Shen Mansion, the little chamberlain dressed as an ordinary subordinate of a rich and noble family bent down respectfully: "...... The beauty is now full of fear, so the slave maid came to ask the lady for advice, and the beauty did not forget it! ”

Behind the low-hanging embroidery curtain, two blue gauze lamps illuminate a shadow of the building.

On the glazed low couch, Wei Changying leaned against the hidden sac of the azure ground Sihe Ruyi Rui cloud pattern embroidered entwined branch peony, and the long eyelashes were slightly closed.

She had the long hair of a crow and a crow, a pair of jade hibiscus hairpins resting on the couch before the hairpin, the placket of the collared middle blouse of the light concubine embroidered with nails and the size of peony flowers and bones was a little crooked, and the wide sleeves of the duck yellow ground eight treasures entangled with lotus patterns were only loosely draped, and the knees were covered with a thin quilt, dragging out a water-colored Luo skirt.

Lian Ju carefully carried the golden basin to the side of the couch, and Lian Mei rolled up her sleeves and twisted out the handkerchief. Wei Changying took it, covered it on her face, and took it off after a while, and the two dark flushes on her cheeks, which were as white as a girl, were not wiped by a handkerchief, but that she was taking a nap.

Because the little waiter sent by Li Meiren looked anxious, and kept saying what the beauty is in a hurry now-everyone thought something was wrong and hurriedly woke her up.

So Wei Changying didn't even have time to make up, so he directly called someone to get off the embroidery curtain, and called the little chamberlain in to tell him.

But after listening to it, I found that things were not as urgent as I thought--it was just that Li Meiren was very anxious, and Lian Ju and a few other maids who called for Wei Changying to wake up felt a little ashamed, and in order to cover up this mistake, they hurriedly began to serve Wei Changying to freshen up, so as not to continue to delay Chenguang.

Wei Changying wiped her face, and when she saw that the little waiter's complaint was over, she said: "You mean, Li Meiren doesn't know whether she should hand over her child to the queen mother to raise, or Shan Guifei to raise?" ”

The little waiter said: "That's right! I also ask Mrs. for advice! ”

Wei Changying couldn't help but sigh: "She didn't give birth to any child...... Why bothered with this first? ”

"Back to Mrs. Hui's words, yesterday Yu Jieyu and Concubine Zhao went to visit the beauty and talked about the palace rules."

The little chamberlain also wanted to explain the palace rules in detail, but Wei Changying knew these rules, and when he was mentioned like this, he suddenly remembered: "Yes, all the rules of this dynasty are inherited from the previous dynasty." In the former Wei Dynasty, concubines below the third rank were not qualified to raise the imperial heir...... The imperial heir can only be raised by the lord of the third rank or above. ”

"Now there are not many lords in the palace, what Yu Jieyu means is that Concubine Shan has just had a miscarriage, and she may have the idea of beating the beauty here." The little chamberlain said cautiously, "Yu Jieyu and Concubine Zhao reminded the beauty that if you are unwilling to hand over the imperial heir to Concubine Shan, then ...... I can only ask the queen mother to raise it on my behalf! After all......"

After all, the little chamberlain didn't say anything later, but the master and servant behind the embroidery scene were very clear: although Wen Lingzi did not favor Shan Guifei alone, it would not be an exaggeration to say that she was the most favored. Now among the concubines in the palace who are qualified to raise the imperial heir, the queen doesn't have to talk about it, Shan Guifei, Deng Shufei and Yu Jieyu-

"Can Yu Jieyu and Concubine Zhao mention Concubine Deng Shu?" Wei Changying's mind turned around, and suddenly asked.

The little chamberlain was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Yu Jieyu said that Concubine Deng Shufei has been living in a simple house for the past two days, and secretly summoned the imperial doctor twice to see her...... There is a rumor in the palace that the lady concubine is afraid that she will also have a ......"

If Concubine Deng Shufei is pregnant, of course she will not raise Li Meiren's child anymore.

"Since Yu Jieyu reminds the beauty so diligently, she doesn't know that she has the intention of raising Li Meiren?" Wei Changying took the agarwood drink handed by Lian Ju, took a sip, and asked gently.

