With the words of the Empress Dowager Cui, Lingxi became a long-term guest in the Qingle Palace.

When the palace maids were around, Mei Jieyu was arrogant and presumptuous, and she didn't look at Lingxi in her eyes. When there was a gap for breathing, Mei Jieyu took Lingxi's hand in distress and was silent.

Lingxi knew that Mei Jieyu couldn't help it, and she didn't blame Mei Jieyu for not giving her face in front of people. It's just that I feel sorry for Mei Jieyu's belly is getting bigger and bigger day by day, but her body is getting thinner and thinner day by day.

"Ling'er," one day, Mei Jieyu took advantage of no one to pull Lingxi and pointed to a row of geese flying above the palace, "You see how free they are, they can fly when they want, and they can fall when they want, and they are not bound by others." ”

Lingxi shook Mei Jieyu's hand back and trembled slightly.

On the tenth day of October in the eighteenth year of Yonghe, Emperor Yonghe issued a decree to entitle the second princess Yuerou as the princess of Anshun, and gave her the second son of Dong Chengwu, Dong Jun, the second son of Dong Shilang. Princess Anshun and Empress Lu got married on an auspicious day.

Concubine Hui was both happy and disappointed.

I am happy that I finally don't have to worry about the second princess being sent to the barbarian country and relatives, and the loss is that the second princess has fewer and fewer days by her side.

Queen Wang was heartbroken about the princesses, and listed all the unmarried sons in the families of officials above the fourth rank in the capital to see which one could be worthy of the royal princess.

On October 29, the queen specially invited the emperor to invite these sons to the palace for a banquet, which was nothing more than to let the third princess, the fourth princess, the fifth princess, and the sixth princess take a closer look.

That day, through a veil tent, the young princesses saw a man for the first time except for Emperor Yonghe. The fourth princess blushed and didn't dare to look at it, but only dared to look at it with her peripheral eyes. The fifth princess was full of curiosity, and pulled the sixth princess to whisper.

The third princess Yirong sat on the round stool behind the gauze tent, neither watching nor inquiring. The daughter born in the royal family has no shortage of wealth in her life, but what she lacks is the person who is single-minded to herself. Outside of this veil tent, which son is not burdened with the rise and fall of the entire family? What happiness is there for such a man to marry?

But what if you don't get married? Looking at the transparent gauze tent, the third princess felt a trace of trance in her heart.

After the banquet was dispersed, in the dormitory of Weiyang Palace. The queen sat on the phoenix bed, and the third princess sat on a low chair beside the bed.

Queen Wang took the third princess's hand and whispered, "Does Yirong have a favorite person?" ”

The third princess shook her head, the pearl on her head jingled, and said softly, "Queen Mother, Rong'er is still young. ”

Queen Wang took the third princess into her arms, touched the third princess's full head and said, "How could the queen mother not know that Yirong is still young?" But now the border is unstable, and the queen mother is afraid......"

The third princess had lived by the queen's side for ten years, and this was the first time she had heard worry in the queen's tone.

"Queen Mother," the third princess comforted softly, "Yirong is a princess, and there is a general in the border pass......"

"My Yirong," the queen interrupted the words of the third princess, hugged the third princess tightly and said, "The marriage of the royal daughter has always been a bargaining chip, and the queen mother is afraid that your father will ...... the emperor."

The third princess rested her head on the queen's shoulder, and her small hand held the queen's big hand. He said softly in his heart, "Does the queen mother have a person in the picture?" ”

Queen Wang shook the little hand of the third princess back, "The queen mother's family has a distant relative, and he is the nephew of the queen mother, who is fourteen years old this year, dignified, civil and military, and ......."

Every time the third princess heard the queen say a word, her heart was cold, and when the queen finished speaking, there was no warmth in her heart.

Queen Wang didn't notice the change in the third princess's heart, held the third princess's head, looked at the third princess's flower-like little face and said, "But the queen mother doesn't plan to let you marry him." ”

The third princess was stunned.

