Cao Guifei was sick for more than a month. The concubines in the harem have never befriended her, and no one thinks she is really sick.

Qi Jieyu couldn't get used to Cao Guifei's nobody's eyes, so when chatting with Concubine Xin, she said in a mean and mocking tone, "Zhenzhen'er is delicate, back then, Concubine Ren, Concubine Xian, Concubine Ying, which one was as big as her when she was pregnant with the dragon heir, and she didn't even go to ask the queen mother to say goodbye." ”

After finishing speaking, she also stood up and walked a few steps, Cao Guifei walked on weekdays without looking at people, and she really learned those few points of no one in her eyes to the fullest.

Qi Jieyu and Cao Guifei were the maidens who entered the palace together in the first year of Yong'an, and Cao Guifei was named Cao Concubine as soon as she entered the palace, and Qi Mei was named a talented person. Originally, the two lived their own lives in the palace, and it could be regarded as well water that could not be compared to river water. But who knew that Cao Guifei at that time was jealous of Qi Jieyu's favor and went against Qi Jieyu everywhere. Qi Jieyu is not a vegetarian either, of course she can't let Cao Guifei go. They were so noisy for a long time, and finally annoyed Emperor Yong'an, reprimanded them in front of all the concubines, and grounded them for a month to let them think about it.

Although Qi Jieyu did not fall out of favor because of the grounding, she was not as favored as before. In addition, Cao Guifei is an unforgiving master, and seeing that Qi Jieyu is no longer favored, the bullying is getting worse and worse.

Yu Jieyu burst out laughing when she saw Qi Jieyu like that, and her beautiful eyes glanced at Qi Jieyu and said, "Sister really learns like that, she really looks like that." ”

Yu Jieyu was also a favored concubine, but later she had a serious illness and was sick for three months. After recovering from her illness, Emperor Yong'an also forgot about her, and now she is Zhenzhen'er who has fallen out of favor.

Concubine Xin was also used to being squeezed by Concubine Cao, and after listening to Qi Jieyu's words, she sneered, "Sister should be a little more restrained." Now that she is pregnant with a dragon heir, if she hears what you say, it will be good for you. ”

Qi Jieyu also sneered back, her tone was still mean, "As Concubine Ying said to Concubine Ren back then, can she punish me or ban my feet?" Isn't it just a noble concubine? When you are pregnant with a dragon, you will regard yourself as a queen? ”

Yu Jieyu persuaded Xin Concubine, "Sister Xin Concubine, Sister Qi is a little blocked in her heart, and there is no one else here, so let her speak as fast as she wants, don't suffocate yourself." ”

"How fast is your tongue?" Qi Jieyu listened to Yu Jieyu's words, and her eyes were full of calculations, "Don't say that I curse Cao Guifei, she is blessed to be pregnant with a dragon heir, and in the end, whether she can be born in her life is still a matter of words!" It's hard to feed the royal children, so we'll see! ”

After hearing this, Concubine Xin stood up and shouted, "Look at what you can endure, it's really not like words, this kind of thing can actually be said!" ”

As soon as Qi Jieyu spoke, she knew that she had said something, so she only sat down indignantly and stopped talking.

Cao Guifei said that she was sick, and in addition to the concubines, there was also Queen Zhu.

Since the first year of Yong'an, the Zhu family has been dominant among foreign dynasties. In the past two years, Zhu Xian's power has leapt over that of Emperor Yong'an, and he has a tendency to control the government.

Because of this, Emperor Yongan has never put the matter of establishing a reserve on the agenda, and the excuse is that he is still in the prime of life, and it is too early to establish a reserve. In fact, he didn't want to make the prince with the blood of the Zhu family the crown prince, lest it be the Zhu family who had the final say in the Li family.

Emperor Yong'an has worked hard to support the Cao family and the Yu family in recent years, the purpose is to let them and the Zhu family balance each other. But the Zhu family is a century-old home, and it is even more deeply rooted in the court, and the Cao family and the Yu family have their own thoughts, and they cannot play the role of checks and balances at all.

If Cao Guifei's birth is a prince, Emperor Yong'an is very likely to make her the crown prince, thus forming two forces in the court to consolidate the country.

And this is exactly what Empress Zhu is most unwilling to see.

Empress Zhu still likes Li Lingyun, the eldest son of the emperor under her knees, and there is no more suitable candidate than Li Lingyun in her heart. As for Li Lingfeng, who was born to Concubine Rou, Queen Zhu didn't even think about it.

Li Lingyun regards himself as his mother, and after ascending the throne, he is naturally the queen mother, living in the harem and enjoying glory. If Li Lingfeng ascends the throne as the emperor, the final result will be to crown her as the queen mother, and then go to the palace to spend the rest of her life like filial piety and the queen mother.

is also the queen mother, of course Empress Zhu will not let her old age be so depressed.

On the first day of the fourth month of the seventh year of Yong'an, Zhu Xian asked Emperor Yong'an to establish a prince as soon as possible, although he did not mention his name, but his intention was to the second prince Li Lingfeng.

Emperor Yong'an's anger rose after hearing this, but because of Zhu Xian's power in the court, he finally endured it and threw down a sentence, "I am in the prime of life, and this matter will be discussed later." ”

Since that day, there have been three kinds of remarks in the court.

First, stand long. It means to make Li Lingyun the crown prince. The reason is that Li Lingyun is not only the eldest son of Emperor Yong'an, but also raised under the knee of Empress Zhu, which completely echoes the theory of the elder, so Li Lingyun should be made the crown prince. Opponents said that Li Lingyun's biological mother's birth status was not worthy of having a king of a country at all, so Li Lingyun could not be made a prince.

