The noble concubine has been in the palace for five years, and from the first time she was bullied and was as timid as a mouse to the current fierce master who dared to slap Concubine Ren's mother, the change is not small. But she is still the most kind among the three noble concubines, and her reward for her new palace concubines is not outstanding, and she does not mean to favor anyone.

In addition to Lingxi in recent years, the relationship between Xian Guifei and Concubine Ying is not bad. Therefore, Xiao Dezi said that when the noble concubine and the beautiful woman got closer, Lingxi did not go to his heart.

Lingxi no longer blames the noble concubines in his heart, and the safe birth of the five princes makes Lingxi no longer have hatred for anyone in his heart. Looking at the five princes, Lingxi also lost the heart to fight in the harem.

Lingxi, who has been a human for two lives and a mother for the first time, only thinks about raising the five princes in her heart now, and has nothing else to ask for.

The fifth prince is young, and Lingxi's status is low, so he will never have the opportunity to win the position of prince. For the rest of the day, as long as she was careful, it would not be difficult to find a place in the harem.

Xiao Dezi saw Lingxi sitting there without speaking, so he stopped talking about the noble concubine. In recent months, Lingxi has become not far away from the noble concubines, and Xiao Dezi and Lotus Ye Qiaozhu have felt it, so they rarely mention the noble concubines on weekdays.

"Yesterday, Wan Baolin cried again." Xiao Dezi changed the subject and continued, "Wan Baolin is the same beauty, Duo Meiren went to ask the queen mother to come back, and when she passed by the imperial garden, she met a big yellow cat. Yan Meiren was frightened by the cat and screamed, so Wan Baolin got off the soft sedan and went to drive the cat away. ”

"Why is she still crying when she was driven away, or did she go down by herself?" Lingxi looked up and asked, "There are still minions, where is her turn?" ”

Hanyu came in with a bowl of black chicken, ginseng and wolfberry soup, put it on the small table in Lingxi's hand, and went out again.

Xiao Dezi replied, "I heard that there were only eunuchs carrying sedan chairs that day, and the palace maids around Yan Meiren were also very afraid of cats, as for Duo Meiren, the slave didn't know whether she was afraid or not." After Wan Baolin drove the cat away, Yan Meiren made a sarcastic speech about Wan Baolin's origin, and Yan Meiren and Duo Meiren had a verbal discord. Wan Baolin persuaded him twice, but in the end, he didn't please both sides, so he came back crying......"

"If others are afraid, she is also afraid." Lingxi had a bad impression of Wan Baolin, so she thought that she deliberately provoked the incident between Yan Meiren and Duo Meiren.

Xiao Dezi opened his mouth and wanted to say, Lingxi said, "Let's talk about it ...... another person."

Xiao Dezi pondered for a moment and said, "Chunjieyu is pregnant." ”

Lingxi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and put down the white jade spoon he had just picked up, "Pregnant again?" ”

Chun Meiren has been pregnant twice since Yong'an two years ago, but both times she was young.

Without waiting for Xiao Dezi to reply, Lingxi's face sank again, and said, "No, since Jieyu Yong'an was four years old, the emperor has rarely been fortunate to her. Lingxi broke his fingers and counted carefully, stared at Xiao Dezi with beautiful eyes, and said, "You still lie to me, tell the truth." ”

As he spoke, he took the jade on the table and slapped Xiao Dezi lightly.

Xiao Dezi pretended to cry out in pain, and then grinned, "Niangniang, the slave didn't lie to you, Chun Jieyu is really pregnant, but now she is Chun Jieyu who lives in the cold palace." ”

Lingxi had already guessed in his heart, but when he heard Xiao Dezi say it, he still sighed in his heart. After putting the jade Ruyi in his hand on the table, Lingxi said, "How did you find it?" ”

Xiao Dezi replied in a low voice, "In the last few days, Chunjieyu was unwell, so she recruited Imperial Doctor Zhou. After Imperial Physician Zhou diagnosed it, he went to ask the emperor for a reward......"

Lingxi waved his hand at Xiao Dezi and told him to stop talking. As the king of a country, Emperor Yong'an has only a few concubines who can be put into his heart. The rest are all in the harem, and they are damaged in the battle.

Lingxi doesn't know whether Chun Jieyu is a loss to her own virtue or to someone else's calculating, in short, it's a pity. When Lingxi jumped from a palace maid to a talented Ying, Chunjieyu was one of the few concubines who never gave her a look.

"Mother." Hanyan walked in from outside, and said after blessing Lingxi, "Die Baolin, who lives in the Forget Worry Palace, comes to ask Niangniang for peace." ”

"Just send it out." Lotus Ye frowned, and said angrily to Hanyan, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Lotus Leaf Girl," Hanyan's eyes showed a hint of confusion, and he replied to Lotus Leaf, "The slave maid sent her back, but she asked the slave maid to give this thing to Niangniang." said that as long as the mother saw this, she would definitely be seen by her. ”

As he spoke, Hanyan stretched out his white right hand, and above his white palm was a sandalwood rosary.

