The next day, Qiaozhu rubbed the back of his head and got up from the carved table, looked at the lotus leaf who was wiping the sweat of Lingxi with a wet handkerchief, and said, "Lotus leaf, why did I fall asleep?" ”

"I don't know ...... either" Lotus Ye lowered her eyes lightly, not looking at Qiaozhu.

"Then why didn't you wake me up?" Qiaozhu shook his numb arm, stood up and walked to Lotus Ye's side, "How is Niangniang?" Hey? Lotus leaf, why are your ears red? ”

Lotus Ye sighed, reached out to cover his ears, his face turned red, and his eyes were a little dodgy, "No, no, I just feel a little hot......"

"You're not going to be sick too." Qiao Zhu put his hand on Lotus Ye's forehead, and then nodded with a straight face, "Lotus Leaf, go back to the room to rest, leave it to me here." ”

Lotus covered her hot cheeks and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, I'll go back to sleep." Mother, wake up, you command someone to call me. ”

Qiaozhu took the cotton handkerchief in the lotus leaf's hand, and watched the lotus leaf out of the dormitory, a trace of doubt rose in his heart, and today's lotus leaf looked a little abnormal.

At three o'clock, Lingxi woke up faintly, opened her eyes, and looked at the tender yellow bed curtain, she felt refreshed.

Seeing Qiaozhu squatting beside him and looking at himself motionlessly, Lingxi smiled, "What are you looking at stupidly? I went to prepare hot water, and I sweated very uncomfortably. I'm going to bathe. ”

Qiaozhu smiled and nodded, ran out and instructed Hanyan Hanyu to prepare hot water, and he came back to help Lingxi up.

Lingxi looked at his half-naked body, pulled the brocade quilt to cover the spring light, and secretly said that he had been sick and groggy for the past two days, and he didn't remember when he changed his bedclothes.

After bathing, Lingxi felt like he was alive.

Under Qiaozhu's service, a bowl of clear rice porridge was used, and Lingxi sat on the bamboo couch and looked at the bright sun outside the window in a daze, with a yearning face.

Qiaozhu sat on the small round table next to the bamboo couch and pinched Lingxi's legs, and said, "Niangniang, Imperial Doctor Wang said yesterday that you must not go out to get cold." If you are really bored, wait until noon when the sun is good, and the slave will help you out for a walk. ”

Lingxi leaned on the kang pillow and smiled at Qiaozhu, "Seeing the nervousness on your face, I didn't say I was going out......"

"You didn't say it, but it was written on your face......"

As soon as Lingxi quibbled, he saw the fifth princess running in from outside the hall with messy steps, and Xia Tong called anxiously from behind, "Fifth princess, Niangniang is suffering from the cold, you can't go in." ”

As soon as Lingxi wanted to get up, he saw the fifth princess wearing a moon-white dress rushing into his arms.

The fifth princess rubbed her reddish eyes with her chubby little hands, and sobbed, "Mother doesn't want Mu'er?" Mother doesn't want Mu'er? ”

Lingxi was surprised, wiped the tears of the fifth princess and said to the fifth princess, "How could the mother concubine not want Mu'er?" Mu'er is the most well-behaved, come, come to the arms of the concubine. ”

Lingxi's body was weak, and he didn't pick up the fifth princess twice with great force. In the end, the fifth princess could only climb into her arms and sit down.

The fifth princess put her face on Lingxi's chest, rubbed hard, and a pair of small hands grabbed Lingxi's clothes tightly, and said, "They all say that the mother concubine hates Mu'er, and it is because Mu'er is in the palace of the mother that the mother concubine will be angry." Mother, Mu'er is obedient, don't hate Mu'er......"

As she spoke, the fifth princess began to cry again, burying her head in Lingxi's arms and refusing to get up.

The five princes walked in from outside the hall, although they were young, their steps were more steady than those of the five princes. The fifth prince walked in front of Lingxi and called out to his mother, then took the little hand of the fifth princess and said, "Fifth sister, don't cry......

As soon as the fifth princess turned around, tears were like beads with broken threads, and they couldn't stop scratching down from her eyes.

