On the first day of March in the seventh year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an entered Wan Baolin as a five-grade Wancai person.

Although it is said that it is a talented person who enters the seal, but his share is specially instructed to be issued by the Yeting Palace and the Inner Servant Bureau according to the position of the beauty. He also specially told the head of the Yeting Palace and the Inner Servant Bureau, and the extra part was recorded in the expenses of the Zichen Palace, and it was not allowed to let Queen Zhu or other concubines know.

The eunuchs in charge of the Yeting Palace and the Inner Waiting Bureau are all old eunuchs who have been working for more than 20 years, and they can also figure out how much Emperor Yong'an loves this talented person at this time.

In order not to let Wancai people be jealous of the concubines, Emperor Yongan would rather not give her a high position, but use this method to compensate.

Therefore, both the Yeting Palace and the Internal Waiting Bureau put this talented person on the tip of their hearts and waited carefully, with the meaning of treating him as the head of the palace.

On the fifth day of the third month of the seventh year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an enshrined the second princess Qingman, who was sixteen years old, as Princess Jiahui, and married Meng Xiuyu, the son of Meng Kao, a scholar of the dynasty, and was scheduled to be married on October 28, the seventh year of Yong'an.

On March 12 of the seventh year of Yong'an, Cao Guifei was diagnosed as having been pregnant with a dragon heir for more than two months.

When Concubine Cao Guifei heard that Imperial Doctor Fei said this to her, she cried with joy. She entered the palace at the age of sixteen, and now that seven years are almost over, she is twenty-three years old. Although she has all kinds of disdain for those low-born concubines on weekdays, it is not a long-term thing to be accompanied by no son.

Now that she is pregnant with a dragon heir, it can be regarded as fulfilling her long-cherished wish for many years. At that moment, he felt that his waist was three points straighter than before, and the expression on his face became more arrogant.

When Lingxi learned the news, a big pimple twisted in his eyebrows.

First, Cao Guifei has always been a domineering person, she has no children under her knees and shows Lingxi's little face, if the prince in her womb is really born, what kind of embarrassment will it be?

The second is congratulatory gifts. When Lingxi was pregnant, Cao Guifei only sent a jade Guanyin with unsatisfactory quality, and did not put Lingxi in her eyes at all. But if Lingxi also sent it according to Cao Guifei, he would definitely be humiliated by Cao Guifei in front of hundreds of concubines. But if it is really for the sake of good face, Lingxi's heart is uncomfortable, and the money bag is even more uncomfortable.

That night, Lingxi had dinner and coaxed the five princes to play in the inner hall.

The five princes are now able to climb, and Lingxi ordered people to collect all the useless things in the inner hall, spread a thick blanket on the ground, and let the palace maid and grandmother surround the circle, and let the five princes play on the ground.

Lotus Ye took a small drum made of noodle jade and beat it loudly, and shouted to the five princes, "Five princes, look here, come to the slave maid." ”

Qiao Zhu took a string of small bells and shook it, and said in a slightly anxious tone, "Fifth prince, here and here, come to the slave and maid." ”

Xiao Wuzi took a piece of lotus seed cake and tempted the five princes and said, "Five princes, look, the slave has delicious food here, come to the slave here." ”

Xia Qing took the step shake that the five princes used to like, and shook it in front of the five princes, "Five princes, come to the slave and maid, here is your favorite step shake~"

Lingxi clapped his hands to the five princes with a smile on his face, and said, "Yi'er, come to my mother's place, come to my mother's place quickly." ”

The fifth prince shook his slightly large head, looked left and right, and giggled with a small mouth that had just grown two teeth, and his bright eyes narrowed into a small slit.

Seeing that the five princes were smiling happily, several people laughed even harder.

The fifth prince looked at Xia Qing's step, and then at the bell in Qiaozhu's hand, and he couldn't choose which way to climb.

Lotus Ye said deflated, "If you choose the wrong object, the five princes won't even look at it." ”

Lingxi smiled happily and said, "I don't have a choice yet." ”

Xiao Dezi happened to enter the inner hall, and when he saw this situation, he took out the floating dust pinned to his waist, and said to Xia Qing, "Your step is not as big as mine, look at me!" ”

As he spoke, he knelt on the ground, and shook the dust in front of the eyes of the five princes, and said while shaking, "Five princes, come to the minion, the minion is shaking here." ”

Xia Qing saw that the fifth prince was diverted by Xiao Dezi, and said coquettishly, "Father-in-law De, I won't take you to play tricks like this." ”

As soon as Xia Qing didn't talk to the five princes, the five princes immediately giggled and grabbed Xiao Dezi's floating dust.

When Lingxi saw it, he hurriedly hugged the fifth prince into his arms with his back hand, kissed his white and tender face, and said, "Mother's baby son, that's not a step shake." ”

Xiao Dezi hugged the floating dust into his arms and said to Xia Qing, "Look, I am a liar, and my mother is a liar." ”

Xia Qing tightened his nose and snorted at Xiao Dezi.

After the fifth prince was picked up by Lingxi, he didn't look for Fuchen again, but fiddled with his two fat little hands, and screamed with Lingxi.

Lingxi twisted an eyebrow, his eyes were confused, and he watched the fifth prince babble to her.

Qiaozhu smiled, "The fifth prince is talking again." ”

Lotus Ye nodded and said, "I heard the old grandmother say that when a child is seven or eight months old, he can babble when he is seven or eight months old, and he can call people when he is about one year old, and he can talk like a little adult when he is two or three years old." ”

Xia Qing said, "It must be nonsense, the three princes are all three years old, and I heard Xiang'er say that now he will only call his mother concubine, so it can be seen that what the grandmother said is wrong." ”

Lingxi listened to what a few people said, glanced at a few people and said, "Don't talk about others, children have fast growth and slow growth, they can't be said." ”

The three of them hurriedly said yes.