Lingxi only glanced at the palm of the smoke, and was fixed there.

"Lotus leaf, go to the box and take out the string of prayer beads that the Queen Mother gave me." After coming back to his senses, Lingxi's face was slightly anxious and he commanded the lotus leaf.

Lotus Ye hurriedly took the key to open the jewelry box containing the rosary beads, and took out the sandalwood rosary.

Lingxi took the rosary, closed his eyes and counted them carefully.

The rosary of filial piety and the Empress Dowager is made of one hundred and eight high-quality red sandalwood beads, which were once enshrined in front of Baohua Temple. Filial piety and the Empress Dowager have been by her side for more than 30 years and have never left her.

When Lingxi closed his eyes and counted to the one hundred and seventh, the rosary was gone.

Lingxi picked up the red sandalwood from the palm of his hand and compared it to the string of beads in his hand. It is the same size and color.

"Go down." Lingxi waved at Hanyan, and took the rosary and tilted it to the low pillow behind him.

Hanyan Fuli retreated, Xiao Dezi, and lotus leaves, Qiaozhu didn't dare to spare, and also retreated.

After the five princes fell asleep at night, Xiao Dezi stood in front of Lingxi again, and said respectfully to Lingxi, "Niangniang, the slave has already inquired." Die Baolin, who lives in the Forget Worry Palace and Dye Xia Xuan, is named Cui Yidie. is the second daughter of Cui Guo's uncle's concubine. ”

"In other words, is that Die Baolin the Cui family?"

"Exactly." Xiao Dezi glanced at Lingxi's face and said, "Since the death of Concubine Jingping, and the Empress Dowager Xiaohe moved to Fengyang Palace, the Cui family's power in the court has been worse day by day, and now the family that is in full swing is the Zhu family. followed by Cao Gui's concubine's maiden Cao family, and again, it is Yu Gui's maiden family. ”

Lingxi sighed after hearing this, what a beautiful situation the Cui family was back then, it was only a few years, and it was suppressed like this.

Lingxi looked at the rosary that was still placed on the table, and understood in his heart the meaning of filial piety and the empress dowager.

Although the Empress Dowager Xiaohe said that she would no longer care about the rights and wrongs in the harem, she couldn't bear to see her family gradually fall. The Empress Dowager Xiaohe asked her to pull Die Baolin, let him stand firm in the harem, and let the Cui family no longer decay in the foreign dynasty.

"Is there any news from King Rui?" After a moment's pause, Lingxi raised his head and asked.

Xiao Dezi frowned, scratched his head, and said, "The servants still haven't heard the exact news of King Rui, but they only heard those little eunuchs say that King Rui has been guarding the border and has never returned to the capital. ”

Lingxi sighed again in his heart. If she also had a powerful family outside the court, it would not be as difficult as it is now. Now she is trapped in the inner palace, and she knows nothing about the affairs above the court. This state made Lingxi's heart very flustered, the inner palace was connected to the outer court, and the movement of the outer court was unknown, how could he gain a firm foothold in the inner palace?

However, this Butterfly Treasure Forest can solve the concerns of Lingxi.

Lingxi stood up from the low kang with the hand of the lotus leaf, turned back to the lotus leaf and said, "The fifth prince will be full moon in the morning, and you will draw up the list of banquets tomorrow with smoke and jade." Remember, as long as there are concubines with titles, they must be invited. As for whether they come or not, it's up to them. ”

Qiaozhu said, "It will definitely come." The prince has always hosted a full moon banquet, all of which have a good relationship with the banquet and a high position. ”

Lingxi smiled and said, "You talk a lot!" ”

Then the slave and maid stopped talking. After saying this, Qiaozhu pursed his lips tightly and pursed them into a straight line.

"The slave went and got a needle and sewed it for her, and she will not be allowed to talk nonsense." Lotus Ye said Bento and ran to the basket containing needle and thread.

"Oops!" Qiaozhu stomped his feet and said coquettishly, "Niangniang, look at Sister Lotus Ye, bullying the slave and maid!" ”

On the first day of the ninth month of the sixth year of Yong'an, the fifth prince Li Lingyi had a full moon banquet, and Lingxi set up a banquet in his Lingyan Hall to invite all the concubines in the harem.

Yan Meiren, Duo Meiren, Qingcai Ren, Qin Cairen, Wan Baolin arrived early because they lived in Yongle Palace together. The other one who arrived early was a noble concubine dressed in full costume.

While Lingxi and Xian Guifei gossiped, they looked at the three concubines who had newly lived in their palace.

Yan Meiren put on a long blue skirt embroidered with magnolia flowers, a five-foot-long colored shawl on her shoulders, a peony bun on her head, and a hairpin of pearls. When he speaks, he speaks softly, but a hint of indifference can be seen in his eyes.

