The queen heard that her mother and sister-in-law had come to the palace to see her... Excitedly ran to the gate of Fengxiang Palace to meet them.

Mrs. Ning Yuan and Mrs. Ning Yuan Marquis Pei Shufen were also taken aback when they saw that the queen actually came to the palace gate to greet them. Looking at the queen's appearance carefully, she is really haggard, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes are even denser, and the marks of giving birth to four children are finally revealed one by one, and she looks more than ten years older.

Pei Shufen was secretly frightened, remembering that Emperor Hongxuan was still handsome and deep, and secretly sighed that women are really inferior to men, and they are not old..................

When the queen saw Mrs. Tai, her eyes were already full of tears, she grabbed Mrs. Tai's hand and called "Mother"!

Mrs. Tai has not heard the queen call "Niang" for some years, and when she heard it today, she couldn't help but moisten the corners of her eyes, and she also grabbed the queen's hand, squeezed it heavily, and motioned her to go in and talk about it.

The queen hurriedly held back, nodded at Pei Shufen, and went in with Mrs. Tai.

Came to the blue gauze cupboard in the inner room of the queen's bedroom, and there was a small warm kang under the south window. The three sides of the kang are against the wall, and there are large pillows full of smoke, so no matter where you sit, you can lean back comfortably on the big pillows.

- It was Pei Shufen who gave the queen the advice according to the big sofa in her previous life... The arrangement of this long ondol into an oversized sofa is indeed a novelty.

Although Emperor Hongxuan did not come to the queen's dormitory much, he also appreciated the arrangement of this warm kang.

The queen invited Mrs. Tai to the warm kang, and she and her sister-in-law Pei Shufen sat on the warm kang one left and one right, and placed a kang table with a hollow dragon and phoenix auspicious pattern carved on the four legs of yellow huā pear wood.

The palace maids and chamberlains shuttled back and forth, serving tea and snacks to the queen, Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Marquis Ning Yuan, and placed them on the kang table between them.

The queen waved her hand and let them all go down, only then did she pick up the white jade auspicious porcelain covered bowl teacup with one hand, uncover the lid with the other, take the lid and lightly scratch the teacup, and look at the tea without speaking.

Pei Shufen waited for a while... Glancing at Mrs. Ning Yuan, Mrs. Marquis saw that Mrs. Tai was still looking at the queen, and she looked very distressed.

"How is the queen lady doing?" Seeing that no one spoke, Pei Shufen was worried that there was no time, so she quickly provoked the topic.

Mrs. Tai also hurriedly asked; "Niangniang, listen to what the eldest prince said... The mother is grounded... What the hell is going on? ”

When the queen mother heard the concern of her mother's family, she couldn't hold it anymore, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and cried with a whimper, before she choked up; "This palace has caused trouble for the emperors."

Pei Shufen heard what the eldest prince said, and was a little impatient, and said; "Mother, crying won't solve the problem. The courtiers know that the mother is wronged... But if Niangniang didn't explain what happened at that time, we couldn't help if we wanted to. ”

The queen paused, threw the veil on the small table beside her, dragged out a brand new handkerchief from under the pillow, and wiped her face... He lowered his voice to Pei Shufen and Mrs. Tai; "It's a long story..................," he said, recounting the events of that night.

Pei Shufen listened intently, and felt that he was inseparable from the eldest prince, so he asked; "Who does this think?"

The queen blinked, looking a little helpless... muttering; “…………… I thought it was the Duchess of Zhenguo, but the saint didn't believe it. ”

Pei Shufen sighed and said; "Niang Niang thought so... After this incident... Whoever gets the most benefits will be the most suspicious. ”

The queen frowned... His eyes wandered; "You mean .................." pointed in the direction of Fengxu Palace to the west.

Indeed, after this incident, Lan Zhaoyi lost her child, and Zhao Jieyu gave her life. And the queen herself, offended the Zhenguo Mansion, was grounded, and was deprived of the phoenix seal. The imperial concubine was in charge of the six palaces alone, not only sold well in the Shengshang, but also tied up with the Zhenguo Mansion.

