On December 15 of the seventh year of Yong'an, in the Zichen Hall of Taihe Palace, Emperor Yong'an, who was wearing his usual clothes, was sitting in the study to watch the folds. Under the sunlight leaking in from the window, Emperor Yong'an sometimes frowned and pondered, got up and paced; From time to time, the sword eyebrows were lightly raised, and he picked up the wolf and dipped the ink on the fold solemnly, and approved a few lines of words.

Gonggong Feng glanced at the incense clock burning on the side, and it was already three moments at this time. After handing over the dust to the little eunuch on the side, Gonggong Feng took a cup of rock sugar lotus seed soup from the hands of the little palace maid, and whispered to Emperor Yong'an, "Your Majesty, you have been approving the folds for a while, and you are hungry when you think about it." This is specially boiled by the concubine Niangniang, you stop to eat two bites? ”

Emperor Yong'an took a long breath, put the wolf back on the pen holder, and smiled at Gonggong Feng, "When did Concubine Wan come?" Why didn't you tell me? ”

"The emperor is discussing with Zhu Shilang at that meeting."

Zhu Shilang is Zhu Bingping, the second son of Zhu Xianyi, the younger brother of Zhu Guozhang Zhu Xian, and is also the uncle of Concubine Rou.

Emperor Yong'an sighed, took Wen Pazi handed over by the little palace maid, raised his head and said, "In this way, Zhu Shilang must have met a concubine when he went out." ”

Gonggong Feng's heart sank, and he nodded, "When Zhu Shilang went out, Concubine Wan Niangniang was waiting outside. The two of them only looked at each other from a distance, but did not say anything. ”

In fact, Zhu Shilang snorted coldly at Wan Concubine's contempt, and he didn't even pay a salute to Wan Concubine.

Concubine Wan was weak, and was snorted by Zhu Shilang, and her tears fell straight down, and she handed the food box in her hand to the palace maid who was waiting in front of the palace, and left.

Although Gonggong Feng didn't say much, Emperor Yong'an also had a number. After ordering Gonggong Feng to put down the dessert, he took the white jade spoon and tasted it.

After drinking half of the lotus seed soup, Emperor Yong'an put down the spoon and sighed, "I will wronged her for a few more days, and when these troubles have passed, I will accompany her well." ”

Gonggong Feng ordered the little palace maid to remove the cup, and after a long time, he said to Emperor Yong'an, "Your Majesty, the matter of the past few days was suppressed by Concubine Rou. ”

Emperor Yong'an sneered, "She is bold, the fire has burned half the sky, and she still dares to press down." What is there to say about the Queen? ”

Father-in-law Feng replied, "The queen mother has had a severe head attack recently......"

"I'm afraid that not only will the head wind attack be severe, but it will also add symptoms of chest tightness." Emperor Yong'an threw the fold he had just taken in his hand on the table, and said, "I haven't been to Weiyang Palace for a long time, so I'll go and see it if I'm free." ”

Pin Ming hurriedly stepped forward to change the clothes of Emperor Yong'an, and Gonggong Feng went down to arrange the honor guard.

On December 16 of the seventh year of Yong'an, Empress Zhu, who had been ill for half a month, finally got better.

On December 17 of the seventh year of Yong'an, the concubines went to Weiyang Palace to greet Queen Zhu.

Xue Jieyu, who lived in the Tingxue Hall of Penglai Palace, was the first to arrive, and after sitting in the position where she usually sat on a safe day, she took out a brocade handkerchief and covered her mouth and couldn't help coughing.

He was wearing a light pink embroidered white chrysanthemum palace dress, with a colorful cloud bun on his head, and a pearl flower in the shape of June snow made of two pearls on top of his hairpin. He wore a pair of jade earrings polished into the shape of snowflakes, and with every cough, the snowflake-shaped earrings would tremble, like fresh snow falling from the sky.

Xue Jieyu's coughing voice was not loud, but it was unusually deafening in the silent Weiyang Palace. When she coughed enough and looked up again, there was an abnormal sickly red on her pale face, and the dark circles under her eyes were even more fat powder that could not be hidden.

After Xue Jieyu, it was Yan Meiren who lived in the Yongle Palace Invitation Moon Palace. Yan Meiren was wearing a palace dress embroidered with peony in blue, with a cloud bun on her head, and two gold-inlaid jade cloud-patterned Fulu hairpins on her hair bun. Seeing that Xue Jieyu was there, she held the palace maid's hand and walked to Xue Jieyu's front to ask Xue Jieyu to say goodbye.

Xue Jieyu covered her chest with her left hand, took a handkerchief with her right hand to cover her lips, and asked aloud, "Has Yan Meiren also suffered from wind and cold in recent days?" ”

Yan Meiren sat in a vacant position away from Xue Jieyu, leaned over, and said, "I don't know, it's just that in the past few days, my voice has been very strong." I can't help coughing......" Yan Meiren coughed a few times while holding her chest, and only after she calmed down did she lightly open her lips and whispered, "I asked the imperial doctor to see ......"

Xue Jieyu hurriedly raised her slender and white right hand and waved it, glanced at Yan Meiren meaningfully, and said, "Sister Yan, I think we are wearing less." ”

Yan Meiren understood a little bit by Xue Jieyu, and said with a smile on her face, "Sister Xue is right, I want to come to the cold recently, we are wearing less." ”

While talking, many concubines came to the Weiyang Hall one after another to ask for peace.

After greeting each other, the coughing sound in the Weiyang Hall was endless, and at a cold glance, most of them were below the concubine position.

