After Le Jieyu's incident, the harem was quiet for a long time. Although Concubine Cao Guifei did not get the will of Emperor Yong'an and Empress Zhu to exempt her from asking for peace, she still pushed down her daily request to Queen Zhu in the name of raising a child. The palace maid in the Changxia Palace is not allowed to call her a noble concubine Niangniang, she thinks that as long as the dragon heir in her womb is born, she will be named Concubine Cao from the second grade.

In the Weiyang Palace, Empress Zhu listened to the trembling voice of the palace maid beside Cao Guifei, and her face was selfless. Instead, he told the Yeting Palace to carefully select a stable stable woman and a nurse to send to the Changxia Palace to carefully adjust Cao Guifei's body.

Although the concubines were surprised by Queen Zhu's kindness, no one dared to ask Queen Zhu a few meanings in person. only said that Queen Zhu was sympathetic to the concubines, which was their blessing as concubines.

Without Cao Guifei's arrogance in the Weiyang Palace, the concubines also seemed to be a lot more harmonious. It is still useless for the concubines above the concubines to chat a few words, and when they have a cup of tea, they will disperse.

Since May 20 of the seventh year of Yong'an, the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital have been frequently invited into the Deyang Hall of Guangyang Palace by the noble concubines.

The third prince is already three and a half years old, but he still can't speak clearly, he can only call his mother concubine, and often confuses the noble concubine with the nurse. I don't cry when I fall while walking, and I drool when I laugh......

At first, Xian Guifei was only a child, growing slowly, and suffering from such a serious illness, which naturally had some impact. But who knew that as the third prince grew bigger and bigger, more and more problems on his body were revealed.

The three princes are the lifeblood of the noble concubines, if the three princes have three long and two short, the noble concubines really don't know what courage they have to survive in this harem.

On this day, after diagnosing the pulse of the three princes, the imperial physician sat on the round stool on the edge of the bed and muttered for a long time.

Imperial Physician Wang's name is Wang Jihuai, and he is in his sixties and seven this year, and his hair and beard have turned gray. Because he has been in the hospital for the longest time and has good medical skills, he was named Fengyu by Emperor Yonghe in the twentieth year of Yong'an, and he and another Chen Fengyu specially took care of the body of the Empress Dowager Xiaohe and Emperor Yonghe. Later, Emperor Yongan ascended the throne, and Wang Jihuai still held the position of Fengyu.

Xian Guifei begged Emperor Yong'an to invite the imperial physician to diagnose the pulse of the three princes, which was also a last resort. Batches of people came from the hospital, but none of them could diagnose what disease the third prince had.

"Imperial Physician Wang," Concubine Xian looked at the silent Imperial Physician Wang, and asked anxiously, "What is the illness of the third prince?" ”

Imperial Physician Wang raised his head, his ravine-lined face showed a little unspeakable, and finally stroked his beard and asked, "Your concubine Niangniang, how long has the third prince been like this?" ”

Xian Guifei frowned slightly, meditated for a long time and didn't come up with a clue, only replied, "The third prince is young and loves to laugh, and it is not uncommon for children to drool a little. If you speak late, maybe you don't learn well......"

"So the noble concubine Niangniang thinks that the third prince is not sick, but he is just growing slower," the royal doctor's bright eyes directly graced the noble concubine, and asked, "Is it?" ”

Xian Guifei nodded, just waiting for the imperial physician to say that the third prince was just growing slowly.

"Since the noble concubine thinks that the third prince is not sick, why do you still invite all the colleagues from the Tai Hospital to come for diagnosis and treatment?"

There was a hint of panic in the eyes of the concubine, and she said helplessly, "This palace doesn't know, this palace always thinks, Imperial Doctor, you tell this palace, is it normal for the three princes to be like this?" ”

Doctor Wang sighed, got up from the round stool, and made a gesture of invitation to Xian Gui Concubine, "Your concubine Niangniang, please take a step to speak." ”

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On the first day of the sixth month of the seventh year of Yong'an, the butterfly talent who lived in the Forget Worry Palace Dye Xia Xuan and the Wancai who lived in the Lanyu Pavilion of the Yongle Palace were diagnosed as pregnant by the imperial doctor at the same time.

When Emperor Yong'an heard the news, a smile finally appeared on his face, which had been gloomy for a month.

On the fifth day of June in the seventh year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an sealed the five-grade butterfly talent and was a four-grade butterfly beauty, and the reward poured into Dye Xia Xuan like water. And the Wancai people who were also conceived were as if they were forgotten by Emperor Yong'an, that is, they did not enter the position of the Wancai people, and they did not reward too many things.

The concubines in the harem have always watched people put down dishes, so when preparing congratulatory gifts, it is more valuable to give butterfly beauties than to send graceful talents.

"Niangniang, Concubine Ying Niangniang rewarded the butterfly beauty with a red gold step made of Dongzhu, and rewarded Wancai with a coral bracelet. Concubine Rougui rewarded Butterfly Beauty with a pair of earrings inlaid with rubies, and gave Wancai a pair of earrings with gold and jade......"

