When Rong Guiren and Hui Guiren withdrew from Chengqian Palace, they both had helpless smiles on their faces, and only after walking away did Hui Gui said: "It's really not easy to be young, push things to us with both hands, she is on top to ask for credit if you do well, and it's our fault if you don't do well, in terms of it, I'd rather be like Concubine Zhao, at least she is not rare to rob us of our credit." ”

Hui Guiren is not so temperamental, but last time Concubine Tong injured the eldest brother in the elder brother's house, she couldn't help but hold a grudge in her heart, and now she can't look down on this little concubine, and she was even more indignant when she was sent to do things.

Rong Guiren sighed: "What else can I do, let's pass the New Year first, she is pregnant with a child and is already expensive, in the end, it is a matter left by Concubine Zhao, and only she can accept it in the palace, the queen mother and the emperor are clear-eyed people, and they will not blame us." ”

Hui Guiren sighed faintly: "It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, there is a shortage of silver in the palace, and Concubine Zhao Niangniang deliberately deducted some problems for Concubine Tong, and the internal affairs office came to tell me yesterday that it is going to be unable to turn over, if the emperor knows about this matter, he will be angry." ”

Rong Guiren frowned and groaned, and whispered for a while, "This matter can be hidden from the top, but not from the bottom, and the Empress Dowager can't hide it." ”

Hui Guiren sighed: "This can only be done." But he said, "But we can't go, Concubine Tong must be staring at it, we have to find a proper person to say this, without a trace, lest Concubine Tong target which one in the future is also our sin." ”

The two of them looked at each other for a moment, and they both thought about it, and the most people who walked in Cining Palace at the moment were none other than Wu Chang of Zhongcui Palace, and Rong Guiren took them on his body and said, "Ji Xin and Pan Xia are familiar with each other, leave this matter to me." ”

Two days later, Pan Xia heard these words from Ji Xin, and all of them were passed on to Lan Qi, and Pan Xia even said: "The slave didn't tell my master, she has a weak temperament. ”

Lan Qi bowed: "Sister, it's not interesting for her to hear it." He thought about Shaoqing and said, "I can't go to Cining Palace by myself, if the Empress Dowager lets me go, there are often other people in the New Year's Festival, you let Jixin tell Rong Guiren, in short, I will think of mentioning it." ”

After Pan Xia left, Huan Chun came back from the door and persuaded Lan Qi: "Does the master really want to talk?" The slave maid thought that the Empress Dowager would not know about it, but you went to say it, the Empress Dowager thought that you and the Hui nobles and Rong nobles were in a group, and the Empress Dowager did not like people to form a party for personal gain. ”

"Then it's better to form a party for personal gain, but this thing is for the palace." Lan Qi sighed, "Although the days are tight, Concubine Zhao will not be unable to live if she does not deduct that sum, someone must press it so that she can let go and put it down." I thought, this matter is a big problem, I will lose the face of the harem, and the emperor will be embarrassed in front of the courtiers, and it doesn't matter if the empress dowager blames me for having those thoughts, as long as the emperor is not difficult to do. Besides, if I treat others frankly and honestly, am I still afraid that my life will not be steady? ”

Huanchun was also helpless, and reminded Lan Qi not to target any one when he spoke, so as not to make the Empress Dowager unhappy. And so coincidentally, the next day someone from Cining Palace came, saying that the Empress Dowager was hungry for date tea, so that Wu Chang was going to serve, Lan Qi made up her mind to come, and there were no outsiders in front of her today.

"Why don't they say it themselves?" The old man didn't move, he still touched the cards and played, and said slowly, "They are also stupid, if it were me, they wouldn't have taken care of the illness earlier." ”

Lan Qi said softly: "The two nobles don't do it anymore, only Concubine Tong Niangniang will support herself, in that case, if you choke with Concubine Zhao, it will be another thing, and if Concubine Tong is pregnant, she doesn't dare to be tired." The concubine thought that the two nobles were also thinking about the overall situation. ”

The Empress Dowager looked at her leisurely: "What about you?" ”