Lingxi turned around and talked nonsense with the five princes for a while, then handed the five princes to the nurse standing aside, and said, "Although it is spring, the sky is still very cold, don't follow the temperament of the five princes, you must be careful when you get up at night." ”

After Grandma Li took over the five princes, she said, "Slaves and maids must be careful. ”

Lingxi nodded and said to Xia Qing, "Don't let him play too late, let him sleep after washing." ”

Xia Qingfu replied yes and went out with the nurses.

Lotus Ye hurriedly called Hanyan and Hanyu to come in and clean up the carpet, and when the inner hall was put in order, Hanyan changed the plate of pear blossom crystal cake again, and brought it up.

Qiaozhu twisted a wet handkerchief and handed it to Lingxi, who sat back on the low kang and cleaned his hands, and only after taking a sip of tea did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Now that the five princes are getting bigger and bigger, they are becoming more and more clingy, and they often have to stick to the Lingxi Hall for a day before they are willing to leave.

Xiao Dezi stood next to Lingxi, and told Lingxi about the big and small things that happened in the harem that day, and said that he had inquired about the congratulatory gifts that the ladies of each palace wanted to give to Cao Guifei.

Needless to say, those below Jieyu's position, Lingxi only asked Xiao Dezi to say what Concubine Yu, Concubine Ling, and Concubine Xin had prepared.

Xiao Dezi didn't speak, he laughed first.

"What are you laughing at?" Lotus Ye frowned and said, "Is the skin tight?" ”

Xiao Dezi hurriedly put away his laughter, and said to Lingxi, "Niangniang, you should listen to what Rougui Concubine sent first." ”

"What sent?"

"Two Coral Bracelets......"

"Well," Lingxi nodded, motioning for Xiao Dezi to continue, "What else?" ”

"It's gone." Xiao Dezi shook his head, "Just two strings of coral bracelets." ”

Lingxi was puzzled, "Didn't you inquire, did you, or is there anything precious about this coral bracelet?" ”

"The slave didn't inquire wrong, this is what the palace maid who is close to the noble concubine said to the outside world." Xiao Dezi replied, "Not only that, but Concubine Rou also went to ask the queen mother for a decree today, saying that the extravagance in this harem is too heavy and cannot be wronged." She said that she was not afraid that Concubine Cao would blame her, and she would definitely make an example of what happened this time, and she would be able to correct the atmosphere in the palace. ”

Lingxi has been saying that she is unwell since she gave birth to the fifth prince, and she has been going to greet Queen Zhu for a day, so she doesn't know about it.

"The queen is approved?"

Xiao Dezi nodded, "The queen mother said that what the concubine Rou mentioned won her heart, so the queen mother only prepared a jade ruyi inlaid with gold and jade, and a step shake made of rubies." Concubine Ying prepared a pair of bracelets of mutton fat jade, plus a pair of agate earrings. The noble concubine gave a pearl necklace and a white jade hairpin. ”

"Which hand are the queen mother and the noble concubine playing again?"

"Niangniang," Qiaozhu said with a smile, "No matter what the queen mother and Rou Guifei think, it solves our urgent needs anyway." The things we send can't exceed those of the noble concubine. ”

Lingxi also smiled, "Yes, you must not jump to the noble concubine." Even if she gave her two coral bracelets, then I will give you a pearl bracelet and a jade ring. It's not a loss of identity. ”

Xiao Dezi laughed out loud, "It must be not a ** share, Concubine Xin gave a white jade bracelet and a handkerchief embroidered by one party, which is better than her." ”

Qiao Zhu tightened her nose after hearing this, "Concubine Xin is like this every time, and it makes others embarrassed by giving things." She gave away so little, how can the beauties send those Jieyu who are lower than her? ”

"That's not what I can care about." Lingxi raised his eyebrows and sighed, "Actually, this is also very good, this extravagant wind should really be beaten, a few days ago in the Yizhu Palace, I heard that the Xiangcai people said that they had already taken three thousand taels of silver from the family......"

Lotus leaves, Xiao Dezi, and Qiaozhu have smacked their tongues, three thousand taels, and they can't earn it when they are slaves for a lifetime.

Xiao Dezi said something else, and finally said, "Niangniang, Xiao Linzi was transferred to the Changxia Palace as an errand two months ago. ”

"Oh." Lingxi nodded slightly, "Have you been looking for you recently?" ”

Xiao Dezi shook his head, "Since he entered the Changxia Palace as an errand, he has rarely come to me." These two years have fed him......"

Back then, Lingxi would rather give Xiao Linzi silver, because he wanted to find out the master behind Xiao Linzi. Now that the Yeting Palace has assigned a new master to Xiaolinzi, I am afraid that the master behind Xiaolinzi wants to deal with Cao Guifei, or the master behind Xiaolinzi is Cao Guifei.

"Even though he won't come to you, you have to be cautious at all times." Lingxi admonished.

Empress Zhu suppressed the extravagance of the harem, but Concubine Cao was angry. If you don't rectify it sooner or later, but when she is pregnant, no matter how stupid people are, they can see that this is obviously aimed at her Cao Guifei!

Perhaps because of her temperament, Cao Guifei said she was sick on the second day after receiving the congratulatory gifts from the concubines of the palace, and Zhenzhen'er let the concubines of the entire harem see the joke.