Lingxi took the cotton handkerchief handed over by Qiao Zhuzi to wipe it, swept his eyes sharply towards Xia Qing and Xia Tong, and said as gently as possible, "What happened?" Which palace person who doesn't know the rules is talking nonsense in front of the fifth princess! ”

Xia Qing suddenly knelt down, saw that Xia Tong was still standing, his face was anxious, and he hurriedly pulled Xia Tong's skirt with his hand, and Xia Tong also knelt down.

Xia Qing put his hands on the ground, and said in an appropriate voice, "Niangniang, you have been sick these days, and the fifth princess and the fifth prince feel that the Yongshou Palace is boring, so they let the slaves and maids take them to play." Early this morning, the fifth princess said that she was going to the peony garden to see the peonies, and the slaves and maids took them with them......"

"I met Wen Jieyu and Yan Meiren there......" Xia Tong saw the eyes handed to him by Xia Qing, and continued, "Wen Jieyu has to take the five princesses and the five princes to the peony pavilion to eat pastries, and the slaves and maids ......"

"The five princesses and the five princes ate?" Lingxi picked up the little face of the fifth princess with tears in his eyes, and saw that the fifth princess had no other abnormalities except for sobbing, and put down half of his heart.

"No, no, ......no," Xia Tong shook his head again and again, and said, "Niangniang once instructed the slaves and maids not to let the five princesses and the five princes eat anything outside, and the slaves and maids did not dare to disobey Niangniang's orders." ”

Seeing that Xia Tong couldn't get to the point for a long time, Xia Qing secretly scolded Xia Tong in his heart for not being angry, so he took the words over again and said, "It's Feng Xiang next to Wen Jieyu and Xiangzi next to Yan Meiren." The two stood in the corner of the peony garden and whispered non-stop, and it happened that the fifth princess was playing there, so they both listened. ”

"The fifth princess walked to the corner, what did you do again?" Lingxi looked at Xia Tong, "Didn't I tell you to take a good look at the fifth princess?" ”

The fifth princess sobbed and grabbed Lingxi's sleeve and said, "Mother, don't be angry. It's Mu'er who is not well-behaved, and it's Mu'er who runs around. ”

"Niangniang, don't blame Xia Tong," Xia Qing interceded for Xia Tong, "The voices of Feng Xiang and Xiangzi standing in the corner and talking can be heard from afar. The fifth princess was young, and when she heard this, she panicked and ran back. ”

"What did those two say?"

Xia Qing touched Xia Tong with his shoulder, bowed his head and said nothing.

Xia Tong's face was pale, his heart trembled, and after swallowing and spitting, he said, "Feng Xiang and Xiangzi said that Niangniang has a grudge against the Zhu family in her heart, so it is not good to treat the fifth princess." On the first day that the fifth princess entered the Lingyan Palace, she ordered the fifth princess's nurse and personal maid to be killed, without any concern for the identity and dignity of the fifth princess. also said that after the Lingyan Hall is repaired, Niangniang will move back with the five princes, and may leave the five princesses alone in the Yongshou Palace......"

Lingxi held his forehead, gritted his teeth and squeaked, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "That Wen Jieyu and Yan Meiren, are I really sick to death?" After arranging me like this behind their backs, what good fruit can they get to eat? ”

The fifth princess saw that Lingxi was angry, and her tears fell even more, she hugged Lingxi and made a fuss, "Mother concubine, don't leave Mu'er here alone, Mu'er likes Mu'er, don't want Mu'er to ...... mother."

The fifth prince climbed onto the bamboo couch, pounced on the fifth princess, and comforted him in a milky voice, "Fifth sister, don't cry, my mother is not angry with you, my mother is angry with the person who bullied you......"

Lingxi said to Qiaozhu who was standing on the side, "Tell Xiao Dezi to prepare a sedan chair, and I will go to meet Concubine Ying for a while to see what kind of trick she wants to play!" ”

"Niangniang, you are not well yet...... Qiaozhu looked worried.

"If I don't figure this out, I won't be able to lie in the temple for half a year!" Lingxi wiped the tears on the face of the fifth princess with a handkerchief, and said, "Mu'er doesn't cry, the mother concubine will go to seek justice for you!" Who said that the mother concubine doesn't want Mu'er, Mu'er is the heart of the mother concubine, how can the mother not want the heart meat? ”

The fifth princess nodded, sobbed and climbed down Lingxi's knee.

