The relationship between the emperor and the queen is harmonious, and it is naturally good in the eyes of the queen mother of the two palaces and Jian Huaizhen. Empress Qian originally appreciated the Shuntian Wu family, Jian Huaizhen felt that she was quite sorry for Queen Wu in dealing with the matter on the wedding night, and took special care of her, and Empress Dowager Zhou felt that although Empress Wu was not her favorite person, she was very filial to herself, and her words and deeds were also very consistent, and she couldn't help but look at her, she saw the depth of the relationship between the emperor and the queen, and she was also very happy, so that the harem calmed down for a while.

However, this situation fell into the eyes of another person, and she only felt that ten thousand arrows pierced her heart, and that person was Wan Zhen'er.

Wan Zhen'er saw that the emperor and the queen had such a good relationship, not to mention how much she hated it, before she used means to become a noble person from a palace maid overnight, which caused many people to be envious, but also caused many people to be dissatisfied. Many people think that Wan Zhen'er is thirty-six years old, and she actually became the emperor's nobleman in one fell swoop, I am afraid that she must have used some means, otherwise how could the emperor look at such an old and decrepit person. Therefore, there are a lot of rumors about her in the palace, and what makes Wan Zhen'er most angry is that since the emperor has a harmonious relationship with the queen, he has forgotten her as a person at all, although she was named a nobleman, the emperor has never come to see her once, let alone other things.

Wan Zhen'er thought about it, and always felt that this was not a way, if it went on like this for a long time, I am afraid that after the harem, everyone will forget that there is still a Wan Zhen'er in this palace, that is, the Empress Dowager Zhou's situation with Wan Zhen'er at this time is not as good as before. In the past, Wan Zhen'er was the palace maid of the Empress Dowager Zhou, and the Empress Dowager Zhou regarded her as a confidant, but now the situation is different, the emperor's wedding night favored Wan Zhen'er, although under Wan Zhen'er's crying, the Empress Dowager Zhou thought it was the emperor's fault, and the Empress Dowager Zhou also advocated that the emperor should make Wan Zhen'er a nobleman. However, despite this, the Empress Dowager Zhou's dislike for Wan Zhen'er in her heart involuntarily gave birth to a little bit, Wan Zhen'er is always thirty-six years old, about the same age as herself, and she still has to be the emperor's concubine, it is really ridiculous to say it, and Wan Zhen'er's environment in the harem at this moment is undoubtedly embattled.

She thought about it and decided to come up with something to change her fate. There is always a belief in her heart, that is, fate is in her own hands, if you want not to be bullied by others, if you want to be under one person and above ten thousand, then you must rely on your own efforts to fight for it, think about it, Wan Zhen'er finally came up with an idea.

On this day, she went to ask the Empress Dowager Zhou to say goodbye, Wan Zhen'er since she was named a nobleman, although the relationship with the Empress Dowager Zhou is not as good as before, but the etiquette is not abolishable, she still saves and does not delay every day. She walked to the Yanxi Palace, and saw that Empress Wu was accompanying the Empress Dowager Zhou, Empress Wu was pursing her lips and smiling, as if she was saying something funny, which caused the Empress Dowager Zhou to laugh happily, and the Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Empress Wu with a very pitying expression, and comforted her with kind words.

All this fell in Wan Zhen'er's eyes, and she felt a heavy hatred, and immediately surrounded herself. Despite this, she still held back the anger in her heart, walked into the Yanxi Palace, bowed to the Empress Dowager Zhou, and said: "The slave maid asks the Empress Dowager to say goodbye, and the Empress Dowager is blessed." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou was talking happily with Empress Wu, and when she saw Wan Zhen'er walking in, she gave Wan Zhen'er a look and said: "You don't have to make this big gift, you can go back, there is no order from the mourning family in the future, you don't have to come to ask the mourning family to say goodbye, let the queen come to accompany the mourning family more in the future." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou's words were like a thorn, stabbing Wan Zhen'er fiercely.

Wan Zhen'er lowered her eyebrows and said, "Yes, she stood up and turned around to leave." She had just taken two steps when she suddenly fainted and fell to the ground.

Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Wu were laughing at themselves, but they didn't expect Wan Zhen'er to suddenly faint on the ground. Empress Dowager Zhou frowned, and said to the eunuchs and palace maids under her command: "Go and pass on the imperial doctor, and see what is wrong with Wan Guiren?" ”

When her eunuchs heard this, they went and summoned the eunuchs.

