Chapter 55: The First Fall of the Red Leaves of the Forest
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In the Forbidden City at the end of August, Tanjin Yingzhi is close to Chongyang, the cangqing shadow, the water lotus bush is a boatload of autumn light, and the dark fragrance floats. Between the willow banks and the causeway, you can hear a few yellow warblers' cries from time to time, and the crisp chirping is tactful and melodious.
In the main hall of Kunning Palace, Queen Hu Shanxiang sat upright, her eyebrows stretched and her expression serene. She wears a dragon and phoenix bead emerald crown, a yellow shirt with a dark blue curtain, weaving gold clouds and clouds and dragon texts, paving emerald circles with gold, decorated with beads, jade pendants, and red bow clothes with gold clouds and dragon texts before and after, which is graceful and luxurious.
In the main hall, after asking for peace, more than a dozen concubines sat on the boxwood chairs in turn according to their ranks, some took tea and sipped silently, some took fruits and snacks to taste, and some talked with the concubines in front of them.
The first person sitting under the queen's right hand is the concubine Sun Qingyang, she is wearing the concubine's regular clothes, the green circle of gold clothes are shining brightly, gorgeous and abnormal, more and more her skin is like jade, beautiful out of the dust, at this moment, she is facing a loving smile, watching the eldest princess Jinxiu take a rattle, teasing the little princess Jinyu who is not very stable on the road to play.
The sweet Zhaoyi Jiao Tiantian stretched out her hand as white and tender as spring onions, picked up a piece of white jade plate on the table, with a small and round bottom, and a pile of crispy silk pastries like condensation mist, put it in her mouth, and savored it. Then, she showed a sweet smile and smiled at Sun Qingyang: "Sister Sun, do you want to give this phoenix tail cake to the little princess?" The phoenix tail cake here is delicious. โ
Before Sun Qingyang could answer, the eldest princess Jinxiu pursed her lips, "My sister is small, she can't eat it, and Jinxiu doesn't eat it either." โ
The queen who was sitting on the top said with Yan Yuese: "Jiao Zhaoyi, the two of them are still young, their teeth have not grown well, and they can't eat sweets." The eldest princess doesn't let her eat sweets, and besides, she is a little princess, she is only a little over a year old, and she can't eat it......"
When he spoke, Hu Shanxiang spent most of his time looking at his four-year-old daughter Jinxiu.
Sun Qingyang said with a smile: "Yes, before the child's teeth are grown, they have to eat less sweets, the eldest princess's baby teeth have not been replaced, and the little princess has not even grown her baby teeth. โ
Jiao Tiantian smiled slightly, stuck out her tongue, and said with a coquettish smile: "Look at the concubine, I haven't been a mother, I don't understand anything." โ
In order to compensate for her gaffe just now, she repeatedly said: "Queen Mother, Sister Sun, don't be surprised." The concubine is young and has never given birth, so I really don't know that there are so many troubles about raising children. โ
Sun Qingyang nodded gently, and instructed the nurse behind him to take the little princess to the side to play, and then smiled at Jiao Tiantian: "As the saying goes, 'raising a child is a hundred years old, and the long sorrow is ninety-nine'...... It's all a worrying thing. โ
The beauty who sat down at the bottom listened to it, took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Isn't it, the concubines know how hard it is to raise a child when they see the concubine, you have to take care of the little princess from time to time, and your eyes are good. In fact, it is for the prince in your womb, you should also listen to the advice of the queen's mother, recuperate in Changning Palace, rest and rest......"
After the emperor ascended the throne, when the banquet invited the vassal king who came to Beijing to congratulate, Zhu Shangbing, the king of Qin, presented a team of maiko, she was the one who led the dance, because of her outstanding appearance, as her name suggested, after the emperor removed the clothes, she was named a beauty.
Although Hua Yanrong was born in the market, but people are very smart, soon after entering the palace, she figured out the current situation, originally according to her ideas, is to rely on Sun Qingyang, after all, she is a beauty, and the family has no power and power, want to be alone, just rely on the emperor's fresh favor in the palace for a long time It is impossible to gain a long-term foothold in the palace, but later I heard that the head of the palace, no matter how unfavored the queen, also holds the power of life and death, especially the emperor dragon and Bintian, whether the concubines have a way to live, are in the hands of the queen, so she tries her best to get close to the queen on weekdays.
However, the concubine Sun Qingyang has occupied the emperor's favor over the years, and has recently been diagnosed by the imperial doctor as being pregnant again, according to everyone, first flowering and then fruiting, she gave birth to a princess before, and now she has to be a prince, if she is not already a concubine, unless she is abolished first, I am afraid that just by diagnosing the happy pulse, she will be promoted again.
Rao is like this, and the emperor's rewards are also every once in a while, one after another.
Moreover, under the emperor's knees, at present, only the eldest princess from the queen and the little princess from the concubine have two daughters, that is, the queen mother, and they also care very much about the concubine's birth. In this palace, everyone knows that although the emperor respects the queen, except for the first and fifteenth days of the first day of the new year set by the rules of the ancestors, he rarely stays in Kunning Palace, so even if the queen wants to conceive a son-in-law, it is not easy.
Therefore, if the concubine can give birth to the prince safely, then this child is the eldest son of the emperor, according to the ancestral family law of "having a grandson, not having a grandson", the eldest son of the emperor is very likely to be the crown prince in the future, or even the future son of tomorrow.
