The quiet night sky, the moon is like practice. Zhu Ran stood by the carved window and couldn't help but think, tonight, in the Xingqing Palace, it should be a full moon.

"Mother, it's time to go to bed." Xiao Ge walked over to Zhu Ran, gently closed the window, and lowered the curtain.

"Xiao Ge," Zhu Ran looked at Xiao Ge and asked softly, "Why... A man can have three wives and four concubines, while we women can only guard one man? ”

When Xiao Ge heard this, his face changed in fright, and he hurriedly stopped Zhu Ran and said: "What did Niang Niang say, there are talking eyes in front and back in this hall!" ”

"Xiao Ge," Zhu Ran ignored Xiao Ge's stop, and continued: "Do you envy Du Youcheng's wife, Mrs. Yan, and Princess Shoukang, why can their husbands only guard them for one ......" Zhu Ran said this, and he already had the answer in his heart, because of their status, they had a higher status than their husbands, so their husbands did not dare to take concubines.

Lying alone on the couch, but unable to sleep. People must have goals in life, her first goal is to hope that her mother will live well, and after meeting Lu Zihan, she has a second one, and then these two goals are no longer needed, she has a third one, went to Lingxi to find Zhu Heyu, and now she has a fourth. It's just that her third goal doesn't exist anymore, after correcting the name of the Dong family, where should she go? no longer continued to please Zhu Heyu, and was thrown into a corner of the deep palace by him, or like this, speculating on his mind and getting his favor......

I didn't want to choose either path, but fortunately I left it behind and only did that one first......

On the second day, the sky was clear, it was a good day for double happiness, Ha Xin'er was pregnant and had a birthday.

"Niangniang, everyone in the palace has gone to Ning Guifei Niangniang to please her, don't we have anything to prepare in the palace to send over?"

Zhu Ran was sitting on the soft couch, holding "Qi Min's Technique" in his hand, just pretending, he couldn't read it at all, put down the book, looked at Xiao Ge and said: "There is no need to do this, in the eyes of Concubine Ning, except for the emperor's heart, nothing is good." ”

Xiaoge leaned over and smiled at Zhu Ran, "Isn't it in the eyes of Niangniang!" ”

Is she? Zhu Ran shook his head and said no more. After a while, I suddenly thought of something and asked Xiaoge: "Did Concubine Hui Niangniang also go to Xingqing Palace?" ”

Xiao Ge went through the people he saw just now in his mind, shook his head, and said, "She didn't go." ”

Zhu Ran sighed, looked at the pot of spider plants she had carefully cared for on the high table of the window, and asked Xiaoge: "I don't know if Concubine Hui can like these flowers and plants." ”

Xiaoge couldn't figure out what Zhu Ran meant, so he could only follow Zhu Ran's words: "Why don't you go and inquire!" ”

"No need, just send this pot of spider plants over, don't forget to say hello for me when you see Concubine Hui, I hope she has time to come to Chenghuan Hall to sit."

……

Xu is pregnant, which can make people change their hearts. Ha Xin'er wanted to watch the play for the first time. She never asked Zhu Heyu to do anything, which was rare to open her mouth, and it was not an excessive request, even if Zhu Heyu agreed.

In the afternoon, he invited a famous theater troupe from Kyoto City and set up a stage in the Imperial Garden. People up and down the palace were present, and Zhuran was no exception.

Zhu Heyu is Du Yuyan on the left, and Ha Xin'er is on the right. Zhu Ran sat far away from Zhu Heyu. Watching the peach feast performed on the stage, I was distracted and went to see Zhu Heyu's women. Du Yuyan was graceful and generous, with a smile on his face, but there was ruthlessness in his eyes.

Ha Xin'er was cared for by Zhu Heyu, watching the play for a while, and smiling at Zhu Heyu for a while.

Zhang Yuying was also like a bamboo, she had no intention of watching the play, she looked at Zhu Heyu with hope in her eyes, and her left hand touched her stomach unconsciously in the dark.