Lan Qi smiled: "The concubine doesn't want the emperor to be embarrassed in front of the courtiers because of these things, you can live your life behind closed doors, but you can't lose your dignity outside." Although it is a long-term plan to live a real life, but people are in their place, and many times the word 'real' is not real. The two disadvantages are balanced against the lighter, and the two benefits are taken seriously, and the affairs of the imperial court and the royal family are always based on the overall situation. ”

The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, and then raised her eyes to look at Mama Su Mala beside her, and Mama couldn't help laughing: "You always say that the emperor makes so many books for Chang Zai to read, and he wants to raise a nerd to come out, but you listen to it now, isn't it a nerd?" ”

Lan Qi didn't think she had said anything great, but she really looked at the two elders blankly, and her grandmother held her and smiled: "The slave and maid listened to your words, and they didn't complain that the master sent the slave and maid to persuade Concubine Zhao again." ”

Lan Qi was stunned for a moment, heard the voiceover, and asked, "The Empress Dowager and Mama, you already knew?" ”

The Empress Dowager touched a good card at the moment, won Lan Qi, smiled with joy on her face, and said indifferently: "Where there are many people, there will be no secrets, there are the most people in the palace, what else can I hide?" If you don't come today, I also sent Su Mala to talk to Concubine Zhao another day, but the noble people still found you. Anyway, the two of them are very steady, although you know a lot of the truth in the books now, but the things on firewood, rice, oil and salt, there are no things in the book, you are closer to them, and you can learn more with cold eyes. ”

"The concubine remembered." Lan Qi was pleased, and quickly played the cards again, and said to the Queen Mother, "The concubine didn't bring any money, and if she came back twice, if she won, she wouldn't have to go back to get the silver." ”

Su Mala smiled and said: "Wu Chang is true and sincere, aren't you afraid of winning the Empress Dowager and making her old man unhappy?" ”

Lan Qi smiled stupidly: "But I didn't bring any money, and the Queen Mother won't be able to see the cash even if she wins." ”

This time, the two elders laughed, and the Empress Dowager came to her heart, saying that she wanted to win all the jewelry on Lan Qi's body, and even called Mama and said: "Go and tell the emperor, let me send the silver, if I don't send it again, I will kill everyone." ”

I thought it would set off a storm, but Cining Palace had already prepared, Lan Qilai instead turned into a smile and playing cards, and spent half a day happily, and when she returned to Zhongcui Palace, Huanchun asked what she said, she couldn't remember, only remembered that her favorite hairpin was deducted by the Queen Mother, and asked Huanchun to turn out her silver so that she could redeem it as soon as possible.

Huanchun is so helpless and so relieved, her master is sometimes wise and calm, everyone is demeanor, sometimes naughty and cute, just a little girl, it is even more rare that she remembers good and bad, and does not remember grudges, no wonder she lives more easily than anyone else.

Sure enough, not long after that, Concubine Zhao finally let go, the days in the palace turned around, and the silver for the Lantern Festival was enough, and the Rong nobles and Hui nobles were extremely meticulous and capable people, even if Concubine Zhao didn't take care of it, Concubine Tong sat back and enjoyed it, and there was no chaos in the palace.

But in this way, Concubine Tong, who enjoyed her success, gained a good reputation, and rumors gradually spread outside that Concubine Zhao's mother was not in good health, and Concubine Tong could also take on big responsibilities in the future.

In this way, it is tantamount to taking away the last trump card in Concubine Zhao's hand, although she blames herself for tossing such a thing, but she didn't expect the Empress Dowager to come to put pressure, she was determined to see Concubine Tong make a fool of herself, and she never expected that the two Hui nobles would be so capable, and they were really despised in the past.

"I have no grace, no heirs, only this little bit of painstaking ability, and now I want to take this power away from me."

In the Yikun Palace, when Concubine Zhao, who lived in the deep "recuperation", said this to Dongyun with tears, her slender nails almost pierced the flesh of her palm, and her red lips were deeply bitten out of blood beads by her teeth.