Hua Yanrong naturally wants to please both sides, and neither side is in vain.
Of course, in private, the concubine, who was favored and pregnant again at this time, has become the target of public criticism.
Jiao Zhaoyi said with a smile: "But isn't it, Sister Sun is really blessed, the little princess is only a little more than a year old, and she is pregnant again, and when she gives birth to a prince next year, we will have a successor in the Ming Dynasty!" Her voice was sweet, and she said this string of words even more briskly, as if she was really happy for Sun Qingyang.
However, the corners of her eyes were watching the reaction of the queen and the concubine.
Queen Hu Shanxiang's face was calm, and she didn't seem to have changed at all from her previous expression.
Sun Qingyang smiled gently, "It's not good to say that he is a prince now, and even if he is a prince, it will not be his turn to inherit the country." The imperial doctor said that the queen's body is almost adjusted, and she may become pregnant at any time. โ
Jiao Tiantian was a little embarrassed, she immediately quickly changed her words, and smiled at Zhao Yaoying, who had never spoken much: "By the way, Sister Xian, why haven't you seen Lin Meiren today, has she been in good health recently?" Or is it still like that? โ
Lin Meiren is the Jin King Zhu Jixi came to Beijing to congratulate when he came to congratulate, the line is like a weak willow to support the wind, quiet like a virgin water, very delicate and soft, more favored than the flowers.
almost stole the limelight of Jiao Tiantian and Xu Lanyu, who were quite favored a while ago.
But a few days ago, an autumn rain, Lin Meiren, who was already like Xizi's heart, fell ill.
She lives in Zhao Yaoying's Shou'an Palace.
Zhao Yaoying frowned lightly and said, "Lin Meiren is still like that, she coughs more than once she arrives at night, it's really worrying!" โ
Sun Qingyang sighed and said, "Isn't Lin Meiren okay yet?" This autumn rain is cold, she hit the south, she just arrived, not familiar with the weather in the north, this time she fell ill, it was really worrying, the emperor asked her two days ago. Queen Niangniang, there is a new batch of good Ganoderma lucidum in the Internal Affairs House, depending on the concubine, it is better to take a few, and then find some good medicinal materials in the Tai Hospital, so that which sister will follow your order and visit Lin Meiren on your behalf, one highlights the six palaces of Niangniang Demu, and the other also comforts Lin Meiren's heart. โ
Hu Shanxiang, who was seated, bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and said with a gentle smile: "The concubine is thoughtful, just do as you say, since it is Jiao Zhaoyi who asks, it is better for the palace to send Jiao Zhaoyi to visit Lin Meiren, and greet her on behalf of the palace and the concubine." โ
Concubine Hui He Jiayu said with a smile: "Queen Mother, please allow the concubine and Jiao Zhaoyi to go to Shou'an Palace to visit Lin Meiren together." The concubine's father brought back a few old ginseng from Liaodong, and the concubine thought that even the "Shennong's Materia Medica" said that ginseng has the effect of 'replenishing the five organs, calming the spirit, fixing the soul, stopping palpitations, removing evil spirits, and brightening the eyes and being happy and intellectual'. โ
Originally, with Lin Meiren's position, Jiao Tiantian went to visit, which was already a demonstration of the queen's kindness, He Jiayu thought, Lin Meiren was newly favored, and she was so polite to her, first, she could win her heart, and second, let the emperor indirectly know her own virtue.
Last time, she and Sun Qingyang were pregnant with the front and back feet, and after more than a year of conditioning, it should be about the same, maybe the emperor is happy, and he can be pregnant again like last time.
This time, she must be very careful, her mother is healthy, and there should be no more mistakes.
Seeing that He Jiayu was in the position of concubine, she had to go to visit Lin Meiren, and the emperor knew that he must be happy that the harem was so peaceful, and the queen nodded approvingly.
Seeing that everyone said they were going, Hua Meiren also smiled lightly and said: "The queen mother, the concubine Niangniang, and the concubine also want to visit Lin Meiren, after all, the concubine, her and Dou Meiren all entered the palace at the same time, and they should help each other." โ
As soon as she said this, Dou Meiren, who had been pretending to be deaf and dumb sitting opposite her, had to say: "Then the concubine should also go together, Lin Meiren said before that she was unhappy, and the small day was delayed for several days, so she couldn't say it, so she wanted to ask a doctor to go to the lower pulse to see if she was happy." โ
Dou beauty is the king of Chu Zhu Mengyan into Beijing when he entered the court, a little wooden, but the appearance is very beautiful, once the emperor joked that it is a wooden beauty.
The queen had a happy look on her face, "Lin Meiren may be happy?" Why didn't the doctor ask her pulse a few days ago? Later, you can go and bring a gynecological saint from the Tai Hospital, and help her take a look. โ
Dou Meiren replied honestly, "Maybe it's still a shallow day, so I didn't see it." โ
A group of people were discussing the matter of Lin Meiren's side, when they saw an attendant come in and kowtow and said: "Queen Mother, the slave is the little bean of Changyang Palace, come over to help Concubine Li give the Queen Mother a leave." Because the emperor rested in Changyang Palace last night, Concubine Li's back hurts today and she can't get up, so she won't come to say hello to the queen. โ