Queen Wang sighed lightly, and hugged the third princess into her arms again, "Next year will be Enke every three years, if there is a champion like An Ran's horse, the queen mother wants you to marry him." If the border is tense and can't wait for that time, the queen mother will ask your father and the emperor to marry the nephew of the queen mother. ”

The third princess only understood the queen's painstaking efforts at this time, buried her head in the queen's arms and wept softly.

Queen Wang hugged the third princess's shoulder and patted her on the back, her tone was full of love, "Silly child." ”

The third princess cried even harder. The queen treated her sincerely, but she doubted the queen in her heart, and her heart was as uncomfortable as a knife.

On the fifth day of November, the snow fell, and the whole palace was covered in snow.

At this time, Zhiqiu was already able to take on the affairs of the Empress Dowager Cui's tea, so Lingxi's errands became less and less, and more often he stood behind the Empress Dowager Cui, watching Queen Wang lead the concubines to appear in front of her like clowns, and then retreat.

After the winter, Empress Dowager Cui became lazier than in previous years, and Lingxi and Mama An tried their best to make her laugh in front of her and try to let her sleep less.

That's it, Empress Dowager Cui will squint from time to time when she is crooked on the warm kang.

One day, Lingxi went to see Mei Jieyu, and saw that there was new snow pressing the green bamboo in the side hall of Qingle Palace, and the pure white and emerald green echoed each other, which was very beautiful.

As soon as I looked up, I saw that the name of the temple was called Yizhu Temple.

Lingxi hadn't heard of any masters living in the Yizhu Palace, so he didn't dare to enter easily, so he went straight to Mei Jieyu's bedroom.

Mei Jieyu was wearing ordinary clothes, holding a simple bun, and was sitting on the kang to embroider the belly pocket for the child in her womb. Seeing that Lingxi was coming, he sent out all the nurses in the hall, leaving only the peony that he was waiting for close on weekdays.

Peony moved a small stool for Lingxi, and brought Lingxi a cup of hot tea.

Lingxi sat down to bring the tea after asking for peace, it was too cold in the winter, and her hands were already frozen.

Mei Jieyu's complexion has become much better in winter, and her face has become ruddy. Seeing Lingxi so cautious, he was satisfied, but he said, "Look at you carefully, come, sit on the kang." ”

Lingxi shook his head again and again, and the hairpin on his head shook slightly, "You can't break the rules." ”

Mei Jieyu came from the palace maid, and since she knew Lingxi's scruples, she no longer persuaded her. handed the Ruyi belly pocket that was being embroidered in his hand to Lingxi and said, "Look, is it beautiful?" ”

The fine red satin is embroidered with nine pomegranates and a peach, the red fruit and the green leaves, which are very beautiful. There are slightly raised stitches on the back of the belly pocket, which I am afraid will grind against the child's delicate skin.

After Lingxi finished talking about her concerns, Mei Jieyu smiled softly, "It's not in the way." After the belly pocket is embroidered, a layer of satin lining must be hung on the back, so that it will not be grinded. ”

Lingxi slapped his forehead and suddenly realized, "The slave is so stupid!" ”

Mei Jieyu covered her mouth and chuckled.

Lingxi saw that Mei Jieyu was in a good mood, so she said, "It's better to hang the lining of silk than to hang it as cotton, the cotton cloth absorbs sweat and saves the little prince from getting hot and humid." ”

Peony nodded and said, "Master, what Miss Ling'er said is reasonable. ”

In the Dashun Imperial Palace, only concubines from the third rank or above can be called Niangniang. Mei Jieyu has not yet been sealed as a concubine, but she is pregnant with a dragon, and Peony is afraid that if there is unnecessary trouble in the title, she only calls her the master.

Mei Jieyu nodded and said to Peony, "Then you go back and find some pure cotton fabric." ”

Peony nodded yes.

The three of them chatted again, and Lingxi brought the topic to the Yizhu Palace.

