In the Chaohua Palace, I happened to meet Concubine Qi Shufei and Xue Chuling talking. Seeing that Pillow Spring came to visit, Concubine Qi Shu's face was still very polite, and she pointed to the maid to set up a seat for Pillow Chun: "Ming concubines rarely come, how can I have time to come to see the palace today." He smiled, "Do you want to drink tea or cooked water?" ”

"Cooked water is enough." Pillow Chun saluted, and met the two Xue daughters in front of him. Sure enough, although Concubine Qi was graceful, she was not as young and beautiful as Xue Chuling, and only said, "It is appropriate to greet Concubine Qi Shu's mother." What's more, Zhen Wanyi is also there, and the concubine Tian is shameless to make a funny story. ”

Xue Chuling smiled shyly, and it was really tender: "Concubine Ming is now Your Majesty's sweetheart, where do you need to say these words." ”

Concubine Qi Shu didn't see jealousy or annoyance, she was very virtuous: "No need to be formal, everyone is not a sister." ”

"Yes." Pillow Chun was most tired of saying these kind words with hypocrisy and hypocrisy, so he simply said, "It's not for the side." Today, I received a letter from home, saying that my father recently met a little friend, who was Xue Sheng, the concubine of the Xue clan in Lejing. It just so happens that the concubine has a sister, who is thirteen years old, has studied some books, and looks good. ”

Concubine Qi Shu is so smart, she will understand when she hears it: "Xue Shengyuan." Our Xue clan has such a student in the Lejing clan, who is sixteen or seventeen years old. I've heard of it once or twice. The An family in the Ming concubine's family is now out of Tanhualang, which shows that it is a scholarly family, and the daughters are all good. ”

Pillow Chun said politely: "How dare you talk to the Xue clan in Hedong." The concubine respects her mother's family background and has always admired such a famous family in the county. Therefore, I also came to ask Niangniang, what is the appearance of this Xue Shengren? ”

"Concubine Ming is polite." Concubine Qi Shu played a fan embroidered with gold butterflies in light yarn, and shook it slowly, as if thinking: "I entered Lejing before leaving the pavilion, and I only saw it once." At that time he was young, fair-skinned, and good-looking. I heard the female relatives of the clan say that he is a young man who reads diligently, and he will not get bad enough. Then he looked at Xue Chuling, "Zhen Wanyi has been in the palace for a short time, and the concubine and concubine have taken the same family study as Lejing, and they are similar in age to that Xue Shengyuan." What do you say? ”

Xue Chuling was jealous of his identity as a concubine, his expression was slightly cold, and he immediately smiled respectfully: "As my sister said, I have often seen it, he is a good son." ”

Concubine Qi Shufei nodded again and again: "Look, Zhen Wanyi said the same thing." Xue Shengren is good-looking and promising. Isn't it just right? ”

Pillow Chun was relieved when he heard this: "Sure enough, it's Xue Shilang, all of them are the best." The concubine was not only guided by Concubine Qi, but also said by Zhen Wanyi herself, so she was naturally overjoyed. ”

So he chatted a few words with him. It's not a taste to say a lot, just listen to Concubine Qi Shu's words, and she retired as if she had been pardoned.

Xue Chuling walked out of the Chaohua Palace, but he didn't have to go out of the palace with Pillow Chun. Since she entered the palace, she has lived in the Jinju in the palace of Concubine Qi, and only instructed Zhenchun to say, "Concubine Ming is good to go back and go." ”

Pillow Chun retreated, but saw Xue Chuling looking at her with a handkerchief. Asked, "What else does Zhen Wanyi have to teach?" ”

Xue Chuling said: "Your Majesty is very satisfied with the selection of prostitutes in the Sect Le Palace a month ago. First, the people who entered the workshop this time were in line with His Majesty's wishes, and secondly, it was necessary for Concubine Xie Ming's humility to let me choose so many wonderful people. ”

This is a secret statement, Pillow Chun not only gave her the matter of choosing a casual prostitute, but also saw that she chose so many lower women and kept quiet. Pillow Chun had to reply, "The concubine should do it." ”