Not long after Empress Dowager Zhou saw that the eunuch went out, Imperial Physician Zhang followed in, so she moved around and said, "Why did you invite the Imperial Physician so quickly." ”

The eunuch replied respectfully: "The servant just walked out of the palace, and happened to meet Imperial Doctor Zhang, so he invited him over to treat Wan Guiren." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou said with a sigh: "That's okay, Imperial Doctor Zhang, take a look, what kind of disease is this Wan nobleman, when Wan Guiren used to be a palace maid and mourning the family, his body has never been sick or sick, but he didn't expect this to be a nobleman, but his body is expensive, so easy to get sick, and faint in the palace of the mourning family, if it comes out, I don't know that the mourning family is not good to her and abuses her." When Empress Dowager Zhou said these words, there was a lot of contempt in her tone, which showed that Wan Zhen'er's status in her heart at this moment was not as good as before.

When Imperial Physician Zhang heard this, he hurriedly saluted the Empress Dowager Zhou, and replied very respectfully: "Obey the order," and after speaking, he stepped forward to check Wan Zhen'er's pulse.

Generally, the imperial doctor took the pulse of the palace concubine, which should have been separated by a curtain, but the Empress Dowager Zhou did not take Wan Zhen'er in her heart, so she did not let the imperial doctor follow the rules.

The imperial doctor diagnosed Wan Zhen'er, turned around and knelt down to the Empress Dowager Zhou and said, "Empress Dowager Qi, Wan Guiren she... Wan Guiren, she-"

When Empress Dowager Zhou saw Imperial Doctor Zhang spitting and spitting, she couldn't help frowning and said sharply: "What the hell is going on, even if you say it, why bother spitting and spitting, what do you look like." ”

"Yes, the Empress Dowager, congratulations to the Empress Dowager."

"Oh, where does the joy come from?" Empress Dowager Zhou asked Imperial Doctor Zhang with some puzzlement.

Imperial Physician Zhang said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager is very happy, Wan Guiren is pregnant, and it has been three months. ”

"Ah, I'm pregnant, three months old." Empress Dowager Zhou was taken aback and opened her eyes wide, "You said that Wan Guiren is pregnant, but this is true." ”

"Empress Dowager Qi, what the slave said is true, and there is no preface," Imperial Physician Zhang replied respectfully, this result was really too surprising to the Empress Dowager Zhou. Wan Guiren is now thirty-six years old, and the emperor is only eighteen years old, Wan Guiren and the emperor are only in the same room once, but I didn't expect to be an old clam and a pearl, which is indeed incredible. Despite this, Taiyi Zhang has a good reputation during the visits of Taiyi, especially in gynecology, and the diseases he diagnoses are generally not wrong. It can be seen that Wan Zhen'er is really pregnant.

Empress Dowager Zhou was so happy when she heard this, she hurriedly stepped forward to help Wan Zhen'er up, helped her to sit down on the chair next to her, and said: "Your child, you are three months pregnant, you don't even know, do you have any discomfort on weekdays?" ”

Wan Zhen'er thought for a while and shook her head, and said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Empress Dowager Qi, the slave maid usually doesn't feel anything wrong. It's just that lately, I feel that I don't like to eat greasy things, and if I eat a little first, I feel like I'm vomiting. ”

"Silly boy, that's a sign of pregnancy." Empress Dowager Zhou said from the side.

Wan Zhen'er showed a shy expression, lowered her head, and said to the Empress Dowager Zhou with some embarrassment: "Let the Empress Dowager smile, Zhen'er doesn't understand this truth." ”

In fact, Wan Zhen'er is not a few years younger than the Empress Dowager Zhou, but she looks very young, and the Empress Dowager Zhou is more and more happy when she sees her thin eyebrows and fine eyes, how to look at how to make people like.

She looked at the Imperial Physician and said, "Imperial Physician Zhang, you said that Wan Guiren is pregnant, do you know whether she is pregnant with a boy or a girl?" ”

"This ...... The Empress Dowager, this Weichen can't see it yet, when the fetus of Wan Guiren is five or six months old, Weichen will definitely be able to diagnose it from the pulse at that time. ”

Zhou Guiren nodded and said slowly: "Okay, you can go down." Come on, there are many rewards for Imperial Doctor Zhang. ”

"Yes", the eunuchs responded, and invited Imperial Doctor Zhang down.

Empress Wu heard on the side that Wan Zhen'er was pregnant after only having sex with the emperor once, which was not a taste in her heart, she thought about it, and felt that she was so young, Wan Zhen'er was twenty years older than herself, but she was pregnant so quickly, and she was tired of being with the emperor every day recently, but there was still no movement, and she couldn't help but feel very bored.

