However, Ruyi's pregnancy did not allow Yinwan to succeed Jun's grace as expected. The emperor seems to have a sense of guilt towards Ruyi, in addition to going to accompany Ruyi or Yuyan to eat every day, he only rests at Luyun and Qing Concubine on weekdays. Even the Queen Mother couldn't help but sigh: "After seeing the hearts of the people for a long time, it is better to serve the emperor calmly, which shows the preciousness of the concubine." That day, Yongshou Palace was so messy, and in the end, I didn't see Qing Concubine getting in. ”

These words are a tactful rebuke to Yinwan and others. In this way, the emperor refused to go to the palace of these people easily, and only patiently maintained his body, and in the end he was left out in the cold.

Soon after learning that Ruyi was pregnant, the emperor began a grand draft. The triennial draft is an ancestral rule, but after the emperor ascended the throne, he has been working hard and putting his mind on the previous dynasty. And there is a way to select young women as concubines from palace maids or various mansions, so there has never been a good draft. Now it is proposed at first glance, only saying that in the name of the Queen Mother's sixty years of longevity, the show girl was selected to serve in the palace, although the Queen Mother and Ruyi were stunned, they also knew that it was the rule of the ancestors. And since the emperor snubbed Yan Wan and others, Ruyi and Yuyan were also pregnant and inconvenient to serve the emperor, and it was not good for only a few old people in the palace to serve, so they could only be recruited by the emperor's temperament.

Because Ruyi was pregnant and couldn't work, and the Queen Mother was content to enjoy the celebration of her 60th birthday, it was handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites, and the emperor chose the candidate himself.

Rong Pei said to Ruyi in private: "The draft should have been presided over by the queen's mother, but the emperor didn't even allow her to show up, but she was annoyed that the queen's mother sent mung bean lotus soup back?" ”

Ruyi slowly paced in the courtyard with her waist and limbs, caressing a luxuriant golden cinnamon and said: "Nothing is perfect, if you think that the emperor has the intention to snub and cut the face of the queen of the palace, then this is the case." If you think that the emperor is just considerate of the palace and is pregnant, then it is the emperor's hard work. ”

Before the birthday of the Empress Dowager, the emperor chose Xilin Jueluo, the daughter of the governor Eshun, as the Xichang Zai, the daughter of Dutong Naqin, Balin as the Ying nobleman, the daughter of Baitang A Foyin, the Lin family, and the daughter of Demuzi Seyinchak, Baiergos, as Ke Changzai.

Xu is because there are many women in the Han military banner in the palace, and most of the emperor's choices this time are the daughters of Manchu and Mongolian nobles. When Ruyi saw the list of selected show girls at the emperor's place, she smiled unconsciously and said: "This is the emperor's first draft, why did it take so much effort to only select four?" ”

The Emperor smiled, "That's enough. I chose four, and the four corners were complete. ”

Ruyi sat in a comfortable position and chuckled: "Then all of them must be beautiful women with both talents and appearances." It's just that the concubine thought that the emperor had just come south this spring, and he would choose a few more girls from the Han Army Banner. ”

The emperor gave Ruyi the title set by the Internal Affairs Office, and said: "Xilin Jueluo is the banner of the Manchu army, although the Lin clan is the banner of the Han army, but she is the banner of the Mongolian army, and the Baiergos clan and the Balin clan are also the banner of the Mongolian army. The queen looks, how should the palace be arranged? ”

Ruyi pondered: "Since the death of the first emperor's Empress Wulanara, Jingren Palace has been empty, which is a pity. There is also the Xianfu Palace of Emperor Huixian's concubine. The concubine thought that it was better to let Gong Chang live in Jingren Palace in Hexi Chang, and Ying Guiren and Ke Chang live in Xianfu Palace. ”

The emperor said, "That's fine." Let's clean it up today. In particular, Ying Guiren and Ke Changzai are the daughters of Mongolian nobles, and the layout should have a special Mongolian flavor. ”

Ruyi smiled and bowed: "Yes." The emperor had just put down the rebellion of the Tibetan county king Zhurmat Namzhal in the previous dynasty, and now the Dzungar tribe was fighting among itself and was about to move. ”

The emperor put down his pen and glanced at Ruyi meaningfully, and his tone was warm and concerning: "The queen is pregnant, and she is only three months old, so it is still not appropriate to think about it, especially the gossip of the previous dynasty, and don't listen to it much." ”

Ruyi's heart jumped sharply, and she hurriedly bowed and said: "The concubine just casually talked about the family affairs of the draft, if she displeased the emperor, it was the concubine's fault." ”

The emperor smiled, but the smile never reached his eyes, but he just said: "The queen is pregnant and hard, so let's go back to the palace as soon as possible to rest." I'm going to take a look at Qing Concubine. With that, he got up and passed the sedan chair out.

Ruyi looked at the figure of the emperor, and felt mixed feelings, caressing her lower abdomen, and her expression was gloomy. This is Jun En, although she is pregnant, although she is the queen, but the turmoil in Yongshou Palace hurt Lizi in the end.

With this reason, the Empress Dowager's sixtieth birthday in November, the emperor was also lively and lively, and the scenery was incomparable. In addition to the usual singing and dancing to offer birthday and present treasures, the empress dowager's emblem "Chongqing Cixuan" and the four characters "Kang Hui Dunhe" were added, and it was honored as "Chongqing Cixuan Kang Hui Dunhe" The Queen Mother.

