On the sixth day of July in the eighteenth year of Yonghe of the Great Shun Dynasty, the tenth princess of Emperor Yonghe was born only eight days ago.

Cui Guifei was too sad because of this, and she couldn't afford to get sick. In his illness, he had a dream of an immortal, saying that when Dashun founded the country, he killed too much, and his heirs withered. After Cui Guifei woke up, she proposed to Emperor Yonghe to go out of the palace to pray for the blessing of the Dashun Dynasty, in order to protect the royal heirs.

Emperor Yonghe was reluctant, but he had no choice but to agree to Cui Guifei's requests.

Dong Guifei had ill intentions and instructed her mother's cousin Shangguan Yan'er to train the cat to murder the emperor's heir, and her heart could be punished. Emperor Yonghe remembered that he had been with him for 20 years, and King Ping wrote a letter to intercede, so he took away the position of Dong Guifei and his concubine, and the auspicious word was titled, and she was reduced to a concubine from the third grade, and lived in Yongle Palace forever, and was not allowed to summon or take half a step in Yongle Palace.

Shangguan Yan'er was beaten to death with a stick, and his clansmen were sent to the frontier and were never allowed to return to the dynasty to serve.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, Cui Guifei was dressed in plain clothes, her head was not tied up, and she drove out of the Dashun Palace in a sedan chair, followed only by two little palace maids and an elderly grandmother.

On the building in the distance, the queen wore a red base, a lily pattern skirt embroidered with gold thread, a ruyi bun on her head, a phoenix wings made of gold hairpins inlaid with ruby heads, eye beads, hair ornaments, a few beaded flowers on the left side, and tassels made of aqua blue gemstones swaying gently.

The queen watched the shabby sedan chair drive out of the palace on the gravel road, with a proper smile on her face.

Mama Tian put a cloak embroidered with a golden silk phoenix on Queen Wang's shoulders and said, "Niangniang, the wind is blowing, go back." ”

Queen Wang pressed the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes with her still white fingers and asked, "Mama, is this palace old?" ”

Mama Tian smiled kindly, "Niangniang is still young." In the hearts of slaves and maids, Niangniang will always be a child who will not grow up. ”

Mama Tian is the nurse of Queen Wang.

Queen Wang sighed, but she smiled lightly, "It's been five years, since Cui Xueyao entered the palace and the five princes were crowned kings, the palace hasn't had a good night's sleep." ”

"Niangniang will be able to sleep well every night in the future." Mama Tian held Queen Wang's hand and said, "They are just passers-by in this harem, and you are the one who lives in the middle palace and sits and watches the flowers bloom and fall." ”

"Mama......" Queen Wang wore jade-filled hands, caressing the already loose skin on her face, her eyebrows wrinkled slightly, "In this harem, there is no shortage of flower-like women. If you go in one batch, you will enter another...... The palace is already old and decrepit, and the emperor has not stayed in the Weiyang Palace for nearly half a year...... If the palace does not stabilize the position of the crown prince, I am afraid that it will be ......"

"Don't worry, mother." Mama Tian comforted, "Concubine Cui Guifei's obscene harem is a capital crime, and the emperor can spare her life."

Letting her leave the palace with dignity has already given the Queen Mother and the Cui family a lot of face. In the future, the Cui family will be extremely careful and dare not trespass. Concubine Dong is no different from being beaten into the cold palace now, and the people of her mother's family are also demoted, and even if King Ping has great ability without the support of his mother's family, it will not pose a threat to His Royal Highness the Prince......"

After hearing this, Queen Wang grabbed Mama Tian's hand, nodded with a chuckle, and the tassel on her head shook slightly, "This palace understands in my heart, so such a dangerous move has been taken." ”

"The mother is relieved, and the old slave is relieved." Mama Tian stopped talking and waved her hand to the palace maids who were standing in the distance and holding the wind.

The two palace maids Xiangxue and Xiangxiu, who were waiting for the queen, stepped forward and said to them, "Niangniang will go back to the palace." ”

Xiangxue Xiangxiu Qi Qi Fuxia.