Mei Jieyu paused with the hand holding the embroidery needle, and then said to the peony, "The stomach is empty, you go and see if there are any edible pastries, don't be sweet, get some refreshing ......"

Peony understood that Mei Jieyu had something to say to Lingxi, so she was blessed. After sending someone to fetch the pastries, he himself stood guard outside the temple gate.

Seeing Mei Jieyu being so cautious, Ling Xi knew that the matter about Yizhu Hall must be unsightly. So he said, "The slave and maid just ask casually, and don't say anything." ”

Mei Jieyu shook her head and said, "I told you earlier, and you dispelled a trace of curiosity." If you ask someone about this, even if you are a palace maid who has a face in front of the Queen Mother, you will be beaten to death. ”

Lingxi was frightened by Mei Jieyu, and her little face turned white, "The slave is not very curious, but she saw that there were a few bamboos in the Yizhu Hall that grew well, and she wanted to fold a few branches back and insert them into the Empress Dowager Cui's dormitory." ”

Mei Jieyu covered her mouth and chuckled, "Look at you, I'll tease you." ”

Lingxi sneered when she heard this, "Sister, you will scare me." ”

Because of the relationship with Mei Jieyu, Lingxi still calls Mei Jieyu sister from time to time in private.

"But I'm not alarmist." Mei Jieyu put down the needle and thread, put her hair in a bun with her hand, and said, "There is a princess living in the Yizhu Palace. ”

"Princess?" Lingxi was confused, she had seen all the eight princesses in the palace, and she knew where to live, why didn't she know that they lived in the Yizhu Palace?

"Hmm." Mei Jieyu said, "However, this princess is not recognized, she is six years old this year." ”

"Yikes!" Lingxi screamed softly, "The princess was born and decided, how can there be anything that is not recognized?" ”

"You listen to me tell you slowly......" Mei Jieyu called Peony up, changed a cup of hot tea for the two of them, and then asked Peony to go out to guard, and she talked to Lingxi about this past, which was also a ridiculous thing.

In the tenth year of Yonghe, Princess An Ran got married to the current champion. Emperor Yonghe showed the royal generosity and allowed the poor relatives of the champion to participate.

Zhuangyuan Lang was born in Jiangnan, and his surname is Yang Youwei. Although the family is not rich and rich, it is not a dilapidated home.

Yang Youwei has a cousin named Yang Jianye, who is a well-known businessman in Jiangnan and is married to a wife named Liu Lian'er.

At Princess Anran's wedding, Emperor Yonghe was fascinated by Liu Lian'er's beauty, and the tenderness of the little daughter in Jiangnan simply made Emperor Yonghe crisp to the bones.

So Emperor Yonghe ignored Liu Lian'er's wife, ignored the opposition of the ministers of the court, ignored the loud reprimand of the Empress Dowager Cui, and ignored the request of the queen and the palace concubines to kneel, and insisted on bringing Liu Lian'er into the palace and sealing the lotus beauty from the fourth grade.

Lianmei and Yang Jianye are deeply in love, so they are naturally reluctant to enter the palace as concubines. But the emperor's will cannot be violated, and he has never smiled since he entered the palace.

Emperor Yonghe's infatuation with the beauty of the lotus beauty is just to be fresh for a while, and the lotus beauty puts on her face every day, and gradually loses interest in the lotus beauty.

Two months after entering the palace, Lian Meiren was diagnosed by the imperial doctor as pregnant.

Emperor Yonghe was happy, but when he thought that the lotus beauty was still in the Yang family outside the palace two months ago, the child in her womb could not be sure who it was, so the anger in her heart did not come to a place.

Since then, he has thrown the lotus beauty in the Yizhu Hall and ignored it.

"Later, Lianmei gave birth to a daughter." Mei Jie raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the Yizhu Palace, "Live in that hall." ”

Lingxi covered her mouth with her little hand and said softly with a frightened face, "Then, what about Lotus Beauty?" ”