The little waiter said: "Yu Jieyu herself said that there is no such meaning, beauty...... Beauty is skeptical. It's just that the beauty thinks that what the beauty is now pregnant with is just a princess, and it doesn't seem to cause Yu Jieyu to make such a calculation. ”

"The point isn't just that she's pregnant with a princess." Wei Changying handed the agarwood drink to Lian Ju and took it down, and said lightly, "The point is that whether it is Shan Guifei, Deng Shufei, or Yu Jieyu, they are still young!" Your Majesty is also in the prime of life! Why did they raise the children of other concubines? Can't you wait for yourself to give birth? ”

The little waiter was stunned for a moment, but listened to Wei Changying continue, "Yu Jieyu and Zhao Concubine, the two of them, said this to Li Meiren, the intention may not be in the child, the intention is afraid that the intention is in the position!" ”

"Although I can see some clues about this now, I still have to think about it for a while before I can give her a word. You go back, please let the beauty raise the baby with peace of mind...... She doesn't necessarily need to be separated from mother and son. ”

After sending the little chamberlain, seeing that the chief of the guard was frowning and silent, Lian Ju boldly asked: "Madam, Concubine Shan is favored by the Sixth Palace, and even if the rest of the people are favored, they are not too much of their remnants." Therefore, Yu Jieyu and Zhao Concubine and Li Meiren are quite good friends and fight against the concubine together. If it's for the sake of position, why don't Yu Jieyu and Zhao Concubine say it clearly? According to the information obtained before, the three of them did not see each other like this. ”

"Now among His Majesty's concubines, although Li Meiren is not the lowest rank, she is the lowest among the people favored by the saints." Wei Changying rubbed her eyebrows and said, "Do you know why?" ”

Lian Ju and Lian Mei glanced at each other and whispered, "It's because of ...... Beauty is offered by our family? ”

"That's why." Wei Changying said, "I also took this into account at the beginning, so I only sent a child into the palace." Otherwise, it is not a matter of one sentence to recognize the righteous girl, but send a righteous girl in - the righteous daughter of the Duanmu family is a noble concubine, the righteous daughter of the Deng family is a concubine, and the righteous daughter of our family ...... Your Majesty is not at ease if you give a high position, and if you give a low position, our family has no face - Li Meiren is born as a slave, and it is nothing to give her a beauty position. ”

"But now ......"

Now that she is pregnant, Dayong follows the palace rules of the former Wei Dynasty, and she can't raise her heirs without the position of Sanpin. Now those who have this qualification, except for the queen, even if she has just had a miscarriage, who dares to say that she must not be pregnant anymore? Wei Changying shook her head slightly and said, "As for Queen Qiu, the queen herself has a son and a daughter, and she also raised the son of the concubine Fan. I don't think the queen may be in the mood to raise another princess - Princess Xian'an in front of the queen hasn't fallen yet! The eldest prince is far away in Fengzhou, how can this biological son not make the mother worry about his stomach, how can he still have the leisure to raise a concubine?

"In this way, the harem must still want Li Meiren to raise her own children by herself."

Lian Ju suddenly said: "The maid knows!" The harem hopes that Li Meiren will be promoted to Jieyu because of her daughter, at least Jieyu. In this way, you don't have to raise Li Meiren's daughter! But because Li Meiren was offered by our Shen family, Your Majesty ...... I don't want Li Meiren's status to be too high - if Li Meiren is promoted, maybe someone else will be promoted to avoid Li Meiren being proud? ”

Wei Changying said: "This is one reason, and another reason is that Li Meiren is only a fourth-grade beauty now, and there is a two-level difference between her and the third-grade Jieyu." Her pregnancy and birth of a daughter was the reason for promotion. But what about Yu Jieyu and Zhao Concubine? Your Majesty doesn't want the status of our Shen family's concubines to be too high, this is a tacit matter. But this kind of thing is not easy to do too obviously, in that case, Your Majesty will also be very faceless - as an emperor but afraid of a courtier so far, Your Majesty will definitely not want to give people such a tongue. ”

"Then what is Yu Jieyu and Zhao Concubine trying to persuade Li Meiren to give the child to the queen or the concubine? Aren't you afraid that Li Meiren will resent her after knowing the situation? Lian Mei was surprised.