In the Changle Hall of Yongshou Palace, Empress Dowager Cui was crooked on the bamboo bed, her eyes closed, and her right hand knocked on the rosewood table to meditate.

At this time, Empress Dowager Cui no longer had the anger she had when she first heard about Concubine Cui. She is more helpless now, and her old age is complete.

Her good son, Emperor Yonghe, gave her a big problem on the condition of keeping the glory of the Cui family's Manchus.

Mama Ann stood aside, as quiet as if there was no one in the hall.

Lingxi personally brought in the tea, and a smell of sandalwood immediately wafted into the nostrils.

Empress Dowager Cui only likes the natural fragrance of flowers on weekdays, but now the sandalwood that makes people burn calmly shows how irritable she is.

Seeing Mama An's eyes, Lingxi didn't argue with Empress Dowager Cui, carefully put down the tea, and quietly withdrew.

In the Cloud Palace that day, she followed. Although he didn't enter the Jiyue Palace, he still swept some rumors. She was confused, confused. She couldn't understand the powerful relationship between Cui Guifei and Dong Guifei, and she couldn't figure out how Shangguan Yan'er's cat could run into the Qianyun Palace.

She was full of thoughts that Shangguan Yan'er once used a fine needle with a small yellow flower to prick the cat fiercely, Cui Guifei liked to wear tender yellow the most, and the only tender yellow ball chrysanthemum that was destroyed in Luomei Xuan was ......

At that time, she and Shangguan Yan'er had just entered the palace, and Cui Guifei was only more than three months pregnant, if Dong Guifei wanted to get rid of that child, how early would it be to have such a plan?

Lingxi shuddered, and suddenly felt a chill from the bottom of his heart.

The scorching sun in July can't bring a trace of warmth.

Chun'er is now in charge of a few flowers and plants placed in front of the Changle Palace. Seeing Lingxi squatting in front of the door in the middle of the Changle Palace, his pale little face trembled, and he hurriedly put down the kettle in his hand and asked, "Ling'er, why is your face so bad?" ”

When Lingxi heard Chun'er's voice, she was so shocked that she quickly raised her immature fingers and shushed.

The palace maid will be beaten to death by a stick if she chews the root of her tongue in private, and the spirit rhino is like a frightened bird at this time.

Seeing that there were no other palace maids in front of the Changle Hall under the scorching sun, he whispered with a pale face, "Sister Chun'er, I'm afraid of ......."

Chun'er hurriedly put her hand on Lingxi's forehead, and after feeling that there was no fever, she asked, "What?" The Queen Mother punished you? ”

Lingxi gritted his teeth and shook his head, his frightened eyes revealing a selfish firmness, "Sister Chun'er, I want to leave the palace." ”

Chun'er was startled when she heard this, and whispered, "But what's the news from home?" Palace maids are not allowed to leave the palace! ”

"It's okay at home." Lingxi shook his head and said, "I just want to get out of the palace, and in the palace, I'm afraid of ......."

Although Chun'er is not a spiritual person, when she heard Lingxi's words, she also knew that Lingxi knew something that she shouldn't know, so she comforted, "The most important thing for us to be palace maids is our duty." Know when to be deaf and when to be dumb. It's not smart, but it's also confusing......" Chun'er clasped Lingxi's hand, "Do you understand?" ”

Lingxi was stunned in his heart, and his cold little hand buckled back Chun'er's.

No matter how worried and scared she was at this time, it couldn't change the fact that she still had to spend ten years in the palace. Now she is the most powerful palace maid in front of the Empress Dowager Cui, if she wants to stay safe until she leaves the palace, first, she must be careful not to let others catch the handle, and second, she wants to pray that the gray-haired Empress Dowager Cui will live long enough to grow to the age when she survives until she leaves the palace.

On August 15, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace feast, except for the grounded Dong concubines, in fact, the concubines were all present.

Empress Dowager Cui has been sick for a month, and her body is finally getting better on the eve of the festival. On this day, I also went to the moon viewing platform next to the imperial garden, and the princesses and princesses of the palace enjoyed the flowers and the moon, and chatted with wine.