Qin Meiren sat in the lower position of Yan Meiren, and her cough was the most severe, and she almost coughed out her lungs, but she had to endure it. He wore a new palace dress embroidered with butterflies in sapphire blue, with a snail bun on his head, and a triangular forehead ornament made of ruby embellished on his forehead. Every time she coughed, the tiny forehead would tremble and glow.

The cough was really unbearable, Qin Meiren picked up the tea cup that the little palace maid had just served and ate tea, wanting to use the tea to suppress the cough. But he didn't want to breathe a breath of hot air into his chest, but his throat was so itchy that the tea squirted out of his nose, and his chest was full of tea.

Qin Meiren's face turned red, tears rolled in her eyes, I don't know if it was coughing or shame. After getting up and saying hello to the grandmother in the Weiyang Palace, he took his palace maid's hand to hide his face and left.

There was a chuckle or two in the hall, but it was drowned out by coughing one after another.

Qingmei sat under Wan Concubine's hand, and she kept coughing. He wore a palace dress embroidered with cloud patterns in sky blue, a bun on his head, and a set of pink jade hair ornaments. He also wears a pair of pink jade earrings on his ears, which go well with his hair accessories.

Pink jadeite is rare, and it is even more valuable to be able to match it into a set. It is not difficult to see from her outfit that Qingmei has been very popular with Emperor Yong'an recently.

Qingmei coughed while covering her chest with her right hand, and said to Concubine Wan with a smile, "Concubine Wan's body and bones seem to be weak, but she is much better than most people in this harem. We didn't be able to survive the wind chill this time, but the concubine was fine. ”

Concubine Wan wore a palace dress embroidered with pink cherry blossoms in the moon today, with a falling horse bun on her head and a set of three dark green jade hairpins. After listening to Concubine Ling's question, she bowed her head slightly, revealing a delicate and white half-cut neck, and lowered her eyes, "I am afraid of the cold on weekdays, so I ordered the palace people to burn the palace warm." How much ...... I wear myself."

Before Concubine Wan finished speaking, Qingmei was already sneering, and turned her head away and stopped looking at Concubine Wan.

Concubine Wan suffered such white eyes on weekdays, and her heart felt uncomfortable for a while, and her eyes turned red again.

The concubine who was standing behind Wan Concubine took a plain white handkerchief and handed it to Wan Concubine, her throat and eyes were blocked by a stuffy breath, and she secretly blamed Wan Concubine for being so casual.

Before a tear fell, Concubine Xin walked in from outside holding the hand of the palace maid, and also covered her lips with a handkerchief and coughed, wrinkling her head tightly.

He wore an orange palace dress, his head was tied in a bun, and he only had two light green new-style bead flowers, and he did not shake the hairpin or hairpin, and walked to the position of Yu Concubine's hand in a few steps, and hurriedly went to drink the teacup.

Concubine Yu wore a light purple palace dress today, with a short bun that did not stand out, and in addition to the beaded flowers on her head, only a jade hairpin was swayed. Concubine Yu saw that Concubine Xin wanted to eat tea when she sat down, so she hurriedly stopped and said, "Let's drink it slowly, so as not to lose the etiquette." ”

Xin Concubine is not stupid, after putting down the tea cup, she nodded gratefully to the concubine, covered her lips and coughed again.

Concubine Yu looked at the concubines who kept coughing all over the hall, and she covered her lips and coughed lightly. In fact, she didn't feel any discomfort, but everyone else coughed, and if she didn't cough, she would seem to be unsociable.

Seeing this, Qi'er hurriedly stroked Concubine Yu's back with her hand, and whispered, "Niangniang, when you go back, the slave maid will order the palace people to cook a pear for you to suppress cough." ”

Concubine Yu nodded, and saw Xian Guifei walk in from outside, and the concubines sitting on both sides stood up, gave Xian Guifei a blessing, and when Xian Guifei walked over, she got up and sat back in her place.

When the concubine walked nearby, Concubine Yu deliberately raised her voice and coughed, "This palace is still a trivial matter, but the fifth prince coughed so badly that it made this palace very distressed, and I will definitely send the palace people to call the imperial doctor to take a look." ”

As if she hadn't heard Concubine Yu's words, Concubine Xian took Miaoyue's hand and walked to the position where Concubine Yu was in hand, and sat down steadily.

The position of Xian Gui Concubine is higher than that of Yu Concubine, and Yu Concubine stands up and gives Xian Gui Concubine peace. With a soft smile on her face, Concubine Xian asked Concubine Yu to get up and sit down.

After several concubines in the vicinity had finished asking Xian Gui Concubine for peace, Yu Concubine covered her mouth and coughed lightly twice, leaning over and saying softly to Xian Gui Concubine, "Xian Gui Concubine Niang is very blessed, not like the concubines, she just coughs non-stop, and her lungs hurt." ”

Xian Guifei raised her hand, covered her rouge-stained lips with a brocade handkerchief, coughed dryly twice, and said with a smile in her eyes, "Actually, this palace is also infected with wind and cold, but there are three princes in the palace, and they dare not dye it heavily." However, Concubine Yu must take care of her body, and she must not let the five princes suffer such a crime. ”

Concubine Yu coughed dryly twice, and then said with a smile, "Concubine doesn't have the ability of a noble concubine, so it's appropriate to know how much of this wind and cold is dyed." It's a pity that the concubine has never been a mother, and she let the five princes and concubines suffer like this. ”

Looking at the face of Xian Gui Concubine's slowly stiffening, Yu Concubine's heart was finally dark.

As soon as Concubine Xian wanted to take the words back, she heard a eunuch's shout outside the hall in the incessant coughing sound, "Concubine Rou Niangniang has arrived!" ”