who came to see the queen herself." It's not for the side, but I want to go back to your house to stay for a few days after the reunion banquet, and the queen has already given permission and instructed the Internal Affairs Office to take care of it. There is no more to it. But you heard some rumors, and you came here to hold them accountable. You need to know, if E-Niang is unwilling, no one else can be reluctant. Don't be fooled. Don't hurry up and confess to the queen. ”

Hongyang glanced at Concubine Yugui, and said suspiciously: "E-Niang really came by herself, and there is nothing else?" ”

"Naturally, don't you even believe what Eniang said?" Concubine Yugui was a little anxious: "You need to know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the harem, you are a foreign minister, even if you are of royal blood, you don't dare to trespass into the harem and disturb the queen." ”

With a cold smile, Hongday's expression softened a lot: "It's not that the son doesn't believe Eniang's words, it's just that the queen mother is thoughtful, but it is difficult for her son to understand." ”

Lan Xinbai glanced at him and insisted on his words: "Concubine Yugui is about to return to Ningshou Palace, so please take the place of Prince He and send Concubine back well." In this way, the main palace is also at ease. It is rare for the prince to enter the palace, and the concubine must have a lot to say, so the palace will not delay the hour, and you will be tired of talking more in Changchun Palace. ”

"If I am the queen, I will definitely have no face to face the people I failed in the past." Hongtian gritted his teeth and squeezed out such a distressing sentence from between his teeth.

Concubine Yugui held Hongday's mantis arm and twisted it hard: "Day, don't be unreasonable to the queen." If you talk too much, you will lose, not to mention that today's events are strange, and if you don't leave, I'm afraid you will incur disaster. You don't want to bother the queen and her daughter, do you? ”

Hongtian was a little unwilling, but he was helpless. was about to retire, but heard Li Yu's voice suddenly sound.

The emperor arrived.

Everyone was shocked, and the look on their faces was very unnatural.

Before Lan Xin came back to his senses, the long and familiar figure had already walked in. "The concubine asks the emperor for peace." She was blessed, and everyone turned to it, and they all saluted.

"The noble concubine is also here, and this Changchun Palace is really lively today." Hongli smiled lightly and held up Concubine Yugui's hand: "I went down to the court, thinking about the reunion banquet, so I came to Changchun Palace to discuss with the queen, I didn't want to disturb the concubine and the queen to talk, it was abrupt." Don't blame the concubine. ”