Xia Qing hurriedly stood up and stepped forward, fearing that the fifth princess and the fifth prince would fall. By the time Xia Tong reacted in a daze, the five princesses and the five princes were already standing firmly beside the bamboo couch.

Xia Tong was in a hurry, and tears fell. She knew that she was stupid, inferior to Xia Qing everywhere, and she was afraid that Lingxi would send her away.

Lingxi's heart is not satisfied with Xia Tong's daily work, but fortunately, there is one thing good about stupid people, that is, absolute loyalty. Even if he rebelled, he couldn't hide things in his heart, and he could see a few points from the face.

Lotus Ye heard Xiao Dezi say that Lingxi wanted to prepare a sedan chair, and hurriedly walked in from outside, and said anxiously, "Niangniang, no matter how angry you are, you have to take care of your own body." Wouldn't it be a pleasure for you to forget your worries and theories when you were sick like this, and finally angry with yourself? ”

Lingxi stood up with Qiaozhu's hand, and said with a pretty face, "It's okay, I have to go today." The fifth princess is still young and can't tell what is good and what is bad. If we do it in our hearts now, it will be our mother and daughter who will suffer in the future. ”

Lotus Ye couldn't persuade him, so he had to change Lingxi's clothes with Qiaozhu. Afraid that Lingxi would be affected by the wind again, Lotus Ye put on a slightly thicker red palace dress for Lingxi, and put a cloud bun on his head. After wearing a few beaded jade hairpins, he applied some fat powder to Lingxi's face to cover up Lingxi's pale face after recovering from a serious illness.

Everything was cleaned up, Lingxi hugged the fifth princess, and took a soft sedan chair and went straight to the palace where Concubine Ying lived.

When passing by the Zichen Palace, Lingxi saw Feng Xiang beside Wen Jieyu from a distance carrying a food box and walking towards the Zichen Hall with two little palace maids. was angry in his heart, and immediately ordered Xiao Dezi to take down the incense.

Feng Xiang was so frightened that he dropped the vermilion box on the ground, and a cup of warm fish soup spilled inside.

Lingxi didn't say anything to Feng Xiang, only hugged the five princesses and laughed, and went in the direction of the Forgotten Palace.

Entering the Imperial Garden, Xiao Dezi's eyes were sharp, and he saw Yan Meiren coming from the direction of the lotus leaf pond. After telling Lingxi, Lingxi hurriedly carried the little eunuch who carried the soft sedan chair to meet him.

Yan Meiren had already seen Lingxi coming in a sedan chair, and wanted to pretend that she didn't see it and turn to the other side of the rockery, but she didn't think that Lingxi was far away and said in a loud voice, "The capital is sick, but it is Yan Meiren who doesn't want to be sick." The ceremonial staff of the palace has been in front of her, and Yan Meiren's big eyes are still not watery. ”

Yan Meiren smiled embarrassedly, and hurriedly held Xiangzi's hand to salute Lingxi, "Concubine to Concubine Ying, please be safe!" ”

"Ann?" Lingxi didn't get out of the soft sedan chair, and replied with a sneer, "This palace is weak, and half of the year is spent lying in the palace and eating that bitter medicine soup, I'm afraid that others will already think about the early death of this palace in their hearts, how can this palace be safe, and how can it be safe?!" ”

Yan Meiren swallowed and foamed, Fu's body there trembled, and her voice was like a mosquito and fly, "Concubine Ying's words are serious, Niangniang is just a cold invasion of the body, and it will be good if you want to raise it for a few days." The sisters in the harem have always been harmonious, how can they have such vicious thoughts in their hearts? ”

"Didn't Yan Meiren have breakfast in the morning? How can you speak in a voice that is not as good as this long-term illness and just recovering from a long illness? Lingxi said in a loud voice, "I know that Yan Meiren is unwilling to eat more in order to maintain a slim figure, and those who don't know think that Concubine Ying, who is the assistant manager of the Sixth Palace, did not give Yan Meiren a moon gift!" Who do you want to make this delicate look in the Imperial Garden?! ”

Yan Meiren was so frightened that she knelt on the gravel ground with a puff, and said in a trembling voice, "The concubine doesn't dare, the concubine doesn't dare!" The concubine said that Niangniang was just cold and only needed to recuperate for a few days. The sisters in the harem are harmonious, and they will not have any bad thoughts about Niangniang in their hearts......"