In the past few days when the queen was grounded, she also heard the palace maids chatting, saying that the imperial concubine took great care of Lan Zhaoyi, and personally instructed the Internal Affairs Office, Lan Qing Palace, everything should be good. I heard that the saint was very satisfied, and now he has returned to the inner palace, and only went to Lanqing Palace and the Fengxu Palace of the imperial concubine, and he has not summoned the concubines to sleep for many days..................

Hearing the queen lay out these things one by one, Pei Shufen smiled meaningfully and said; "The queen is also a smart person, do you know what the courtiers mean?"

The queen was a little skeptical; "But when did she buy Lan Zhaoyi's aunt in charge? It stands to reason that she doesn't have a mother's family, who will help her outside the palace? ”

Pei Shufen's eyebrows raised, and said; "This is the purpose of the courtiers entering the palace today. Niangniang, do you know where this housekeeper aunt is from? Where is the family? If there is a background, Hou Ye might as well visit outside. ”

The queen was busy; "I've been thinking about it for a long time. Fortunately, the eldest brother and sister-in-law thought of going with Hongu. With that, he got up from the kang and walked to the inner room.

After a while, the queen took the booklet and walked into the bundle and showed it to Pei Shufen and Mrs. Tai; "Mother, sister-in-law, you see, this is the origin of the aunt in charge. To be able to come to the palace to be a palace maid, and to be a housekeeper aunt, you must be an innocent and well-documented person. When she was on an errand here in the palace, her origin was put here in the palace. ”

"Does Lan Zhaoyi know this?" Pei Shufen asked as she looked.

The queen's face was a little unnatural, and she lowered her head and said; “……………… Shouldn't know. She was just a nobleman at that time, not the head of the first house, and there were some things that were not given to her. "I originally wanted to keep a hand for myself, but it turned out to be a disaster. The queen also regretted it at this time.

Pei Shufen hurriedly comforted the queen and said; "With something to avoid, it's much easier to check. Niangniang can have a pen and paper here, let the courtiers copy a copy and go back to show the Hou Ye. ”

The queen went out in person to get a pen and paper, and watched Pei Shufen copy all the information of the housekeeper's aunt.

"Niangniang, we are outside the palace" should do their best for Niangniang to find out the family of this housekeeper. When the mother is in the palace, she must also remember to keep an eye on the imperial concubine, and she must not be underestimated. Pei Shufen whispered in the queen's ear.

"But the eldest emperor told the palace not to do anything.................. "The queen didn't know who to listen to."

Pei Shufen said with a smile; "The eldest prince is young, he hasn't experienced anything, he hasn't thought about it so much, and there are others. In fact, it's okay to be confused, at least you won't cause trouble for your mother. ”

The queen was a little unhappy, like every woman who has become a mother, she does not like to hear others say that her child is not good, and she is not afraid to say it; "The eldest emperor has been smart since he was a child... Astute. The saint has always treated him differently from other emperors. ”

Pei Shufen knew that he was loyal and obedient, and he was busy playing the round; "That's right. In the future, these burdens will fall on the eldest prince, and Niangniang will now give the eldest prince more experience.

The queen just gave up, and beckoned Mrs. Tai and Pei Shufen to drink tea and eat snacks.

A few people gossiped for a long time before Pei Shufen glanced at Mrs. Tai and wanted to tell the queen about his plan.

On the way to the palace from the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion before, Pei Shufen had already told Mrs. Tai in detail about her plans in the car.

Mrs. Tai felt very reasonable when she heard it, and she was full of praise at that time, and after letting her enter the palace, she found an opportunity to explain it to the queen.

Pei Shufen's glance reminded Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai moved from the kang to the side of the kang, and Pei Shufen hurriedly got off the kang and helped Mrs. Tai put on her shoes.

"You're a little tired from talking about the old body, how about you go to the mother's warm pavilion to rest?" Mrs. Tai said with a smile. Because it was a private topic, Mrs. Tai didn't want to sit here and embarrass the queen.

The queen was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Pei Shufen suspiciously.

Pei Shufen smiled and made a "don't be impatient" look at the queen, turned around and helped Mrs. Tai to the warm pavilion, handed it over to the palace maid to serve, and then turned around and returned to the blue yarn cabinet in the room.

The queen sat on the kang and looked at Pei Shufen with a suspicious face and asked; "What the hell is going on?"

Pei Shufen sat down next to the queen with a smile and said; "Niangniang, forgive me, the courtiers have trespassed."