However, Ruyi also knows that behind such an honor, it is because the eldest daughter of the Queen Mother, Princess Duanshu, married in Dzungaria, which has a restraining effect on the Dzungar infighting, and the emperor will sing and dance like this. But whenever the queen mother cared about Duanshu's affairs, the emperor smiled and blocked back: "My sister is fine, and she has the dignity of a princess, so the emperor doesn't have to worry about anything." ”

In December, when the newlyweds entered the palace, the emperor was quite lucky, and the attendants were often these four people. Among them, Ying Guiren has apricot eyes and cherry mouth, his face is like powder snow, young and delicate and has a bit of the prairie spicy and refreshing, especially the emperor's favorite, and he was sealed as a concubine in the New Year, which can be described as a standout. In this way, Yinwan was increasingly neglected, and her life became more and more sad.

At the end of the year, the weather was cold, and there were several snowfalls in succession, so the emperor simply stayed in the Xianfu Palace except for the Heart Cultivation Palace. Yan Wanyi couldn't see the emperor, and she didn't feel anxious. However, Ying Concubine was favored for the first time, but she also had some means, and Ke Chang was surrounding the emperor to the ground, how could Yin Wan see it, she went to Xianfu Palace a few times, but was seen by Ying Concubine and suffered a lot of gossip. "Rest assured, the emperor is good with me, so he won't be greedy for deer blood wine."

Concubine Ying was in the limelight, and Yinwan had to come back stupidly. This time, Yin Wan was so angry that she had to tell Chunchan to summon Mama Tian to come over and talk.

Mama Tian was also very attentive, and when she saw her, she said with a smile: "The little master called the slave and maid over at this time, but did he fall in love with the clothes on Concubine Jia's body?" Counting Jia Guifei, she is about to give birth. ”

Yin Wan didn't answer for a while, only pointed to the table. There was a box of silver there, Yan Wan raised her face, Lan Cui added a small box of jewelry, and Mama Tian's eyes were straight.

Yan Wan smiled: "I heard that Mama Tian's only son is going to donate his future, these things can just help, right?" ”

Mama Tian withdrew her gaze that was about to stick to those jewels, and said with a smile: "What is the little master, let's talk about it directly." The slave must do her best. ”

Yan Wan took a sip of tea with a smile: "Concubine Jiagui's clothes don't care about the palace, if you want the best." The one on the queen, how's that? ”

Mama Tian was stunned, as if she had been pricked by a needle, she quickly retracted her hand that almost wanted to touch the silver, and said in a stammered manner: "What does the little master mean, like concocting it like it is for Concubine Shu?" ”

Yin Wan stroked a pair of golden vine branches on the sideburns and said slowly: "The queen mother gives birth, and the grandmother has the most seniority, and she will definitely go to deliver the baby." Once born and twice cooked, Mama practice makes perfect, and she will definitely be able to do it again without knowing it. ”

Mama Tian didn't dare to raise her face: "Little master, that's the queen's mother!" ”

"It's the same woman, what's the difference? Do you dare to attack Concubine Shu, but don't you dare to face the queen? Yan Wanwan smiled, "The palace didn't ask you to kill the child in the queen's womb, but I just hope that the queen won't give birth again." The queen mother is in her thirties, and it is not surprising that she can not give birth to a child again! No one will suspect you. She stretched out her slender fingers, "You see, with such a peel, I tore off my compatriot clothes and torn off my uterine body, and it was a hundred." ”

Mama Tian was so frightened that her face changed, and as soon as her legs and feet were weak, she knelt down in front of Yinwan, and begged: "Concubine Ling, don't you dare!" That's not someone else, it's the queen's mother! ”

Yin Wan raised her blue and white willow eyebrows, and said disdainfully: "Concubine Shu is also a favorite concubine, how dare you?" ”

Mama Tian lay on the ground and kowtowed desperately: "Concubine Shu's little master is from the Yehenala clan, no more than the queen mother of the middle palace." And the queen mother is the firstborn descendant, the emperor is so solemn, and he went to the first hall to pray for blessings. Even the Queen Mother, who doesn't want to see the queen mother on weekdays, also shush the cold and ask for warmth, and care for her. At this juncture, even if you kill the slave and maid, you don't dare! ”

Seeing that her forehead was also blue, she was afraid that others would ask when she saw her, so she hurriedly stopped and said, "Okay!" ”

Mama Tian was so frightened that she knelt up straight and stared at Yinwan. Yan Wan waved her hand annoyedly: "That's it, this palace is just a casual question, if you don't want to, forget it." Lan Cui, send Mama Tian out. ”

Lan Cui agreed to drag Mama Tian out with half a support and half a support, and Chunchan saw that Yanwan was depressed, so she handed over the tea and stepped forward and whispered: "Actually, it's not difficult for Mama Tian to do it, just use her last time to harm Concubine Shu to blackmail her, and I don't dare not attack the queen." ”

Yan Wan cupped her cheeks and said, "Mama Tian is a person who can come in handy, forcing her to be anxious, and it will not be good for anyone to break up in the future." There is no maiden family in this palace, and if there is one person who can use it in the palace, it must be used. ”

Chunchan was indignant, and she was also embarrassed: "The queen mother caused the little master to have no children of her own, but she and Concubine Shu were pregnant one by one, don't we have any way at all?" ”

Yan Wan looked at the inky night outside the window, and said hatefully: "This palace doesn't dare to kill the emperor's children, but I just want them to taste the pain of not being able to give birth to children like this palace." The cold moonlight fell on her somewhat haggard duck-egg-green face, "Alas, if the emperor is willing to come, the palace will not have to be so sad." What matters is Jun'en. ”