That night, the emperor kept watch in Cining Palace all night, and Concubine De was ordered to go back to the palace to rest because she was pregnant, but she was not at ease in the palace, and sent people to Cining Palace from time to time to ask for news. The next day, although the Empress Dowager's body stabilized, she could no longer sit up, as the imperial doctor said, her spirit was drained little by little, and her life would gradually disappear.

Half a month ago, the emperor sent someone to pick up his aunt Gulun Shuhui's eldest princess back to Beijing, but the news came that his aunt was also sick, and his aunt was over 50 years old, and she would inevitably be unable to withstand the long journey of carriages and horses during her illness, so that the hope of reuniting the mother and daughter of the imperial grandmother may be difficult to realize.

The injury on Su Mala's waist has not yet healed, but she really can't recuperate in the house with peace of mind, so she cheered up and went to the Empress Dowager to serve, and when the old man woke up slowly, he saw so many people around him, and he was in the mood to blame them: "What are you doing around me, I'm fine, you all go and rest, it's not iron." ”

But the old man can't resist the younger generation's mind, Lan Qi, a pregnant woman who refuses to follow, how can others agree.

But since that day, the state of the Empress Dowager's body is no longer a secret, the royal family gradually arranged for relevant people to enter the palace one by one to ask for peace, many people are the Empress Dowager wants to see again, every day there will be people in twos and threes, although there is not much to say, but the old man always has a little spirit in front of people, many people who have seen the Empress Dowager do not even believe that her body is deteriorating.

But in fact, the imperial doctor understands best, and Mama Su Mala and Concubine De, who are waiting by her side, understand best that the old and noble life is gradually disappearing, and everyone wants to pull hard, but every time they stretch out their hands, it seems that everything in front of them can't touch it.

After the winter, due to the poor health of the Empress Dowager, there was no joy in the palace to prepare for the big celebration at the end of the year, and even two pregnant women were waiting to give birth, and there was no expectation of a new life. In the middle of the night of November 27, Yikun Gongli Zhang promised to give birth to a healthy baby girl, and a little princess was added to the palace, but when the good news reached Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager was in a coma.

No one cares if Zhang promised to give birth to a brother or a princess, they are all looking forward to the Empress Dowager waking up again from this wave of coma, Lan Qi has been praying for the Empress Dowager in the Big Buddha Hall all night, when the emperor sent someone to take her away, the always strong Concubine De Niangniang cried in the Buddha Hall, and the cry seemed to wake up the Empress Dowager, the old man was much better than before after he woke up, although the Imperial Doctor secretly felt that it was a return to the light, but everyone was happy about it.

It wasn't until two days later that the palace suddenly remembered that Zhang promised to give birth to a daughter, just because nothing is more important than the queen mother's body now, and the concubines did not dare to congratulate each other with great fanfare, not to mention that it was just a small promise, but she gave birth to a daughter.

But what is surprising is that on the day of the little princess's washing, the emperor actually came to Yikun Palace to take a look in his busy schedule, and Cining Palace and Ningshou Palace also rewarded things on this day.

On this day, Concubine Yi hugged the little princess to Zhang Promise in the confinement Look, Zhang Promise knew that the child who was not yet full moon should not be hugged around like this, but I heard that as long as there are guests to congratulate, Concubine Yi will hold the little princess for a while, and constantly show off to everyone how the emperor loves the princess on the third day, Zhang promised to feel uncomfortable that his daughter was not really loved, but thinking about everything in the future, he was still ruthless, just as if nothing happened.

"The concubine is incompetent, if you give birth to a little brother, the emperor will be even happier." In the face of Concubine Yi, Zhang promised to be as humble as possible, and her attitude made Concubine Yi very satisfied, although Concubine Hui would remind her to be careful from time to time, but the woman who seemed to be beautiful in the palace but was actually depressed especially enjoyed all the glory that Zhang promised to bring her at the moment.

"It doesn't matter to the princess, the important thing is that the emperor cares, speaking of which, I am really jealous of you, in the final analysis, the emperor cares about you before he cares about the princess, and we nine elder brothers and eleven elder brothers may not have this treatment." Concubine Yi laughed, the baby in her arms suddenly cried, she was a little disgusted and asked the nurse to take it away, but turned around and said very politely to Zhang Promise, "Take care of your body, take care of your body, you can serve the emperor, of course, the emperor will recruit you to Qianqing Palace, if you have a heart, let the emperor often come to Yikun Palace to sit." ”

Zhang promised to hurriedly say: "The emperor came to Yikun Palace, naturally looking at Niangniang's face, how could it be a concubine, Niangniang was born in a famous family, and the concubine is just a clothed palace maid, not as self-righteous as a certain one, the concubine knows her own importance very well, Niangniang can rest assured, the concubine will not forget these proportions." ”

Concubine Yi raised her eyebrows, very satisfied with Zhang's promised attitude, but deliberately whispered: "Those few words just now are amazing, what palace maid came, people don't think so, now the girls in the family have married into the aristocracy, and they think of themselves highly." Beware that these words reach the ear of the other, and you will have no good fruit to eat. ”

Zhang promised to laugh: "It's just relying on the favor of the top, the emperor also has this affection for her, the concubine will see if she can have this blessing in the spring of the next year." ”

"Shhh Zhang's cruel words made Concubine Yi a little scared, now the most unspeakable thing is the body of the Empress Dowager, the emperor is full of hope that his grandmother can survive the winter and continue to live firmly in the spring of the next year, although everyone knows that he is afraid that he can't, but how dare he say it.

