"I didn't want to let down any of you, but I ended up living up to each one." Rong Ruo's haggard face was full of endless sorrow, "Wan'er, I still lost you in the end." ”

Shen Wan shook her head, hugged her beloved tightly, and said with tears on the smile that she was trying to raise on her lips: "I deserve all this." ”

The night of March, it was still cold, after a toss in Nalan Mansion, everyone was exhausted, when Mrs. Mingzhu woke up, her son had long since disappeared, looking at the wronged and helpless daughter-in-law around her, Mrs. Mingzhu's decades of arrogance were about to be frustrated, and she took her daughter-in-law's hand and said: "Don't repeat the mistakes of the past, don't let my grandson and my son turn against each other one day, the biggest pride in my life is them, the biggest failure, and they are also." ”

The daughter-in-law had tears in her eyes and said sadly: "Eniang, I always feel that if he is tolerant, he will not come back." ”

The young lady's worries soon became true, the rare family harmony since the beginning of the year was broken, since that night, Rong Ruo has been living in a private house, the emperor has been doing a lot of errands for him, as always, the father and son met in the court is just polite, not much to say. Mingzhu's father and son have been in disharmony for a long time, and the courtiers and colleagues have long seen it.

And in the harem, the Juezen nobleman was ordered to be grounded in the Xianfu Palace to reflect on it, but did not ask her about the crime of fornication, the "self-judged" guard was said to be hysterical after all, I thought it was very troublesome to die without proof, just because of the difference in one sentence, the result was completely different, Lan Qi was worried that the Juezen nobleman would be speechless because of this, in the end, everything still depends on what attitude the head has.

As for the Ping noble, in the next ten days, I went to the Qianqing Palace twice, and the second time I finally stopped being a blank slate, but the emperor did not promote her position as the imperial concubine said, but as a reward, he gave her a small courtyard to live alone, and the next day after being lucky, he moved away in style.

Before that, Concubine Tong said that she was sick and hid in the dormitory and did not see Xiao Hesheli, and she did not see each other until the day she was leaving, but Xiao Hesheri swaggered to the door to salute, and said to Concubine Tong through the door: "In the future, my sister will also sit on the throne of the first house, I must remember to thank my sister for today's support, our good days are still ahead." ”

Concubine Tong hid in the house without saying a word, Yuzhi embarrassedly came out and said that her master was asleep, and the noble man sneered and said: "Why do you always sleep, you should get up and walk, how can you be sick all the time asleep?" You tell my mother that I will clean up in a few days, and I will invite her to drink tea. ”

Yuzhi hung her head and sent Ping Guiren away, and after the people who followed her were bustling and finally walked away, Yuzhi hurriedly called a few palace maids and eunuchs, and asked them to clean the Dongbei Hall inside and out, to see if anything had fallen behind Ping Guiren, and quickly send her over, don't give her a chance to find an excuse to come back.

When Yuzhi returned to the dormitory, Concubine Tong stood at the window to look at the scene outside, and when she heard Yuzhi say that people were gone, she nodded and said, "Okay, I'm finally clean here again." ”

Yuzhi pursed her lips, hesitated and said: "Master, don't blame the slave and maid for being unruly, but you should really be tougher, even if the ladies and nobles in the palace are not easy to get along with, I haven't seen you so afraid of her." ”

Concubine Tong pouted and said, "When did I fear her?" But he said this without confidence, his eyes were red for a while, and he said aggrievedly, "That's what I'm like, I also want to fight, but I can't bear it." I can't afford to provoke, can't I still hide? ”

Fortunately, it is a happy thing for the noble people to move away, and there is no need to look up and see each other in the future, Concubine Tong's mood will be fine for a while, and she will personally come to Xianfu Palace, to tell the noble people of Juezen this good news, and I have always wanted to apologize to her for this matter, after all, the source of the matter is still on her.

Although Juechan was grounded, he didn't say that no one could come to visit, and after sitting down at Concubine Wen's place, Concubine Tong came to Juechan's palace, she was really comfortable and peaceful, and she was still the same as before.

Jue Chan saw Concubine Tong so happy, and reminded her: "People like Ping Guiren, Niang Niang let her just do it, she likes to fight, and if you ignore it a few times, she will get tired of it." ”

Concubine Tong said yes again and again, and sighed: "The days of the harem are not easy, and I can be regarded as experiencing the ferocity of the palace this time, I am just a small fish in the pool, and I am still suffering, not to mention those who fall from the cusp of the storm?" Inevitably, the already small amount of glory and boasting is all ashes, or low-key forbearance, which is the destination of physical and mental peace. So I like you, you are such a pure and quiet person, and I am very relieved to be with you. ”

Jue Chan said: "Thanks to the mother's love, but the identity of the concubine is embarrassing, the imperial concubine Niangniang is not tolerant of the concubine, you have to tolerate the sisterhood to some extent, when it matters, or the imperial concubine Niangniang can help you, you always have to respect your sister." ”