"It's better for you to say that you are in good health in a few days, after all, Concubine Tong wants to have a baby, and she can't be allowed to work hard, which is a very decent statement." Dong Yun persuaded, "What's more, Concubine Tong didn't do anything, she just took a big invitation, and the Empress Dowager saw it very clearly." ”

Concubine Zhao's eyes were pale, and she said with hatred: "Raising a child? Dongyun, if she gives birth to a prince in this birth, do you know what the result will be? ”

Dong Yun didn't dare to talk nonsense when he knew it, so he only heard the master sneer: "On the top of the concubine, there are still concubines and imperial concubines hanging empty, if she gives birth to a prince, when the general election is sealed next year, do I want to watch her above me?" ”

"Master......" Dong Yun's heart was uneasy.

"Since I entered the palace, no one in the Forbidden City has ever treated me fairly, why should I treat others well?" Concubine Zhao grabbed Dong Yun's hand, her nails almost sank into her flesh again, her eyes were sharp and hideous, and she said viciously word by word, "Don't let her give birth to the child, the emperor now has so many princesses, one less, no more, one more, no less, no evil." ”

"Mother, this can't be helped." Winter clouds are horrified.

"If you don't help me, who else will help me?" Concubine Zhao was forced in front of her, "If the master is not good, what else do you have to do?" Dongyun, when I become the queen, do we still need to look at other people's faces, do we still need to do these things? ”

"Slave maid...... Know, get it. ”

The days flickered, the Lantern Festival was imminent, the Lantern Festival was the first time she was with Xuan Ye for Wu Ya Lanqi, and it had been a year in the blink of an eye, but her real days by the emperor's side were very short.

On the fourteenth day of the first month of this day, Lan Qi came back late from Cining Palace, and there was a wind and snow, and the master and servant walked very slowly along the root of the wall with umbrellas, and it was easy to get to the front of Zhongcui Palace, but there were many people in the distance who hurriedly came here, afraid that they were coming to find themselves, so they waited for a while, but those people turned around and turned into Chengqian Palace.

Back in the dormitory, took off his clothes and warmed up by the charcoal stove, Huan Chun came to change the master's wet shoes and socks, Lan Qi smiled and said: "Next time I won't step on the snow, don't be upset, I will give you all the candy that the Queen Mother appreciates me." ”

Huanchun pouted and complained: "It's not possible for you to be so naughty, so slaves and maids don't rarely eat sugar." ”

As he was talking happily, the curtain outside was raised, and a cold wind poured in, which made Lan Qi shiver, and saw that the cloth was always coming, and he got on the warm kang first regardless of etiquette, and shouted: "Sister, come and sit, I'm freezing to death." ”

But Bu Changzai looked sad, sat sideways on the kang and sat a little bit, and said softly: "When you came in just now, you saw someone coming in and out of Chengqian Palace, right?" ”

Lan Qi nodded, took two sips of ginger tea from Yukui's hand, and saw that Bu Chang was nervous, so he asked her if something was wrong, Bu Chang nodded and said, "You came back from Cining Palace, haven't you heard anything?" ”

"Nope." Lan Qi thought about it, there really was nothing special there.

Bu Changzai lowered his voice and said: "I have been from Chengqian Palace in the past few days, and the smell of medicine I always smell is very familiar. There was movement in front of me just now, I don't know what happened, I asked Pan Xia to take a look, saying that there were many people coming in and out, and the wind and snow couldn't see clearly, I was really worried that Concubine Tong's fetus was not good. I don't like her, but the child is innocent. You didn't hear anything from Cining Palace, so you can see that you didn't report it. ”

Before the words fell, the curtain outside was lifted again, and Pan Xia came in wrapped in a cold, and hurriedly said, "Oh no, Concubine Tong has a miscarriage there." ”

Lan Qi's hand was loosened, the ginger tea bowl almost slipped off, the ginger soup spilled, Huanchun came over to help clean up, and continued to listen to Pan Xia said: "The slave heard the cry, and then the palace gate over there opened generously, and some people went to the Qianqing Palace and Cining Palace, although they didn't hear anything with their own ears, they were afraid that they couldn't make a mistake." Concubine Tong was crying loudly, if it weren't for the sound of the wind and snow, she could have heard it here. ”

"It's pathetic." Lan Qi's heart was slightly cold, "In the end, it is the emperor's flesh and blood, and the emperor must be very sad." ”