Second, the establishment of a successor. Yan is the son born to Queen Zhu. Although Empress Zhu only has two daughters under her knees, there are still ministers who argue with reason, Empress Zhu is still in the prime of life, and it is entirely possible to give birth to a dragon heir again, how can she set up a prince in a hurry?

Three, Lixian. The ministers headed by Cao Yi, the secretary of the Zhengsanpin Military Department, said that the crown prince is a major matter of the country, and there must be no pedantic views. The character and virtue of the prince are more important.

As soon as Cao Yi's argument came out, it was immediately opposed by two-thirds of the ministers of the DPRK and China. The young and the old are orderly, and there is a difference between respect and inferiority, how can the ancestral system be violated.

The ministers of the previous dynasty held their own arguments, and they quarreled for a month without a final result.

In the noisy quarrel of the previous dynasty, Cao Guifei's illness was finally cured.

On April 22 of the seventh year of Yong'an, when Lingxi went to ask Queen Zhu to say goodbye, he saw Cao Guifei who had just recovered from a long illness.

Cao Guifei wore a powder blue embroidered orchid wide-body placket dress, her head was pulled back into a snail bun, her head was full of pearls, and she was sitting in the first position on her left hand to eat tea.

Those seats are the seats of the sick concubine. In the past, although Concubine Ren also asked for peace in the future, other concubines would vacate that seat when they sat down. This is not respect for Concubine Ren, but the ancestral system is like this, and they dare not trespass.

Cao Guifei sat on that seat, obviously putting her position into the concubine position.

Lingxi Mei looked to the right and saw Concubine Ying sitting in the first seat on her right hand, and the old god was eating tea. And there was a trace of frost in the eyes of Rou Guifei, and there was a hint of chill in her eyes when she looked at Cao Guifei.

When the noble concubine saw the Lingxi, she gave the Lingxi a look and asked her to be cautious.

Lingxi naturally didn't want to do anything, so he walked in front of Concubine Ying and blessed him, which was considered a salute. Concubine Ying also smiled and bowed her head, making Lingxi up. Lingxi walked in front of Rou Gui Concubine and Xian Gui Concubine and blessed them separately, Rou Gui Concubine stretched out her hand to help her, and said a few polite words to Ling Xi. Xian Guifei didn't say anything, only let Lingxi get up.

Lingxi walked up to Cao Guifei again and blessed her.

But Concubine Cao sat there and only ate her own tea, as if she couldn't see Lingxi, and sometimes turned around and reprimanded her palace maid, saying that her hands were too strong and her shoulders hurt.

Lingxi Fu saw that Cao Guifei didn't let her get up, gritted his teeth and said, "The concubine sees Cao Guifei, Cao Guifei Wanfu Jin'an." ”

Cao Guifei was like seeing a spirit rhino, although her face was smiling, her voice was full of cold arrogance, and she said, "Yo, Concubine Ying, please get up quickly, why are you so polite?" ”

The corners of Lingxi's lips provoked a smile, "It is appropriate for the concubine to ask Concubine Cao for peace." ”

Cao Guifei raised the slender eyebrows of the painting and said with a smile, "It is said that Concubine Ying is the most complete etiquette among the harem concubines, and now it seems that it is really not bad." It is worthy of being trained by the Empress Dowager herself......"

Lingxi smiled, stopped talking, and turned back to sit back in his seat.

Concubine Yu sat on the seat of Lingxi's hand, lowered her voice and said to Lingxi, "Don't pay attention to her, I am a person who asks for peace today, and I can't help but eat her embarrassment." ”

Lingxi shook his head lightly, the beads on his head trembled, "I can see it too." As soon as she entered the temple, she saw that nine of the ten had green faces, and when she sat there, she knew what was going on. ”

Concubine Yu covered her mouth with a handkerchief, a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth, and said to Lingxi, "Look, it's lively." ”

Lingxi also nodded. Cao Guifei is a third-grade concubine, but she sits in the seat of a second-grade concubine, and Queen Zhu can't tolerate her for this alone.

While talking, a few late concubines went to ask Cao Guifei for peace, but they were all humiliated by Cao Guifei. When Wancai asked Cao Guifei for peace, Cao Guifei even thought that she was from a low background and turned over to the side and refused to accept it.

Wancai is a small-faced person, and when he has a pair of watery eyes, he has tears in his eyes, and he looks pitiful. When greeting Lingxi, Lingxi saw that she was holding back her crying.

After a while, the chief eunuch of Weiyang Palace sang loudly, "The queen has arrived!" ”

All the concubines got up one after another, automatically stood in two rows, and after Queen Zhu sat down, she bowed down to her, looked at the back skirt of the previous concubine, and shouted in unison, "The concubines see the queen's mother, the mother is a thousand years old!" ”

In the past, Empress Zhu would definitely raise her hand to let the concubines get up, but today the concubines did not hear Empress Zhu's voice for a long time.

Qin Jieyu was anxious, and she straightened up as soon as she went down, and when she saw that all the concubines were still detained, she hurriedly went down again.

Lingxi was also puzzled in her heart, and before she could raise her eyes to look, she heard Cao Guifei's voice come softly, "Please also ask the queen to forgive her sins, the concubine has a swollen abdomen in recent days, and she can't squat down......"

It turned out that when the concubines asked Queen Zhu for peace, Cao Guifei stood there and did not move.

Empress Zhu smiled on her face and asked softly, "Isn't Concubine Cao's illness very good?" That is, why didn't you rest for a few more days? ”

Cao Guifei replied with a smile, "The concubine has been sick for more than a month, and she really misses the queen, so she came to the queen to say goodbye." ”

Hearing this, Concubine Rou stood up straight and sneered, "Yo, Concubine Cao's invitation is really amazing!" I didn't even bend my knees, what kind of door do you have? ”