Lingxi and Mama An waited closely, and Qian Weishi stood ten steps away with a few eunuchs and palace maids.

Mama An skillfully served the Empress Dowager Cui with vegetables, and Lingxi was responsible for pouring wine for the Empress Dowager Cui. At the beginning of the banquet, Lingxi would also pour a full cup for Empress Dowager Cui, and after seeing that everyone raised their glasses frequently, Lingxi would order a little bit every time. Empress Dowager Cui saw it in her eyes and was satisfied in her heart. In the past, when Jasper was by her side, she would persuade her to drink less, but she didn't know how to move her hands and feet when pouring wine. In this way, Lingxi did not sweep away the concubines, princes, and princesses, but also took care of the elderly body of the Empress Dowager Cui.

Emperor Yonghe looked very happy, and from time to time he raised his glass to invite the Empress Dowager Cui to drink with him, but fortunately, in order to watch the moonlight, there were not many bright candles on the viewing platform, and he couldn't see the patterns in the cup of the Empress Dowager Cui.

Halfway through the banquet, when Empress Dowager Cui went to serve the wine glass again, she couldn't smell the slightest aroma of wine in the glass. After tasting it carefully, the cup was actually tea, and it was still warm, and it warmed my stomach and heart.

Empress Dowager Cui was angry and laughed, looking at the Lingxi who looked down at her and said, "You girl, you really spoiled you!" ”

Lingxi was also apprehensive when he changed the wine to tea, and there was no blame in the tone of the Empress Dowager Cui, so he buried his head and pretended to be stupid, muffled without squeaking.

Mama Ann saw all this in her eyes and thought it was funny. This is thanks to the fact that Empress Dowager Cui is the queen mother, and no one dares to come forward to find fault, if the other concubines exchange wine for tea, they must be cured of the crime of bullying.

After all, Lingxi is a bold and careful person.

Emperor Yonghe saw that the Empress Dowager Cui was smiling happily, so he leaned over and asked the Empress Dowager Cui, "Why is the Empress Dowager smiling so happily?" But what did the little palace maid say that made the queen mother happy? It's better to speak out and let everyone have fun. ”

"That's it~" Concubine Hui sat down in the position of Queen Wang's hand, and said with a smile, "If the Queen Mother has anything to be happy about, she will also say it to make the concubines happy." ”

Now that Concubine Cui is not in the palace, Concubine Hui's status has jumped below the queen and above all the concubines.

Empress Dowager Cui hid the warm smile on her face, replaced it with a hearty smile, and pointed at Concubine Hui and said, "You monkey cub, you also came with the emperor to make fun of the old woman of the mourning family, and see that the mourning family does not let the emperor clean you up." Later, he pointed to Hui Guifei and said to Emperor Yonghe and Empress Wang, "Emperor, queen, you can spoil Hui girl." ”

The beads on Queen Wang's head trembled, and she gently covered her cherry lips with her sleeve and smiled, "Queen Mother, this is not what sons and daughters are used to. As he spoke, he glanced at Emperor Yonghe with a smile in his eyes, which meant that the emperor was used to it.

"It's I who spoiled Hui Guifei," Emperor Yonghe didn't shirk it, and said with a smile, "I will punish myself with one cup, and then I will punish Hui Guifei with three cups." ”

As she spoke, she picked up the wine glass in her hand and drank it all, and Concubine Hui hurriedly raised her glass.

After Concubine Hui finished drinking the three glasses of wine, Emperor Yonghe turned his head and looked at Empress Dowager Cui again, "I and Concubine Hui have been punished, the queen mother can tell her son what you are laughing at." ”

Seeing that Emperor Yonghe did not let go, Empress Dowager Cui pointed to Lingxi and said to Emperor Yonghe, "The daughter of this palace told a joke to the mourning family the day before yesterday, and when the mourning family remembered it just now, she couldn't help laughing." ”

"Oh?" Emperor Yonghe was interested, so he said to Lingxi, "Even if you can make the Queen Mother laugh, that paragraph must be extraordinary." You will talk about it again, so that the concubines and princes sitting here are happy. ”