Bu Chang was sending Pan Xia to take a look again, and turned to Lan Qi and said, "Let's not go out these days, the bad luck ahead is very heavy, don't torture us again." ”

Later, when Panxia came back, he said that the emperor was here, and the Queen Mother and Su Mala also came, and the Queen Mother would definitely not come after such a big snowstorm, Lan Qi sighed and said: "The Queen Mother likes children the most, and she must be sad now." ”

On the side of Chengqian Palace, Concubine Tong almost fainted from crying, Xuan Ye persuaded her through the door for a few words, and she was not calm, and gradually became a little annoyed, but after all, she was pitiful for suffering this and did not show it in front of others. After letting people send the queen mother back to the palace, I heard Su Mala said: "I heard that it was not very good a few days ago, and the fetus was not kept for a few days. ”

"Say what you want." Xuan Ye was a little upset, he died a few children early under his knees, and he was so distressed that he was almost used to it, the child he had never seen was gone, although he was sad, he really didn't make a fuss, people's feelings are always intimate, not to mention that he also carried Li Min on his back, and asked Su Mala to go back to persuade the imperial grandmother not to be sad, and then ordered the Lantern Festival to live as usual, and appeased his cousin through the door a few words, and left soon after.

On the sickbed, Concubine Tong's tears also dried up, and after ordering Rong Guiren and Hui Guiren to take care of the palace that day, her body was red, and she was not very good.

Maybe she had foreseen this result a long time ago, Concubine Tong was not sad in her heart, but she just pretended to be pitiful, and she was so aggrieved that she cried, but at this moment, seeing the emperor's cold reaction, she couldn't help but be even more aggrieved, and called Jingzhu to ask: "Tomorrow's yen night can't be over, my aunt and mother are also coming." ”

Knowing that everything was business as usual, Concubine Tong closed her eyes coldly and rested, as if talking to herself: "Yikun Palace must be very happy, I don't want to see her laugh, my child is gone, I have to pull a cushion." ”

And at this moment, in the Yikun Palace, Dongyun nervously said to Concubine Zhao: "The slave maid hasn't done anything, she herself is gone." ”

Concubine Zhao also knew that Dong Yun hadn't started yet, but her heart was inexplicably frizzy, her head hurt tightly, and she said against her forehead: "If I do it, I have a sense of proportion, even if someone comes to find trouble, I know how to deal with it." But now that she has no children herself, I don't know how to deal with this evil breath if it is about to be sprinkled on me. ”

As he spoke, his heart trembled, and he pulled Dong Yun and asked, "Are all those things destroyed?" ”

Dong Yun nodded again and again, but Concubine Zhao still couldn't give up, obviously she didn't do anything, why should she be so nervous, fortunately, she said she was sick early and couldn't go out, and she didn't have to face other people's doubts with this panicked face, otherwise she was in this unproductive state of mind at the moment, just afraid that others would ask casually, and she would take the sin herself.

The next year, because of Concubine Tong's miscarriage, the atmosphere in the palace has always been depressed and dull, Tong Guowei was originally blessed by the grace of the saint to bring his wife and children into the palace for the festival, but now it has become to give Concubine Tong condolences, the empress dowager appeased a few words, and then let them and their husband and wife come to Chengqian Palace to visit their daughter.

A screen was erected in the dormitory, Mrs. Tong held her daughter's hand to wipe her tears, Tong Guowei paced back and forth outside the screen, only to hear her daughter say through the screen: "Amak wants to make an idea for me, Niu Hulu will definitely take the opportunity to come back and regain the power of the six palaces, but I always have to raise her here for a month, and I can't compete with her." ”

Tong Guowei stopped, sighed a little and said, "Niangniang can't be too aggressive, it's important to take care of your body now." ”

Concubine Tong said: "Ama, the people of the Niu Hulu clan can target me everywhere, this time in the palace, she Concubine Zhao just wants to see me make a fool of myself, if it weren't for the Empress Dowager to put pressure on her, this Lantern Festival would be unbearable, and you entered the palace?" How do you know that she has no intention of harming me, or that she is not, and she must bear this charge? Next time, I won't have such a good opportunity. ”

