The fall of grace from the Mei nobles seems to be a foregone conclusion. Because she gave birth to such an ominous "stillbirth", the prenatal favor was almost wiped out after she gave birth. Without any comfort, without a single visit, the Yonghe Palace, which had always been full of flowers, fell silent, and no one set foot again, and even the most virtuous queen retreated and stopped going.

For fear of meeting the injury, the queen still did not allow the Mei nobles to leave the Yonghe Palace half a step, after the moon, even the mage who prayed in the side hall also retreated to the Baohua Palace, only the lonely wind and snow echoes, accompanied by the same lonely and sad Mei nobles.

It was a rare sunny weather for several days in a row, and on the tenth day, the palace concubines also went to Cining Palace with the emperor and queen to ask for peace. The Queen Mother saw that Yingying Yanyan was sitting in the hall, and she also smiled a little, and Zhi Yi said with a smile: "It has been raining and snowing continuously a few days ago, so I will not let you go back and forth to ask for peace." Today, the emperor and empress have a heart and have brought you over. ”

Everyone said: "It is an honor for the concubines to be able to ask the queen mother for peace." ”

The Queen Mother said with a smile: "Yesterday, Fujia accompanied the mourning family to the Imperial Garden, saying that he was admiring the red plum on a sunny day. In fact, the red plum is in full bloom, where can you compare to a hundred flowers blooming, not only mourning the family, but the emperor is also pleasing to the eye. Emperor, do you say yes? ”

The emperor smiled and said, "The emperor is right. ”

The Queen Mother straightened the draped beads and tassels on her placket, and said slowly: "A hundred flowers are blooming, and at first glance, it seems that none of them are missing." But those who are familiar with the flowers know that none of them are considered to be a beautiful spring. The emperor, just mourn the family, the noble Mei has come out of the moon, why haven't you seen her go out to say goodbye to the mourning family? ”

There was a slight gloom between the emperor's eyebrows, and the queen hurriedly said with a respectful smile: "Mei Guiren is sad and frustrated, it is the intention of the son, and she wants her to recuperate." ”

"If you're too sad, that's what you're not looking for." The Queen Mother sighed, and then said with a straight face, "For concubines, children are important, but serving the king is even more important. This is also the reason why the ancestral rules should hand over the children you give birth to to be raised by the elder brother or the high-ranking concubines. I'm afraid that you will only focus on the child and neglect the emperor. She glanced at the emperor and said with concern: "Mei Guiren is not blessed to give birth to an heir for the emperor, and you should not be too sad, emperor." You are still young, your concubines are still young, even if you are a noble person, you have a chance to regenerate, don't be too sad for a while, hurt the dragon body. ”

The emperor hurriedly got up: "Son, thank you for the care of the emperor." ”

The Queen Mother sighed and said: "The care of the emperor's mother is also a lip service, and you still have to explain your own heart." The mourning family sees that you have lost a lot of weight these days, and it is dark under your eye sockets. You are so depressed, and the mourning family is also anxious. The queen mother's tone was slightly dissatisfied: "Empress, I heard that you have been accompanying the emperor a lot these days, why haven't you explained and comforted the sacred heart?" You are the lord of the six palaces, and the trivial matters in the palace are important, but everything about the emperor is even more important. Don't be indiscriminate! ”

This sentence was quite heavy, and the queen was slightly apprehensive: "The emperor's mother forgives her sins, and her sons and ministers are incompetent and can't make the emperor happy, so these days she also arranges for the concubines and concubines to accompany her." Concubine Xian and Concubine Hui also have a lot of companions, if the emperor doesn't believe it, she can order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send a file to check. ”

Ruyi and Xiyue hurriedly got up and said: "I respectfully invite the Empress Dowager Wan'an, the concubines are indeed ordered by the queen to serve the emperor." ”

The Queen Mother stroked a handful of purple jade Ruyi in her hand and sighed: "Although the emperor has set up a few newcomers after he ascended the throne, only the one who has won the sacred heart is Mei Guiren. In fact, what if you give birth to a stillborn baby, you will have a child soon after raising your body, and the emperor can rest assured. ”

The emperor and the empress glanced at each other, then at Ruyi, and then lowered their heads. The queen looked back, and Shi Shiran said with a smile: "In fact, Erchen has always arranged for several concubines to serve the emperor, and they also plan to do so." She bowed down and smiled to the Queen Mother and the Emperor: "Congratulations to the Queen Mother, congratulations to the Emperor, after Mei Guiren, Yi Guiren has also been pregnant for more than a month." ”

The emperor was taken aback, and immediately overjoyed, took the queen's hand and helped her up, and said, "What the queen said is true?" ”

The queen's smile was as warm as a spring breeze: "The child is really in the womb of Yi Guiren, how dare the concubine speak falsely." Moreover, the concubine checked the records of the Jingshi room, and it was indeed conceived more than a month ago. Heaven arranged it like this, and he must know that the lost mulberry and elm harvest were in the east, so he specially let Yi Guiren conceive a dragon fetus. ”

Yi Guiren's face was flushed, and he also got up and said: "The concubine is deeply blessed by the emperor and the queen, and the queen mother is afraid of making mistakes, so she specially invited three or four imperial doctors to diagnose the pulse, and the concubine is indeed pregnant with a dragon descendant." ”

Ruyi only felt that the cavity and the bottom of the mouthpiece were extremely sour. But the sourness completely ignored her feelings, and spread uncontrollably and wantonly, crawling into her internal organs. Ruyi subconsciously pressed her lower abdomen, it was so flat, she was still so unblessed, without her own children. Or rather, never. And what is even more uncomfortable may be the Mei Guiren in the claustrophobic Yonghe Palace, whose pain of losing her daughter is very deep, but she has to watch Yi Guiren enjoy the joy of pregnancy, and experience her hopes and joys one by one.