"Concubine Ming is modest. Since Concubine Ming gave me courtesy, I also thank you for once. Xue Chuling stroked the side of the bun with one hand, and there was no trace of the ear pillow on the wall, and the Dankou moved slightly for a while, "Thank you." ”

Pillow Chun frowned, and raised his voice: "Zhen Wanyi doesn't need to be polite. ”

Yulan then helped Zhenchun to walk back along the palace road, and when she saw Zhenchun's brows tightened, she asked in a low voice: "Little master, what did Zhen Wanyi say to you, you are so uncomfortable." ”

Pillow Chun helped Yulan, saw that there was no one around, and sighed softly: "She thanked me for letting her go back, and told me a message in return." She gently pulled down the handkerchief and covered it to her lips, "Xue Shengyuan has a bad temperament, he is only sixteen years old, he has raised an outer room, and he has a son. ”

Yulan was shocked when she heard this, bowed her head and said, "You have a son before you get married?" Such a man is still Xue Shilang, how can the little master's sister-in-law marry such a person. ”

Pillow Chun thought so: "But she Xue Chuling is still quite in love and hatred, and she is willing to tell me." If you blindly listen to Concubine Qi's words, I won't know what will harm my sister for the rest of my life. ”

Just as he was talking about such a thing, Pillow Chun thought about it in his heart, so he had to Zhang Juren to be a good person. Although the family background is simpler, it is better than these pickled and roundabout things of the official family of the Wang family, so that the concubine can have a good home. I thought about how to go home and state the reason. I saw a figure in a goose yellow palace dress in front of me slowly detouring on the palace road. Although the woman was dressed simply, she carefully combed her hair in a bun and adorned it with a hairpin. She has a graceful figure, and the crystal glass on her head reflects the light in the sun, which is particularly conspicuous.

"Whose little master is that?" Pillow Spring let the light flicker, and it was not real.

Yulan lowered her eyes and replied: "It's none other than the palace maid crescent moon in the small master house of the concubine of Tinglan Pavilion, and the slave maid saw it twice when she went to Tinglan Pavilion to deliver satin." ”

Pillow Chun remembered: "It's her, I saw Sister Liu bring it during the Qixi banquet, and she is a dexterous one." It's a big day, and she's walking slowly here. ”

Yulan thought for a moment: "This leads to Qianxi Palace, maybe the little master of Xi Concubine has something to give to Your Majesty, and sent her to run away." ”

"Where did Sister Liu do such a thing. If she is willing to embroider a sachet every day to send to His Majesty, with her background, she is now a mother. I also read that Liu Anran has a high heart, and sure enough, everyone has their own way of living. It's just that when I say this, I am worried, "I'm just afraid that Sister Liu will be emotional, and if she thinks of going to a dead end one day, no one can persuade her to come back." What she loves is the Son of Heaven in the end. ”

From there, he returned to Qi Yunxuan, wrote home about Zhang, Xue, and Shi's three sons, and sent Liu Anran a few interesting things. The so-called July fire, August clothes. In such a season, the occasional illness in the palace is not a serious illness, but a fashionable disease of wind and heat. In particular, the palace people of the procurement department went out of the palace from time to time, and they brought in the symptoms from the outside for a while. The inner palace is close to each other, and the people have no one to take care of it, so it will become a disease within a few days. Mu Beiyi ordered to isolate the sick palace people, but anyone who had a headache and fever could not do it, and only carefully preserved the dragon fetus of the imperial concubine and the jade nobleman.

is so carefully cared for, the imperial concubine Shi of Yufu Palace still clamored that her brain hurts, her body is not happy, and she wants Lian Yueyang, who has been born and raised, to serve her sick.

Her Yufu Palace is carefully cared for, where is there any worry about getting sick?

It stands to reason that even Yueyang, as Wanyi, is the concubine of the Son of Heaven, and Shi Shigui is only a concubine of the imperial concubine. There has always been only a reason for the concubine to serve the main mother's wife, how can there be a lowlier concubine to serve the nobler? This thing is clearly that she Shi is a demon, and after it is not sealed, she is making a raft with Lian Yueyang, and she wants to give the six palaces prestige. so that everyone may also divide their dignity and humility, knowing that she will go further in the future.