The queen stepped aside, and did not hold up the queen's shelf, but the expression on her face became more and more eager.

Pei Shufen leaned into the queen's ear and whispered; "Niangniang, we think that Niangniang should have another child.................." The queen is pregnant at this time to prove to everyone that the queen is still favored, and it can also deter those who are about to move, so that they can weigh their own weight.

The queen's face turned red with shame, and she whispered; "What do you think is a big deal? — Which is the final say in this matter? "Paused... The queen said softly again; "Even if this palace wants to give birth, you have to be able to conceive it.................." seems to have something to say. It has been more than seven years since the queen returned to the capital from the southwest, but she has not come out again.

Pei Shufen thought about it, the empress has three in her Chinese New Year's Eve this year. In Pei Shufen's previous life, it is not surprising that women of this age have children. But in this other world, after a woman is thirty, she rarely gives birth to children. When the imperial concubine gave birth to a child at the age of thirty, she was already considered an advanced maternal age, and if the queen was pregnant, she would be even more "advanced" than the imperial concubine.

No wonder the queen is embarrassed. When a woman is old, she can't give birth if she wants to.

"Niangniang, now Shu Fen will talk to Niangniang as a sister-in-law, and I hope Niangniang will not blame." Pei Shufen smiled and said, knowing that she had to convince the queen... There's still a lot of work to be done.

The queen nodded and said; "Naturally, there is no blame. But it doesn't hurt for you to say it. ”

Pei Shufen leaned into the queen's ear and asked; "May I ask if my mother's little day is on time?"

The queen nodded, the blush on her face receded slightly, and she remembered that Pei Shufen was a person who had never given birth, and couldn't help asking; "How do you know that?"

Pei Shufen had already thought of an excuse and said; When Shu Fen was in her parents' house, she liked to read miscellaneous books, and she had read many medical books before, so she was no stranger to these things. In addition, in the early years, my sister-in-law Pei Shufan, in order to give birth to a good child and humility, also asked my mother-in-law to seek medical advice, so I know a little bit about it. ”

The queen knew why Pei Shufan couldn't give birth to a child in the first place, and her expression was a little unnatural when she heard this, and said; "That's the incident, my mother is sorry for your sister-in-law.................."

Pei Shufen hurriedly stopped the queen's words and explained; "Don't say that, mother. The past is gone, so don't talk about it again. Shu Fen talked about this matter today, because she wanted Niangniang to believe that Shu Fen had a way to increase her chances of getting pregnant, and it depended on whether Niangniang was willing to give it a try. ”

The queen was suspicious and whispered to Pei Shufen; "Do you really have a way?"

Pei Shufen took out a small glass bottle, which contained three pills and a prescription, and stuffed it into the queen's hand, and said; "This is the recipe I used back then. When I was in my mother's house, I got it from my grandmother by chance. To tell the mother the truth, Shu Fen is using these pills to replenish herself. Just wait for Shufen's five-year contract to expire in eight months, and you can get pregnant. "At that time, I vowed not to get pregnant for five years, and it was about to expire.

The queen also knew, and she had already believed most of the words.

But in the end, the pill was what was the entrance, she didn't dare to make a mistake, and put the small glass bottle back into Pei Shufen's hand and only accepted the prescription, saying; "This palace asked the pharmacist of Tai Hospital to dispense the medicine according to the prescription. It's not easy for you to prepare these pills, so let's use them for yourself. ”

Pei Shufen didn't insist, took back the small glass bottle, and just smiled at the queen; "The mother is considerate of the courtiers, and the courtiers are blessed. It's just that if Niangniang wants to give the prescription to the pharmacist of the Tai Hospital, she still has to choose a confidant. Otherwise, this recipe will spread, and I don't know how many more little princes and princesses will be in this palace. ”

The queen hesitated again; "So powerful?" Take the recipe over and look at it carefully.

I saw that it was written "Ten coins of deer placenta paste, ten coins of epimedium weed, ten coins of wolfberry> five coins of angelica, five coins of ligustrum, three coins of Yuzhu, three coins of Codonopsis, four coins of Eucommia, four coins of astragalus, four coins of rehmannia, and four coins of 11 xiong with brown sugar, kneaded into pills, and it is better to take it between two sunflower waters, and it is good for the woman to conceive." "In fact, it is a traditional Chinese medicine for ovulation induction.