At this moment, where does the Empress Dowager Zhou still care about Emperor Wu. She hurriedly called the little eunuch over and said, "Hurry up and report the good news to the emperor, just say that Wan Guiren is pregnant." ”

"Yes" The little eunuch agreed, and went to the Qianqing Palace to find the emperor.

Empress Dowager Zhou thought about it again, she felt that Wan Zhen'er's pregnancy was a big deal, after all, this was the emperor's first child, such a big happy event, if she didn't inform Empress Dowager Qian and Jian Huaizhen, I am afraid that it would not be reasonable to say it. So, she sent a few eunuchs to Wan'an Palace to inform Empress Dowager Qian, and to Wan'an Palace to inform Jian Huaizhen.

After a while, Jian Huaizhen and Empress Dowager Qian and others came together. Jian Huaizhen has always been good to Wan Zhen'er, and when she heard that she was pregnant, she was very happy in her heart, so she took off a crystal clear jade bracelet from her wrist, handed it to Wan Zhen'er, and said: "This jade bracelet was given to the palace by the concubine Wang Guifei of the Yongle Emperor, and now the palace will be transferred to you, hoping that you can give birth to children for the emperor and continue the incense for the Ming Dynasty." ”

Wan Zhen'er knelt down and said, "Thank you for the reward from the eldest princess." ”

Jian Huaizhen hurriedly helped her up and said with a smile: "Now that you are already pregnant, you don't have to bow down this ceremony." ”

Empress Dowager Qian also heard that Wan Zhen'er had a happy event, and she was very happy, and she also had her own reward.

Soon, Zhu Jianshen got the news from the eunuch and hurried to the Yanxi Palace. When he saw Wan Zhen'er and Empress Wu, they were both sitting next to Empress Dowager Zhou, and Jian Huaizhen and Empress Dowager Qian were also there, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute Jian Huaizhen and Empress Dowager Qian first, and then said to Empress Wu: "You are also here?" ”

Empress Wu said softly: "Yes, congratulations to the emperor and thousands of nobles on being pregnant, it is really gratifying." ”

Zhu Jianshen saw Empress Wu and congratulated him sincerely, without a jealous expression on his face. I felt a little sorry for her, and said: "I am so young, it is a matter of time before I have a child, and now that Wan Guiren is pregnant, the queen and other concubines will be happy one after another, and I will definitely be impartial in the rain and dew." ”

Zhu Jianshen's words were originally said to Empress Wu, and he was appeasing Empress Wu and telling her that he would not be particularly partial to Wan Zhen'er because she was pregnant. He still has a deep affection for Empress Wu.

Hearing these words in the ears of several queen queens and Jian Huaizhen, they felt that the emperor was a sensible person, since he understood the truth that the rain and dew were evenly wet, and the harem concubines would not fight. So the family sat together and gossiped.

Empress Dowager Zhou specially ordered someone to take her boat with Wan Zhen'er and send her back.

Since Wan Zhen'er became pregnant, several queen mothers and Jian Huaizhen in the harem have never stopped rewarding her. Wan Zhen'er was proud in her heart, but the emperor still didn't have much difference from her before, so the queen mother sent the queen to visit her a few times, and the emperor just said a few words of comfort to her casually, and then turned around and left, never spending the night in her palace. Wan Zhen'er knew that the emperor disliked her because she was too old and was not a good match for herself. The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and a vicious plan came to her.

Before she knew it, it was winter, Wan Zhen'er was seven months pregnant, and her belly became very large, looking very pregnant. Imperial Physician Zhang also specially told the Empress Dowager Zhou, Empress Dowager Qian and Jian Huaizhen: "Wan Zhen'er is pregnant with a boy. ”

When everyone heard this, they were very happy to see that the Zhu family had incense that could be continued.

Wan Zhen'er naturally received very heavy treatment. Wan Zhen'er stroked her growing belly, and she knew that what she had to do next was her last chance to turn over.

At the beginning of the day, there was a thin layer on the ground, and the sky and the earth were covered in silver. It's like a layer of white gauze satin, which is very cute.

Wan Zhen'er said to her henchman Xiangmei: "It's boring in this palace, and it's weird, why don't we go out and enjoy the snow scene?" ”

When Xiangmei heard Wan Zhen'er say this, she immediately said in fear: "Noble lady, now that she is already pregnant, how can she go out casually?" What's more, the ground on the road outside is slippery and very cold, if anything happens, how can the slave and maid explain to the queen mother and the eldest princess of the two palaces. Speaking of this, she hurriedly raised her hand, slapped herself in the mouth a few times, and said, "The slave said the wrong thing, and she should be beaten in the mouth." ”

Wan Zhen'er glanced at Xiangmei coldly, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, between this house, although there is silver charcoal burning, it is very warm, but this palace is in my heart, and I always feel bored and panicked, this palace is just going out for a walk, don't you accompany me?" After saying that, he insisted on walking out.