Lingxi was sitting on the low kang and was hugging the five princes to play. After listening to Xiao Dezi's chatter, he said, "The left and right are those sub-things, just let Qiaozhu watch the arrangement." ”

The fifth prince looked at the red gold peony on the head of the spirit rhino with a pair of big eyes, one small hand was in his mouth and he was eating, and the other was reaching out to grab it, and said while grabbing it, "I want to ......"

Lingxi pouted, shook his head and said, "Yi'er, you can't ask for that." Walking is something that girls like, boys," Lingxi picked up the jade-faced drum and tapped it lightly, "Boys should like these things." ”

The fifth prince opened the small drum with his hand, his eyes were filled with moisture, and he pouted, "No," and reached out to shake it, and said in a childish voice, "Yes!" ”

"Niangniang......" Lotus Ye saw that the fifth prince wrinkled his little face, and was about to cry with his mouth curled, and he was distressed, so he hurriedly persuaded, "The fifth prince is still young, what he likes is unreasonable." ”

Lingxi reluctantly took off the step from his head and handed it to the fifth prince, glanced at the lotus leaf sadly, and said, "You are used to him, and he is used to a little problem." ”

Qiaozhu chuckled, "Niangniang, obviously you are used to it, and you blame the slaves and maids." ”

Xia Qing also smiled and said, "Niangniang, the five princes have more steps than yours, and they are all rewarded by the emperor." ”

The fifth prince shook it, giggling in Lingxi's arms, and saliva of joy flowed out.

"If you like it, you can like it." Lingxi kissed the five princes fiercely, and said with a smile, "I have saved a lot of steps, and I have married a few ladies in many rooms, which is also a good story." ”

Emperor Yong'an was walking in from the outer hall, and after listening to Lingxi's words, he asked, "What is a good story?" ”

Lingxi got up with the five princes in his arms and gave Emperor Yongan a blessing with a smile. After the lotus leaf was blessed, he went out to prepare tea, and Qiaozhu packed up the jewelry box of Lingxi, and hugged it out after saying ten thousand blessings.

When the fifth prince saw Emperor Yong'an, he smiled even more cheerfully, and raised his little hand to Emperor Yong'an and said, "Hug, hug ......"

Lingxi stood up straight, sent the five princes to Emperor Yong'an's arms, and chuckled: "Just now Xia Qing said that the five princes have more steps than the concubines. The concubine said that it was just right to have more, and when he grew up, he would marry a few more ladies, and each of them would send a branch. Bu Shao gave a beautiful woman, but it is also a good story. ”

"It's a good story." Emperor Yong'an took a piece of jade pendant from his waist, replaced the step shake in the hands of the five princes, and put it back on Lingxi's hair bun.

The fifth prince was replaced by Emperor Yong'an, and he didn't make trouble, but took the jade pendant and spoke to Emperor Yong'an, as if he was chatting with Emperor Yong'an.

"Niangniang," Xia Qing said to Lingxi with a smile, "That is, the emperor, if someone else took something to replace the step, the fifth prince would have cried a long time ago." ”

"Not really." Lingxi wrinkled his nose and said to Emperor Yong'an, "If the concubine had exchanged something, he would have cried with his mouth curled, just like how the concubine bullied him." ”

"Of course," Emperor Yong'an laughed, "This is a matter between men, and of course it doesn't make sense with you women." ”

Lingxi let out a coquettish sound, his face turned red, and he stopped talking.

Emperor Yong'an played with the five princes for a while, handed the five princes to Xia Qing and let Xia Qing carry them out. Lingxi saw that Emperor Yong'an seemed to have something to say to her, so he sent all the palace maids and grandmothers in the inner hall out.

Emperor Yong'an sat next to Lingxi and hugged Lingxi into his arms, sniffed the faint fragrance of tea on Lingxi's body, and said, "Lingxi, can I trust you?" ”

Lingxi's heart trembled when he heard this, and the hand that just wanted to wrap around the back of Emperor Yong'an paused in mid-air.

"Spirit." Emperor Yong'an held Lingxi's shoulders and looked into Lingxi's eyes, revealing a trace of nervousness in his eyes, "Help me protect her and protect the child in her womb." ”

"She ......" Lingxi's brain was empty for a long time, and she reacted after a long time, "Your Majesty, are you talking about a talented person?" ”

When Emperor Yong'an heard the three words of Wancairen, Ruxingchen's eyes revealed a hint of brilliance, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was tinged with a hint of tenderness, and he nodded lightly at Lingxi.

Lingxi didn't answer right away.

She was thinking about what she would do if this was modern and her husband said to herself, a certain junior is pregnant with his child, you have to let that junior eat and drink well, and you can't let them suffer a little grievance.

Lingxi believes that his first instinct is definitely to pick up a gun, two bullets and three lives, and fulfill them to go to hell to be a family of three who love each other.

But this is not modern, this is the Dashun Dynasty that has gone back thousands of years in time and existed in the cracks of history. If she wants to live peacefully in this harem, she has to give up all the self-esteem of modern women.

Lingxi pulled a bright smile at the corner of his mouth and replied, "Your Majesty, the concubine will definitely do everything in her power to protect the safety of her and the dragon heir in her belly." ”

Emperor Yong'an once again hugged Lingxi into his arms, stroked Lingxi's hair bun, and said, "Lingxi, she is a grape that fell from the sky, falling in front of me, like a treasure. ”