The queen watched it for a long time, and only knew that avoiding some medicines that were indeed tonifying the body just didn't know if they were put together, and whether the effect was doubled?

Pei Shufen observed the words and knew that the queen was already a little tempted, so she took out the small glass bottle again and said; "This is a medicine made by Shu Fen himself. If the queen has doubts, how about Shu Fen entering the palace according to the day in the future and cutting a pill in half, how about Shu Fen and the queen taking it at the same time? "If it's poison, you'll kill yourself.

When Pei Shufen said this, the queen suddenly dissipated all her doubts and said happily; "Then I'll be tired of my sister-in-law." Again; "Today happens to be the day between the two sunflower waters, why don't we eat one together?"

Pei Shufen nodded and asked; "Does the queen have a small silver knife?"

The queen went into the inner chamber again, took a small pair of silver scissors from her dresser, and asked; "How about silver shears without silver knives?"

Pei Shufen took it with a smile, poured out a black pill from the glass bottle, and took the silver scissor and cut the medicine in half.

The queen casually glanced at the small silver scissors, waited for a while, and saw that the silver scissors had not turned black, so she said; "Is it ready to eat? Does drinking tea reduce medicinal properties? ”

Pei Shufen shook his head; "Probably not." As he spoke, he and the queen ate half a grain for each person.

Then Pei Shufen cut another one, and the two of them ate it again, which can be regarded as one pill per person.

After taking the medicine, Pei Shufen bit her ear with the queen; "When will the Holy Lord summon the queen to sleep?"

The queen blushed and said; "The first and fifteenth days of the saint will come to the palace of the main palace. It's just that I don't do it every time.

Pei Shufen also blushed a little, but still instructed; "Niangniang must remember that even if you take this medicine, you can't get pregnant without seeds." It's already been said quite explicitly.

Although the queen gave birth to four children, she had not yet talked to outsiders about these bed guards, and her ears were red with shame when she heard the words.

Pei Shufen talked for a long time, and when she saw that the queen finally understood what she meant, she didn't say anything more, and got up and said; "At this time next month, the courtiers will enter the palace again to see the mother. If it doesn't work, let's continue. "I also told the queen not to talk to others, even the saint must be tight-lipped. If the saint knows that the queen and her mother's family are plotting against him, then the saint will be angry, and the queen will lose her grace even if she is pregnant.

The queen thought so deeply and assured Pei Shufen; "Don't worry. You know this> I know, God knows, the earth knows, and no outsider knows. He also told Pei Shufen not to leak the prescription. If this prescription is really so miraculous, the less people know about it, the better. The queen really doesn't want to see more and more "pomp" of the little prince and princess in this palace.

Pei Shufen threw the prescription into the smoke cage next to her and burned it in front of the queen, and smiled at the queen; "It's all in the minds of the courtiers."

Only then did the queen relax and obey Pei Shufen's more and more words.

Pei Shufen saw that all her strategies were adopted by the queen, and she was also very proud, so she said a few more greetings, said goodbye to the queen, and went out to find Mrs. Ningyuan in the warm pavilion... Let's go out of the palace and go back to the Marquis Ningyuan's mansion.

In the car back to the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, Mrs. Tai asked about this matter and said; "You've negotiated with your mother?"

Pei Shufen nodded and smiled; "Niangniang is a smart person, she can understand it at all, and she has already promised to give it a try." The matter of giving the queen ovulation inducing pills, Pei Shufen and Mrs. Tai did not mention it.

It's big or small. Although Pei Shufen has a lot of prescriptions now, they have been improved by outside doctors. But she didn't want anyone outside to know about this prescription... It's just that I divided the prescription into several parts, divided them and took them outside for others to see, and added or subtracted a lot of ingredients accordingly, and changed the dosage to avoid a situation like the eldest princess.

After the improved prescription and the halving of the amount of herbs in her Langjing Cave Heaven, Pei Shufen was convinced that this time, there should be no problem.

Although she herself accompanied the queen to take a pill, she knew that it would not work for her for the time being. Because this morning, she found that her little day had arrived early.

Back in the Marquis Ningyuan's mansion, Pei Shufen went to the outer courtyard to find Chu Huajin with the note with the information of the housekeeper's aunt's family.