But on the other hand, Zhang promised to be able to say such cruel words, it can be seen that she was cruel to Concubine De in her heart, Concubine Yi's own fifth elder brother was taken away by the Queen Mother, she knew the taste of the hatred of taking the child, and even felt that Zhang Jia's attitude was from the bottom of her heart, and even when she talked to Concubine Hui afterwards, even Concubine Hui felt incredible.

In fact, Zhang promised to say vicious words in front of them every time, repent in the dead of night, and pray to the gods and Buddhas not to bring bad luck to Concubine De Niangniang, she is a person who has almost died once, and the length of her life is not important to her, the important thing is that she can repay Concubine De for saving her life in this life.

In Zhang Promise's opinion, if the matter of being put together by the Ping nobles could be avoided, she was really willing to be a palace maid for the rest of her life to serve Concubine De, but she had no choice but to climb onto the dragon couch, and she was sincerely afraid of everything about the emperor.

But except for herself, except for Concubine De and the nobles of Juezen, almost no one knows her true intentions, she guessed that the emperor continued to care for her in order to help Concubine De, but the emperor looked at her with a little different meaning every time, Zhang promised to think in his heart, maybe the emperor had some scruples about her after all.

For her current situation, the suspicions, accusations and ridicule of others can satisfy her mind, she is afraid that others will not believe that she has really betrayed Concubine De Niangniang, the more people disdain, the closer she is to Yikun Palace and Changchun Palace, only by truly gaining their trust, can she gain insight into all things in the future.

After entering the wax moon, every day is goose feather heavy snow, Laba this day from the morning on the gloomy wind, even though the wax moon is snowy in previous years, Laba will mostly happen to be sunny, there will be festival liveliness and joy in the palace, but this year there is no such scene at all. The gloomy sky was like the atmosphere in the palace, and the longer the Empress Dowager lingered on the couch, the palace people gradually did not dare to speak loudly.

The only thing that can be penetrated and immersed is the cry of the ignorant child, the cry of the little princess in the Yikun Palace often makes this place seem a little angry, but Concubine Yi is afraid that others will criticize the Yikun Palace, and every time the little princess cries, she is very impatient, and privately asks the imperial doctor to prescribe medicine that can calm the child, so cruelly to the child who is not yet a full moon, but the child's biological mother ignores it, and can only look forward to it silently in her heart, praying that God can pity this little life.

On the day of Laba, the wind and snow did not stop until the afternoon, but there was no festive atmosphere in the palace, and when the weather was clear, everyone stood under the eaves to bask in the sun, Concubine Yi stood lazily at the door to relax her muscles, but saw that the door of Yikun Palace was lively for a while, the door was open for most of the time, and a eunuch hurriedly ran in and said: "Master, Concubine De Niangniang is here." ”

"Concubine De?" Concubine Yi was so surprised, Concubine De is really a rare guest among rare guests for her, how long has she not entered the door of Yikun Palace? In fact, except for a few good friends, Concubine De rarely had contact with other concubines, and the women all said sourly in private, people are people who enter the Qianqing Palace and enter the Cining Palace, how can their palaces accommodate this dignity.

Concubine Yi was wearing regular clothes, and her hair bun was slightly loose because she was crooked just now, seeing that the person in front of the door was about to come in, she didn't care about letting Taohong go to meet the company, she turned around and went back to the dormitory, pulled the palace maid to comb her hair and change her clothes, just waiting to dress up decently and came out, the palace maid in front of the door said that Concubine De went to the West Side Hall to visit Zhang and agreed.

Concubine Yi frowned, a little uneasy in her heart, and brought the palace maid to the room that Zhang had promised, and when she lifted the curtain, she heard Concubine De say: "It's a pity that I came here to see you today, otherwise I should bring the thirteenth elder brother and let you take a look, so that their brothers and sisters can also see it." ”

Ke Zhang agreed but said coldly: "The concubine doesn't dare to work Niangniang, not to mention that now the princess is raised by Concubine Yi, you bring the thirteenth elder brother, I'm afraid that troubled people, if you want to say Niangniang, you come to show off, laugh at the concubine for giving birth to a princess, and Concubine Yiniang is not blessed to raise a brother." ”

A sneer flashed across Concubine Yi's face, but she heard Concubine De say: "What you say is so strange, how can a good thing change the taste, I thought that the palace people said that those words were arranged randomly because they were jealous of you, it turns out that you and I are really angry?" ”

Zhang's words contained full hatred, "The concubine didn't dare to be separated from the concubine, the concubine took care of the concubine's body, said that the concubine should not give birth, and asked the concubine to give up the child to take care of her body and serve the emperor's kindness, but the concubine will never forget it for the rest of her life." ”

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