The emperor couldn't help but be overjoyed, looked at the queen mother and said, "Huang Eniang, Huang Eniang ......"

The queen mother's smile is still faint, like a thin and soft cloud of smoke on the top of the hazy moon and birds, and there is always a vague shadow, making people unable to find out the true meaning behind the smile: "Of course this is a good thing." And Yi Guiren used to be a person who served the queen, and he knew the roots, and there was nothing better than this. The Queen Mother stood up with Aunt Fu's hand: "After talking all morning, the mourning family is also tired, so go first to rest." Sit down and disperse. ”

Everyone watched the Queen Mother enter the dormitory.

The queen looked at Yi Guiren's stomach and was overjoyed: "The important thing for the harem to hold up the sky is to open up branches and leaves for the royal family and bless the family for ten thousand years." Our generations are not anywhere else, they are all on your belly. If you can be like Yi Guiren, this palace can wake up with a smile from a dream. She turned her head with a smile and ordered: "Suxin, Lianxin, pack up your things tonight, and the palace will go to the Baohua Hall to pray for incense and thank the gods." ”

The emperor patted the empress's hand with satisfaction and said gently: "There is Empress Lao." ”

"Why did the emperor say that?" The queen smiled and sneered, "The concubines give birth to children, of course they are the biological mothers of the children, and the concubines are the mothers of the children, and they are also mothers. This happiness is not only for them, but also for the concubines themselves. ”

The emperor was quite emotional, and a trace of moistness flashed in his eyes: "The queen is virtuous." ”

The queen looked around at the seat: "The concubine has one thing that she has always wanted to return to the emperor." In fact, among the concubines, Concubine Hui and Concubine Xian are the highest, and they have served the emperor for a long time......"

When Ruyi heard the mention of herself, she unconsciously looked at the queen. When she looked up, she met Hui Guifei's gaze, and the two touched each other for a flash, and then turned their heads, each showing an extremely decent smile.

The queen looked at the two of them with a smile, her eyes full of warm concern: "In fact, not only the noble concubine and the concubine, but also the Hai nobles and the Jia nobles have never given birth. The concubine thought, it is better to ask the hospital to prescribe some prescriptions for pregnancy and fetal sitting, so that all the palace concubines can drink it, so that they can get pregnant early, and the palace will be more lively. ”

The emperor was pleased: "In this way, the queen has a heart." ”

If they gossiped a few words, they all dispersed. The emperor attached great importance to Yi Guiren's pregnancy, so he asked the queen to personally send her back to Jingyang Palace and return to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Ruyi and Xiyue walked out of Cining Palace, Xiyue laughed self-deprecatingly, rarely without hostility, and said: "Yiguiren has never had much grace, and the emperor only went to her once a month, and he was actually pregnant." And this palace and Concubine Xian, you have actually fallen to the point of asking the queen to prepare fetal pills in order to have a child. ”

Ruyi was also quite sad, and the silver-gilt inlaid rice bead armor on her little finger was cold and hard in her palm. She smiled reluctantly: "If you don't have luck, no matter how much the emperor comes, we will not be blessed." ”

Xi Yue smiled gloomily: "In the past, when you were in the Hidden Mansion, your family background was better than that of the main palace, and your grace was more than that of the main palace. Now that I'm in the palace, this scene has fallen. No matter how much this palace doesn't like you, I have to admit that in terms of heirs, this palace is as difficult as you, and I am lonely under my knees. She changed her words, and suddenly said: "It's okay that the palace and you don't have children under your knees, but when Mei Guiren was pregnant, everyone said that she was in good health, even if she was a little sick and painful, it was just a small thing like an ulcer on her mouth." The imperial doctor also said that she was pregnant with a male fetus, and how she was born into a princess, not to mention, she became a stillborn baby. A stillborn baby is a stillborn baby, but the emperor still has a mustard, and he hasn't seen her once for a whole month! ”

Ruyi smiled faintly and said, "The emperor's holy will, how can my sister and I guess." ”

Xi Yue smiled secretly, waved her hand to signal the palace people who followed behind her to retreat, and said in Ruyi's ear: "I heard that the child of the Mei noble is not just a stillbirth. You were also in Yonghe Palace that night, didn't you notice anything unusual? ”

Ruyi's heart was slightly cold, but there was an appropriate smile on the corner of her lips: "What can be different, it's just that the emperor has seen that child with his own eyes, so he is sad." ”

"No matter how sad it is, time can dilute everything, plus the old feelings, the emperor will not be so sorry for the Mei nobles. There must be something else in between, isn't it? ”

The warm sunlight rolled up the fine dust like broken gold, and a trace fell on the body, and it was also contaminated with that bright halo, but Ruyi didn't feel warm at all, the kind of coolness that crept from the depths of the body, wisps of it, everywhere. She said slowly: "What other reason can there be, the old love is sad, the Yi nobles are pregnant again, and after the emperor empathizes, the Mei nobles will only be more neglected." ”

As Yi said, it is true. Her Yanxi Palace is in front of Yonghe Palace, every time she passes by, looking at the cold courtyard and a few birds, she can imagine how difficult it is to endure the lonely and lonely time inch by inch.