Qin Lisheng, the chief steward of the outer courtyard, told her that the Hou Ye went out to visit friends and was not in the house.

Pei Shufen was a little sullen and asked casually; "Which one did you go to? I've read all the posts in the past few days, and today happens to be a gap, and no one invited us today.

Qin Lisheng said with a smile; "Back to Madame's words. Today, Mr. Shan posted a post to Hou Ye, inviting Hou Ye to go to Dajue Temple to listen to the abbot's Zen teaching, which is very elegant. ”

Pei Shufen's heart tightened. I've been busy these days, and I actually forgot about Mr. Shan.

"Steward Qin, I just want to ask, since the prince doesn't need Mr. anymore, what do you want Mr. Shan to do in the mansion? Why don't we introduce him to another mansion? Last time I heard, Dingnan Hou Mansion is also looking for Mr. "Dingnan Hou Mansion is Aunt Qi's maiden home. The eldest son of the Marquis of Dingnan, that is, the elder brother of Aunt Qi, was promoted to the northwest by Ningyuan Marquis Chuhua at the end of last year to serve as the general army of the northwest.

Qin Lisheng snorted and said perfunctorily; "Madame's posts have been sent out. Besides, in our house, even the places where a few gentlemen live are tidy. If you shirk it and let others know, it's really time that we can't open the pot in our house, we can only have one radish and one pit, and one more person can't afford to feed it. If this is going to get out, the reputation of our Ningyuan Marquis Mansion will be really bad. ”

Of course, Pei Shufen couldn't say the real reason why she wanted to refuse Mr. Shan's entry into the house, and she just asked in vain, and with the intention of what to do, it would be better to end the matter.

Since he has tried so many times, he can't get rid of this Mr. Shan, and Pei Shufen can only admit it for the time being, and talk about it later.

Chu Huajin didn't come back until the evening when he was in charge of the lights.

Knowing that Pei Shufen had gone to the outer courtyard to look for him during the day, Chu Huajin went to Zhonglan Courtyard and asked Pei Shufen what was the matter.

Pei Shufen first looked at Chu Huajin carefully, and when she saw that his eyebrows were straight, his face was ruddy, his face was radiant, and his complexion was very good, he asked with a smile; "I heard that Master Hou went to Dajue Temple with Mr. Shan today?"

Chu Hua slapped his thigh and said to Pei Shufen; "You're so discerning! This Mr. Shan is really a talented person. Not to mention piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, all of them are fine, and even participating in Zen and enlightenment are also good hands. Today in Dajue Temple, even the abbot of Dajue Temple was almost defeated under him! If I had been a gentleman with a shunner, my achievements today would definitely be more than that! ”

Pei Shufen pursed her lips in her heart and said secretly, if you had been a student with this Mr. Shan since childhood, there would probably be nothing to do with the two of us..................

"Why should Master Hou grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige? No matter how good Mr. Shan is, he is just a landing man, Mr. Sitting. And Hou Ye is a talent who has passed through the heavens and latitudes, and a person who governs the country and economics, which is Mr. Shan's huā hooves and whistles' qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, 'Zen and enlightenment, which can be compared? Pei Shufen made a look of extreme disdain for Mr. Shan.

Chu Huajin listened very helpfully, so he left Mr. Shan behind and asked Pei Shufen; "You went to the palace today to see Niangniang, what is the matter?"

Pei Shufen said everything the queen said, and said what she persuaded again, and showed the origin of the family of the aunt in charge of the transcription to the Hou Ye.

Chu Huajin looked at it carefully, and immediately got up and said; "I'll go to the outer court to counsel with someone." I got up and left.

When he came to the outer courtyard, Chu Huajin immediately called a few people who were good at finding out the news, gave them an address, and asked them to inquire about the people who lived here.

These people inquired for two days, and then reported to Chu Hua that a family living at this address had been transferred to a village on the outskirts of Beijing.

Chu Hua was overjoyed, and while asking people to inquire who the Zhuangzi was, he counted all the manpower, planning to go to the village tomorrow.

A word of caution. Tomorrow is the 28th, and the pink will start to double. Everyone wait a little longer, tomorrow morning, or after 12 o'clock in the evening today. There is no pink bastard, remember to vote for me for a free recommendation. Please! (To be continued.)