Looking at Li Tinghui on the left of Zhang Yuying and on the right of Zhu Ran, her face was pale, and her eyes were dull, as if she was hiding infinite thoughts.

Although everyone in the audience has their own thoughts, they are all quietly watching the play on their faces. At this time, a miserable scream suddenly came from near Zhuran, causing everyone to look here.

Zhu Heyu also cast his gaze, and when he saw that it was not sent by Zhu Ran, he was immediately relieved. instructed Zhao Yuquan to stop the troupe, and asked the situation in a cold voice: "Concubine Yu, what's wrong with you?" ”

Du Yuyan saw Zhang Yuying's red and swollen hands scalded by hot tea, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly send the imperial doctor!" ”

It turned out that Li Tinghui didn't hold the hot tea in her hand, and it happened to be sprinkled on Zhang Yuying's hand. Zhang Yuying felt the burning pain in the back of her hand, but she took care of her image and endured it.

Li Tinghui was already kneeling on the ground and begged Zhu Heyu to punish her.

When the imperial doctor came, he hurriedly bandaged Zhang Yuying, Zhang Yuying endured the pain, it can be seen that Zhu Heyu did not take care of Li Tinghui's cruel words, and his heart was aggrieved, and his tears couldn't stop flowing down.

Zhu Heyu was swept away, looked at Li Tinghui who was kneeling on the ground, and said to Zhu Heyu impatiently: "If you do something wrong, you will be punished, just give him 20 boards!" ”

Li Tinghui, as the niece of Li Li Gongxi, the daughter of Yin Li Gongyi of Kyoto Prefecture, has been coaxed by 10,000 people since she was a child, although she is not squeamish, but she is delicate, how can she bear these 20 boards.

As soon as these words came out, the reaction of the crowd was mixed. Zhu Heyu felt no emotion on his face, but he was thinking about how to deal with this matter in his heart. Zhang Yuying waited for Zhu Heyu to speak to relieve his anger. Li Tinghui, who was kneeling on the ground, grabbed her skirt helplessly with both hands. The palace maids and eunuchs, although they didn't dare to gasp on the side, were watching the excitement in their hearts.

Li Tinghui is a kind-hearted, sensible and assertive person. Knowing that she complained about this, before Zhu Heyu spoke, she spoke: "The concubine was distracted for a while, but she didn't want to cause a big disaster, causing Concubine Yu to suffer from this, the concubine was willing to be punished, and I hope that the emperor will transfer the position of the concubine and the concubine, and the concubine is willing to stay by the emperor's side to serve as a concubine!" ”

This method is a good policy, Zhu Heyu was worried about the face of Li Gongxi and Li Gongyi, and compromised the words of Ha Xin'er and Li Tinghui, and demoted Li Tinghui to a talented person under the concubine. Zhu Heyu opened his mouth to be a holy decree, no matter who was satisfied or dissatisfied, he did not dare to have any complaints.

Yaxing, who was watching the play, was disturbed, dismissed the troupe, and after everyone knelt down to Zhu Heyu, they all dispersed. Ha Xin'er looked at Zhu Heyu beside her, and asked with a slightly tentative smile: "Is the emperor going to me tonight?" ”

Zhu Heyu said bluntly: "I don't plan to go." ”

Ha Xin'er nodded, got up and wanted to go to Xingqing Palace, her movements were unscrupulous, and she was the same as when she was not pregnant. Zhu Heyu watched Ha Xin'er's actions, walked to her side, fixed her, and whispered cruel words in her ear: "Xin'er is blessed to be the first to conceive my child, but if Xin'er is willful, causing the child to fail, then Xin'er will lose her qualification to be a mother forever." ”

"Are you saying that you will never touch me again?" Ha Xin'er did not shy away from it, ignoring the palace maids and eunuchs beside her.

Zhu Heyu smiled and didn't answer, let go of Ha Xin'er, turned to Zhao Yuquan and said, "Send Concubine Ning back to Xingqing Palace, if there is any mistake, bring someone to see me." ”