Concubine Tong nodded, but she seemed to be even more helpless, she didn't know what to sigh about, she only muttered: "It's good now, I don't expect better." After a while, he was in a better mood and said, "Counting the days, the Dragon Boat Festival will be more lively, and when the time comes, I will beg my sister to relieve your grounding, and in the future, when I am clean, you can often come and sit." She lowered her voice and said, "The concubine wants to have a child, so it's not very convenient here." ”

Juechan just smiled, did not agree to her positively, and somehow mentioned the events of the day, Concubine Tong sighed: "I heard that Nalan Rongruo, who was next to the emperor, personally went to interrogate the guard, but not long after he walked away, the guard committed suicide." It was said that he was not in good spirits recently because of the frustration in his promotion, and he was the one who was going to be sent off a long time ago, but he didn't expect him to make such a fuss. In short, the mouth is theirs, how to say it, you see that the noble person is proud, even if she doesn't treat you well, at least she is favored by the emperor. ”

Concubine Tong said this, only to see that the person in front of her was stunned, how did she know what the Jue Chan clan was in a daze, and persuaded her: "Don't be sad, just be a demon like a nobleman, maybe you will go to pit others next time, and everyone will soon forget about it." ”

But the more she persuaded, the worse the expression of the noble person of Juezen became, and strings of tears slipped down her cheeks, which frightened Concubine Tong a lot, and comforted her again and again: "I won't mention it again, let's not talk about it." Don't be sad, no one will remember the long days. ”

But no matter how long the days are, the roots of love are still buried deep in her heart, even if she wields the sword and cuts off all the branches and leaves, a little rain and dew and sunshine, and the tenacious rhizome grows again, the pain that will pierce her heart makes her unable to stop crying, and asks in her heart one after another: Nalan Rongruo, why do you suffer?

It's April in the blink of an eye, and this year the emperor set up an official school in Jingshan, so that those idle children of the Three Banners of the Internal Affairs Office can have something to do, and the palace brothers are not relaxed for a moment in their reading. The fourth elder brother entered the study, and he got up early every day at a young age, and the imperial concubine was so distressed that he couldn't do it, but he knew that reading was the most important thing, and he didn't dare to do anything to delay his son's study every day.

The fourth elder brother is talented, although he entered school earlier, he learned very hard, although the third elder brother has a weak personality, he also has some talent in reading, and the two younger brothers are very appreciated by the master, the eldest elder brother and the prince will inevitably be surpassed by the younger brothers one day, and they will work harder and harder, but the eldest brother has less talent after all, and the victory is that the riding and archery martial arts are becoming more and more sophisticated, and the emperor knows that people have short and long, and he no longer forces him too much.

On that day, the concubines got together to say how to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, because the third day of the fifth month was the death anniversary of Queen Hesheri, in the past, it was difficult to hinder this day, and it was rarely lively and lively Dragon Boat Festival, but in the past so many years, it has not been as important as it was at the beginning, and this year there is a little Hesheri in the palace with the shadow of the late sister pretending, the imperial concubine intends to pay tribute, and the festival will also pass.

For women, it is naturally more important to celebrate the festival lively, since the imperial concubine is this meaning, they have flattered the idea of how to do it lively, and later it seems to be said that the ladies of the princes and ministers are invited to the palace to visit the garden.

How to celebrate the festival, Lan Qi didn't ask much, only listened to Concubine Rong's sister complain to her, saying that the imperial concubine was extravagant, and she had to do everything she said, and she had to spend a lot of silver, Lan Qi laughed at her that she must have a way to move money from elsewhere, and Concubine Rong scolded her with a smile: "You can bear it, when you take care of the house in the future, see how you break a copper plate into two halves." ”

On this day, he took Yinzuo out of Cining Palace, promised his son to wait for the fourth elder brother to get out of school today, the mother and son swayed to the study, and along the way Yinzuo was asking if there was a big dragon boat to take during the Dragon Boat Festival, Lan Qi said that he would see the imperial concubine Niangniang for a while and let him ask himself, and after a while, he waited until the study got out of school, and the eldest brother ran out like a gust of wind, and hurriedly saluted Concubine De Niangniang, and ran away.

The prince naturally didn't go with them, and then Yinzhi and Yinzhen came out, Yinzhi saluted Concubine De, knowing that they were going to go with the fourth elder brother, and he left with a few little eunuchs, Yinzuo ran forward and took the fourth brother's hand and said happily: "Fourth brother, let's take the big dragon boat together during the Dragon Boat Festival, okay?" ”

Yinzhen said seriously: "I can't play with you today, I want to endorse it well." ”

Lan Qi had already seen that something was wrong with the child, and the little eunuch who came out with him was limping when he walked, so he asked with a smile: "Xiao Hezi, didn't you wear the same shoes to go out today, why can't you walk well?" ”

The little eunuch who followed the fourth elder brother was thirteen or fourteen years old, and the people in the palace called him Xiao Hezi, serving the things in the fourth elder brother's study, and he was also half a companion.

Yinzhen was very embarrassed, and looked back at him: "You go back and rest, you must not be beaten again in the future, and wait for me to ask Eniang for a silver ingot to reward you." ”

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