Even Yueyang is such a forbearant woman, she doesn't say a word, and she doesn't make a fuss. She only goes to serve Shi Shi at noon every day, drinks fetal medicine in the afternoon, and serves dinner in the evening. Hearing that Shi was very well served by her, she praised her repeatedly: "Lian Wanyi is really a palace maid and has been born and raised, so it is very appropriate to do these things of service." If you hadn't come to serve this palace, I don't know when the wind and heat in this palace would be good. ”

Although Mu Beiyi felt that it seemed inappropriate for Shi to be too domineering, she was approaching the day of childbirth, so it was naturally difficult to refuse, so she rewarded Lian Yueyang with some clothes to show relief.

The first day of August is a thunderstorm, and the sky is gloomy and gloomy. Pillow Chun asked Concubine Qi Shu to say goodbye, came out of the hall, and saw Lian Yueyang holding an umbrella to go into the rain.

"Sister." Pillow Chun went to call her, "With such a heavy rain, do you still want to go to Yufu Palace?" ”

Lian Yueyang twisted a gray handkerchief, and turned her head haggardly: "If it's late, the imperial concubine will inevitably blame." Seeing that she covered her lips and coughed lightly, she said softly: "Sister, go back quickly, the wind is hot and cold in this season, and it is inevitable that the body will be uncomfortable for a while." ”

Pillow Chun saw the handkerchief in her hand, and the ordinary cotton and linen materials at that time would not have been used if it weren't for the down-and-out concubines. Although she Lian Yueyang is now being held by the Shi family, she is still in the position of Wanyi, and she has just been rewarded by Mu Beiyi, how can she be treated so harshly. I didn't have a trace to take her to see, but I saw a few small words on the corner of the handkerchief, and I couldn't see it clearly. Xinkou said: "Although my sister has to deal with the imperial concubine, in the end, for the sake of the eldest prince, she must also press it." I only hope that my sister will cherish herself. ”

Lian Yueyang nodded, gently avoided Pillow Chun's hand, and sighed: "Naturally, I have to do this." ”

Pillow Chun's palm gently swept over Lian Yueyang's hand, only to feel that it was a greasy and hot layer of sweat, and the scalding was also uneasy. But seeing that Lian Yueyang deliberately avoided it, as if he was hiding trivial matters, he said casually: "Sister, pay attention to your body, I'll go back first." ”

Then he went back to Qiyunxuan, brushed away the rain, drank a bowl of brown sugar ginger water in the spring, and called Su Bai on the couch: "You have been in the palace for a long time, do you know what Tian is doing...... Where's the word? ”

Su Bai was smart and literate, thought for a while, and replied: "I think it's the preparation office, and it's under the procurement department." Dare to ask where did the little master see it? ”

Pillow Chun peeled the sunflower seeds on the table: "See a palace maid, holding a handkerchief." ”

Su Bai nodded, worried, and said, "Naturally, it is the palace maid of the Procurement Division." The procurement department wants to go out of the palace gate, and everyone has the objects to pay for. Nowadays, the current illness of the Procurement Department is the most contagious, although His Majesty has been detained a lot, and there is always a slip through the net. For the sake of the jade body, it is better for the little lord to talk less to those palace maids. ”

"Yes." Pillow Spring nodded, and his face became gloomy. Sure enough, Lian Yueyang had a grudge in his heart, and he used bitter tricks to make a mistake, and his sword went sideways.

Sure enough, within a few days, Shi's so-called wind and heat had symptoms, saying that he had fever and vomiting, and he couldn't eat. Even Lian Yueyang, who was serving her, was even more serious, and fainted directly when she fed Shi Shi the decoction, and the imperial doctor came to see that the person was unconscious.