Mrs. Tong persuaded her daughter to take care of her body with peace of mind, but her daughter, who had already cultivated a little bit of energy in the palace, said in turn: "The body must be raised, but I can't raise it in vain." Even sneered in front of his father, "E-niang has always been weak at home, so those little sluts confused Amma, daughter, don't repeat the mistakes of the past, the emperor likes my personality very much, now I am younger and more flamboyant, only to know how young they will be in the future, naturally even at that time, I can't allow them to step on my head." ”

Tong Guowei didn't say anything more, he sighed that the deep palace was really a terrible place, his daughter was just prouder than others in the past, and after entering the palace for less than a year, she had become so vicious, and then she listened to Concubine Tong's chatter, and it was inevitable that she felt uneasy, and when she left the Chengqian Palace with her wife, she said: "No wonder the Queen Mother sighed to me today, I can't let her, this temperament will swell again, and something will happen sooner or later." ”

So Concubine Tong's plan to frame the sin of having no children to Concubine Zhao was curbed by her father, and there was less support behind her, she was sick in bed again, and everything was like scratching her boots.

Rong Guiren Hui Guiren was relieved here, and he was relaxed when he unloaded his burden, because he didn't know that the Empress Dowager knew about Concubine Zhao's deduction one step earlier, and they all thought that it was Lan Qi's credit for passing the word, so she invited Lan Qi to sit at Rong Guiren alone on this day, and she had to thank her in person.

When Lan Qi came, she walked from the porch to the warm pavilion, and when she passed by the window, she heard the noble person inside saying: "If the little palace maid from Concubine Tong leaked out, Lord Tong and Mrs. Tong went to greet her on the day of the Lantern Festival, she cried for a while, what do you guess she was talking about?" ”

Rong Guiren smiled: "I can't guess, Concubine Tong has a deep mind." ”

Hui Guiren said: "I actually said that I wanted to frame Concubine Zhao for this crime, do you think she is ruthless?" ”

Lan Qi listened to it under the window, and she didn't know if the people inside noticed that she could hear it outside, maybe Concubine Tong really said such a thing there, and it leaked out in the same way, no wonder the Empress Dowager said that there were no secrets in the palace, and the walls had ears, so don't think that others can't hear anything.

Restrained his mind and walked into the warm pavilion, Rong Guiren Hui Guiren didn't mention what she just said when she saw Lan Qi, and thanked her for going to Cining Palace to spread the word, Lan Qi also accepted it generously, and then sat and laughed with her, and dispersed for a long time.

On the way back to the palace, Huanchun found that the master's expression was not slight, until he arrived at Zhong Cui Palace, waited for the change of clothes and washed his hands, and when he got the hand stove and stuffed it into her arms, he was still stunned, and couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Is it uncomfortable?" It's not a good face. ”

Lan Qi shook his head and shook his head, "It's just that my heart is a little blocked, probably the earth dragon in the warm pavilion of Rong Guiren is too hot, I am stuffy, and now I want to drink cold things." ”

"It's not okay to be cold, I was too hot to blow in the wind before, and I almost got sick." Huanchun didn't agree, so he went to get the chrysanthemum lotus heart to brew the warm tea that defeated the fire, and coaxed him to drink half a bowl.

But Lanqi's mood has never been good, Yu Kui and Xiangyue said that the plum blossoms in the imperial garden are blooming, and the fragrance dyed on their bodies has been dispersed for several days after walking around, and they have always wanted to take a look, so they asked the master to take them to see, and they were so easy to relax.

If it was Huanchun's idea, Xu would still be distracted for the sake of his master, but Yukui and Xiangyue were the most playful, and Lan Qi knew that they had wanted to go for a long time, and they didn't want to be bored in the house, so they agreed. I wanted to invite Bu Changzai to go for a walk, but Pan Xia came out and waved his hand and said, "I didn't sleep well last night, I'm resting." ”

The four masters and servants were about to go out, there was a lively movement in the Chengqian Palace in front of them, and there seemed to be many people, Yukui went out to take a look, and came back and said: "It's Long Live Lord who is here, and Concubine Zhao seems to be here too, as if she said that she would come together." ”

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