Wei Changying said: "The three of them made friends earlier, because Concubine Shan was too favored, and they were afraid of fighting alone, so they might be able to clean up for the concubine when they would." But this time the concubine suffered a big loss, and the vague rumors in the palace said that it was the queen's handiwork - the palace concubine was promoted, and according to the rules, it was all promised by the queen. ”

"It turns out that they want to curry favor with the queen mother in order to get a chance to be promoted?" Lian Mei was stunned.

"But they scare Li Meiren, what kind of flattery is this?" Pian Ju asked puzzled.

Wei Changying said lightly: "Whether it is flattering or not, it also depends on the situation." Before, Queen Qiu was in decline, nominally the lord of the harem, but in fact, Concubine Shan was pampered and didn't take the queen in her eyes, even in the morning and dusk, she went if she wanted to, and she didn't go if she didn't want to! Since she became pregnant, she has clearly put on the appearance that she is afraid that the queen will murder her! It's Concubine Deng Shu, which seems to be a little better than Shan Guifei, but it's limited! Yu Jieyu and others, including Li Meiren sent by our family, which one of them is sincerely obedient to the queen? ”

This is not all because the queen is not favored, in the final analysis, it is related to her background.

That Concubine Deng Shu is the illegitimate daughter of the head of the Deng family, although she is not qualified to be included in the genealogy of the Deng family, but in fact, she has the blood of the Deng family's own sect, such as the blood of the scholar family. If it weren't for the fact that the head of the Deng family didn't recognize her back, and she wouldn't have been sent into the palace to serve Wen Lingzi, how could such a master look up to Queen Qiu from the bottom of his heart? Maybe Concubine Deng Shu doesn't even look down on Wen Yanzi?

Shan Guifei, Yu Jieyu, and Li Meiren, even if some of them are only slaves, they grew up in the family. Everyone is a slave, and even many low-level officials who have no backstage have to be flattered, what is it to be a mere commoner?

With the details of Queen Qiu's background in the countryside, it is strange that these concubines do not underestimate her. Especially the queen has a gentle temperament, even if she is in charge of the middle palace, she has not given much color to the six palaces - then she looks down on her even more.

"Now the queen has suddenly made a ruthless move, and she has the intention of taking advantage of Her Majesty's army to clean the palace." Wei Changying said indifferently, "Yu Jieyu and Concubine Zhao weigh the left and right, and intend to take refuge, this is also their choice - as for why they said it to Li Meiren like that, it is nothing more than to help the queen!" Do you think, Li Meiren doesn't know whether to hand over her child to the queen or Shan Guifei to raise, what does this thing mean? ”

"If it is handed over to Shan Guifei, it is naturally optimistic about the favor of Guifei. If it is handed over to the queen, it is the queen who has chosen the queen? Lian Mei and Lian Ju said in unison.

Wei Changying smiled and shook her head: "Wrong, no matter who you give it to raise, it stands to reason that it will not be Li Meiren's turn to be the master!" The only ones who can be the masters of this should be His Majesty and the Queen! ”

She turned the jade bracelet on her wrist, glanced at the direction of the palace, and said, "The original intention of Yu Jieyu and Concubine Zhao should be to use Li Meiren to remember our family's advice after entering the palace, never cause trouble, never talk much, and be ill-informed, first scare Li Meiren, and then coax her to the queen to return to the queen...... But she doesn't want Li Meiren to be stupid, she doesn't dare to inquire in the palace, and there is no one else to clean up, but there is still our family outside the palace! ”

Lian Mei couldn't help but say: "The maid said that this Yu Jieyu and Zhao Concubine are so bored, with their friendship with Li Meiren, what's wrong with saying it directly?" ”

"This is the human heart - say it directly, this is tantamount to climbing up through Li Meiren, even if Li Meiren agrees, they also owe Li Meiren a favor!" Wei Changying said lightly, "You must know that their status is higher than that of Li Meiren!" Even if my sisters and sisters usually shout, but the level of status doesn't necessarily mean that I don't care at all, right? Let them take the initiative to owe Li Meiren favors, how can they be willing? Moreover, it is necessary for Li Meiren to toss and turn, and it is best to favor Shan Guifei, they persuaded Li Meiren to go to the queen, so that their merits can be seen! Maybe you can still settle down in front of Li Meiren?! ”