Xiangmei saw that Wan Zhen'er had to go out, but she had no choice but to raise her head and follow Wan Zhen'er out.

She took a few steps and thought about it, remembering that Empress Dowager Zhou had told her to protect the child in Wan Zhen'er's womb no matter what. If that child has any three strengths and two weaknesses, the first thing she will kill at that time will be herself. Xiangmei said to another little palace maid, Xiangyan: "You go and tell the Empress Dowager Zhou immediately, just say that Wan Guiren wants to go to the snow to enjoy the snow scene, no matter how much you persuade her, the slaves and maids are afraid that something will go wrong, so tell the Empress Dowager first." ”

When Xiangyan heard this, her face turned pale with fright, and she immediately turned away.

Wan Zhen'er walked around the imperial garden alone, and she said to Xiangmei: "Such a grand scene, but it has never been common, this imperial garden is so beautiful, it really makes people like it." ”

After hearing Wan Zhen'er say this, Xiangmei praised on the side: "What the noble lady said is that the snowflakes are so crystal clear, and they really make people like it." ”

The two of them said casually if they didn't have a match.

Wan Zhen'er touched her head and said, "This palace feels a little tired, why don't we go to the snow viewing hall over there and sit down." ”

Xiangmei heard Wan Zhen'er say this, and then said: "Niangniang, since you are also tired, why don't we go back." ”

"That's not good, we've only been out for a while, and we're going back, how boring." As she spoke, she sat down in the Yingxue Hall, looked up, and saw that there were a lot of lush pine trees planted next to the Yingxue Hall, and the pine trees were covered with a layer of white snowflakes.

"The slave and maid look at this snow, and they like it in their hearts," Xiangmei said on the side when she saw Wan Zhen'er's expression.

Wan Zhen'er smiled indifferently and said, "I heard that there is a clump of white plums in the imperial garden, which was moved by the eldest princess from Huaiming Garden, why don't we go and see how it is." ”

"Ah, do you want to go see that white plum? The place where the white plum blossom is located is behind Wan'an Palace, it is relatively remote, and the road is difficult to walk, so I think we should not go. Xiangmei said with bright eyes.

"Don't you have the right to go out and walk around this palace? She tilted her head as she spoke. ”

Xiangmei saw that she was a little angry, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Of course not, since the noble lady said so, then let's go." ”

"I'm going alone, what's the point, it's better like this, you invite the queen mother, just say that the palace wants to invite the queen mother, enjoy the snow scene together, and watch the white plum."

Xiangmei listened to Wan Zhen'er's instructions, very hesitant, she thought about it and said: "Niangniang, wait for the slave maid here, the slave maid will send someone to invite the queen mother, as for the slave maid is to be with the mother, you must not let the mother have any mistakes." ”

Wan Zhen'er heard Xiangmei say this, so she went.

Not long after, Xiangmei came back and Shi Shiran bowed down to Wan Zhen'er and said: "Qiqi noble lady, the slave maid has sent Xiangxue to invite the queen mother, and the queen mother will soon go to the plum pavilion to enjoy the plum." ”

Wan Zhen'er raised her head and smiled: "This is very good, let's go to the Plum Pavilion and wait for the queen now." After speaking, Xiangmei helped Wan Zhen'er and helped her to the plum pavilion behind Wan'an Palace.

In the plum pavilion, there is indeed a white plum blossom, which blooms just right. From afar, I feel that the fragrance is pleasant, annoying, and when I get closer, I feel that the jade branches of the Qiong tree, the plum blossoms, and the petals are like being paved with ice and snow, and I can't help but reach out to touch them when I see them from afar.

Wan Zhen'er had just sat down in the plum appreciation pavilion when she saw Empress Wu coming over. As Empress Wu walked, she folded a snow-white white plum blossom and put it on her sideburns. With a leisurely attitude, she smiled and said: "The plum and snow are three points white, but the snow loses the fragrance of the plum, and the plum and snow reflect each other, each with its own strengths, which is really beautiful." The plum color is as white as jade, like a snow-white milk, quietly unloaded; The plum tree trembled with the breeze and the plum blossoms were crumbling, and the plum blossoms were so soft and the branches were so soft that they stood proudly in the snow, and they were very intoxicating. ”

Wan Zhen'er listened to the queen's poem and said: "The queen's mother is really a good learner, and she is worthy of being born in a famous family. ”