Lingxi raised her eyebrows, put away the anger on her face, and said softly to Yan Meiren, "Why is Yan Meiren so afraid, this palace hasn't said anything yet." Hurry up, if you let people who don't know see it, you will chew your tongue again, and say that this palace has punished you for kneeling in this imperial garden......"

Hearing this, Yan Meiren hurriedly stood up from the ground with Xiangzi's hand, lowered her head and said, "It's okay, it's none of Niangniang's business, it's the concubine who is tired of shopping in the imperial garden by herself, and she will fall to the ground if she doesn't stand firm for a while." lost his honor in front of his mother, and asked his mother for forgiveness. ”

"You're right, why did this palace forgive you?" Lingxi touched the tender face of the fifth princess with his hand, and said with a smile, "This palace has been very good in recent days, thinking that I haven't been to the Forgotten Worry Palace for a long time, so I want to go and have a look." What, do you want to go with Yan Meiren? ”

"The ...... in the concubine hall" Yan Meiren looked down at her embroidered plum blossom skirt, thinking about how she could refuse Lingxi and avoid a disaster.

The fifth princess sat in Lingxi's arms, looked at Xiangzi beside Yan Meiren, and whispered, "Mother concubine, the other is her ......."

Xiangzi's body trembled since she saw the incense seal in the spirit rhino wand. At this time, he was pointed at by the fifth princess, his body trembled even more, he glanced at the fifth princess with his peripheral vision, and hurriedly lowered his head.

Lingxi raised her eyebrows at the lotus leaf, and the lotus leaf straightened her back and walked in front of Xiangzi, and shouted loudly, ", do you see the princess like this?!" ”

Yan Meiren raised her head in horror, looked at Xiangzi and then at Lingxi, and said, "Niangniang, Xiangzi her, she didn't mean to ......"

"The cheap maid next to you looks at the princess angrily, not only do you not discipline her strictly, but you actually ask for her." Lingxi helped the step shake on his head, and said coldly, "I think Yan Meiren has not been in the palace for many years, and the minions brought in are not familiar with the palace rules. Then the palace will work hard for Yan Meiren, discipline and discipline this cheap slave who provokes right and wrong for Yan Meiren! ”

Xiangzi knelt on the ground, knelt down at Lingxi and said, "Concubine Ying, Concubine Ying, the slave didn't look at the five princesses, the slave didn't!" Xiangzi turned around and pulled the skirt of the beauty again, so frightened that tears flowed down, and cried, "Beauty, the slave and maid are not, the beauty saves the slave and the maid." ”

Yan Meiren looked at Lingxi, whose face was flat, straightened her back after a few ups and downs in her chest, gritted her teeth and said, "What good is it for Concubine Yingniang to do this?" ”

Lingxi's knife-like eyes swept towards Yan Meiren, raised her eyebrows, and said, "What kind of benefit does Yan Meiren do this?" Oleander juice, do you really think I don't know who made it? ”

Yan Meiren's face turned from white to blue, and her upright body trembled.

"You can use this trick to repay the other in the other way?" Lingxi sneered, "From now on, you should think about what you should do and what you shouldn't do in the dead of night when no one is around. ”

Without looking at Yan Meiren's frightened expression, Lingxi lowered her head and said softly to the fifth princess, "Mu'er, that cheap maid is disrespectful to you, how are you going to punish her?" ”

The eyes of the fifth princess became as cold as a rhinoceros, and there was no warmth in her milky voice, "Bullying the princess is a capital crime, and she should be put into the violent room and killed!" But Mu'er didn't want to hurt people's lives," the five princesses' good-looking brows and Lingxi's usual appearance rose, and when there was a hint of hope on Xiangzi's face, she smiled brightly, "Let's do it, the three precepts." ”

Xiangzi fainted and fell to the ground.