Qin Cai is also dressed up, wearing a pink palace costume to show that she does not lose the identity of a concubine and does not lose the naughtiness of a girl, and the back snail bun on her head is only ordered with a few small bead flowers, which is more in line with her active temperament. When greeting Lingxi, Qin Cairen was full of smiles, and his big eyes were shining in the candlelight, which was very likable.

Wan Baolin was wearing a moon-white embroidered peacock tail placket dress, with a cloud bun on her head, except for the beaded flowers, only the jade hairpin that Lingxi had rewarded her. When he saluted the spirit rhino, his expression was timid, and his watery eyes showed a little timidity like a fawn.

In fact, Wan Baolin's appearance must be no worse than that of Yan Meiren and Qin Cairen, but in terms of her temperament, it is really too different. At a glance, you can see that he is not from a famous family, and he has a small family spirit between his hands and heads.

What Lingxi admires the most is Wan Baolin's thoughts. She rewarded the three concubines, but Wan Baolin's head was the only one with the jade hairpin she gave her, this kind of low-key flattery, which made her feel indescribably bored. and the clothes Wan Baolin was wearing, which also made Lingxi very unpleasant. It is obviously an excellent material and style, but when it is worn on Wan Baolin, it wears the taste of a maiko, without a trace of the dignity that a concubine should have.

Xian Guifei saw the boredom in Ling Xi's eyes for Wan Baolin, so she asked Ling Xi when no one was around, "But it's annoying you?" ”

The spirit rhinoceros shook its head lightly and said, "No, it just depends on its difference from other concubines." ”

How can Lingxi be embarrassed to say that it doesn't take any reason to look at a person who is not pleasing to the eye?

Xian Guifei shook Lingxi's hand and said, "Look at that timid look, it looks like me used to be." is also bullying like this, and is careful to curry favor with everyone......"

"My sister's blessing, which one can she compare?" Lingxi interrupted Xian Guifei's words, unwilling to talk more on this topic.

At the moment of the unitary hour, except for the concubine Rou Gui who did not arrive due to illness, the rest of the concubines arrived.

Concubine Ren saw Lingxijin very intimately, took Lingxi's hand and said to Lingxi, "I haven't seen Concubine Ying for a few months, and this palace is thinking about it tightly." I've been looking forward to seeing you. ”

Lingxi smiled, bowed to Concubine Ren, and said, "Concubine, thank you Concubine Ren." ”

Concubine Ren's beautiful eyes turned to look at the graceful concubine, and said to the concubine enthusiastically, "I haven't seen you for many days, but the concubine is good." ”

Xian Guifei was also a blessing, and said with a smile, "Very good." ”

After Lingxi sent Concubine Ren to her seat, she returned to the corridor and muttered quietly, "Think about it, think about it, think about it if you die." ”

When the concubine heard Lingxi's whispering, she couldn't help but burst out laughing. Lingxi looked back at Xian Guifei and laughed along.

At this moment, it doesn't seem to matter what family, what position, what emperor or son. They only saw each other's smiling faces, and their hearts were warm, and they were about to melt.

At two o'clock, Emperor Yong'an and Empress Zhu came hand in hand, and the full moon banquet of the fifth prince Li Lingyi officially began.

Lingxi picked up the fifth prince from the nurse's arms, and then carefully sent them to Queen Zhu's arms, and retreated to the side.

Although the five princes were born to Lingxi, and the full moon banquet was also held in the Lingyan Palace, Lingxi was only the mother of the five princes in name, and his mother was Empress Zhu.

At this moment, Lingxi looked at Queen Zhu, who was holding the fifth prince in her arms, and her heart was extremely unfair. Why should I recognize someone else's mother when I conceived a child in October and gave birth to it so hard? And the person he recognizes is still the one who wants to kill himself all the time.

But even if Lingxi is unhappy in his heart, he can't change the system of Dashun's harem. If she wants the five princes to call her a mother in a dignified manner, there is only one way, and that is for her to be the queen.

At the full moon banquet, the five princes only appeared for a short time, and then they were carried back to the side hall by the nurse to rest. The rest of the time is for Emperor Yong'an and the concubines to drink and talk.

It is precisely because of this that the concubines who came to the banquet were all dressed in fancy clothes, flying around in front of Emperor Yong'an like flowers and butterflies, in order to attract the attention of Emperor Yong'an.

The night was cool, and the spirit rhino entered the inner sanctum and put on a thin cloak. When he returned to the courtyard, Butterfly Baolin was already at the side of Emperor Yong'an, his cheeks were pink, and his big watery eyes seemed to be able to speak. Occasionally raise your eyes to look at Emperor Yong'an, it is really a thousand styles.

The corners of Lingxi's mouth provoked a light smile, in the end, she was capable, she created a little opportunity, and she successfully captured the emperor's heart.