At the beginning, it was said that the illness was false, but now it is true. Shi Shi couldn't say anything about his suffering, so he hurriedly asked someone to send Lian Yueyang back. Although it is just ordinary wind and heat, Shi's pregnancy is already old, where can he afford to take the decoction again. The hospital had to prescribe some warm bitter water to drink, and at this time, the disease was stubborn, and Shi's pain became more and more attacked. Her birth was already unstable, but now that she is sick, she asks her pulse three times a day, and she also sweats coldly at night, and her abdomen throbs. After a few days, it was said that the imperial concubine only slept for two hours a day, her eyes were dark, her face was pale, and she already had a slippery fetus.

Lian Yueyang's body is warm, although he fainted in Yufu Palace when he was sick, he can be raised for a few days.

Shi Shi was already scared, and he was focused on protecting the fetus, where would he have time to find trouble with others. This tossed and turned until the beginning of autumn.

Pillow Chun also received letters from home. Tu replied that the concubine An Huatang read Pillow Chun's family letter and knew that the eldest sister intended to marry her to Zhang Xiucai, and she was a little reluctant to give in, and people couldn't eat. After suffering like this for a long time, she lost weight again, and her father couldn't bear it, so he allowed her to choose by herself. An Huatang chose the brother-in-law of the imperial concubine Shi to marry into the mansion of He Tingshi as a concubine. You can get married after the year, and you will be able to do a happy event in two years.

Pillow Spring sighed with a smile.

She has never liked autumn, and thinks that although the sky is high and refreshing, it has a momentum that is about to decline, and it is far less vigorous than spring and summer. She likes things that are full of business, and she likes those who live tenaciously. In the morning, I still asked for peace in the palace of Concubine Qi, it was raining outside, and all the concubines loved to wear light and elegant clothes, and at this time they were wearing thin-soled brocade shoes, and a trip to the rain would not wet the socks. There are those who are titled above the throne to pass the chariot, and those who are in the lower position are waiting for the maid to get the umbrella.

The jade nobleman is now full-term, although Concubine Qi Shu exempted her from asking for peace, but the jade nobleman was afraid of the imperial concubine's means of cleaning up people, so he didn't dare to take Qiao at this time, and only held his stomach and waited for the umbrella under the eaves carefully. She is now aggrieved, clearly pregnant with the imperial heir but was pressed down, in the heavy rain, in the stomach of October, she has to walk back to her residence, and it is inevitable that her brows will bend.

The concubines were talking in twos and threes, and their eyes were staring at the heavy rain outside. Pillow Chun, Liu Anran and Duanmuruo, the three of them were chatting about the fashionable clothes in autumn, and they saw a waiter hurriedly running in the rain.

The waiter was running errands under Concubine Qi, and he didn't know what errand he was in a hurry, so he ran into the palace in the rain, and his body was wet. It was because he was in a hurry to run, and he didn't know where he didn't step on it steadily, and knocked the jade nobleman into a stumbling one.

The jade nobleman protected his stomach, fell back two steps, looked at it, but became annoyed in his heart: "You foolish thing, but you deliberately hit the master's stomach?!" ”

Yajieyu was respected at the moment, and when she heard her words, she hinted: "The body of the jade nobleman is important, this slave is in the palace of Concubine Qi Shuniang, and if you think about it, you will not deliberately bump into it in front of everyone." I pronounced those words clearly.

When the jade nobleman heard this, it was clear, and because of the authority of Concubine Qi Shu, the discomfort accumulated for many months suddenly surged into his chest, and his eyes turned red instantly. said: "Yajieyu Niangniang is the most good at making peace, but if it weren't for my quick eyes, I don't know what a big crime it would be at this time!" ”

When the waiter saw that it was a pregnant jade nobleman, the three souls and seven spirits were so frightened that they hurriedly kowtowed: "The jade nobleman forgives his sins!" The slave had something important to report, so he collided with the jade nobleman! ”

"What matters matter, there is the heir in the womb of the lord who matters." The jade nobleman also cried as he spoke, "Don't be careful!" ”

The waiter was covered with rain, and he was wet on the ground, and replied: "The imperial concubine of Yufu Palace is unwell when it rains today, and at this time, I see that my pregnancy has already attacked!" ”