Hongyan saw that there was a little ambiguity in the emperor's eyes, but at this time he pushed him away, and said: "At what time now, the emperor is messing around?" After a while, the people from the Internal Affairs Office had to talk back and forth, and the concubines had to keep the time to take medicine. ”

Hongli didn't have time to be annoyed, so he asked first: "What medicine to take, how did you take it?" ”

Hongyan smiled: "The fetal medicine sent by Sister Shu, she said that she had eaten it for several months, although she was not pregnant with a child, her spirit and complexion were better than in previous years, so she asked her concubine to eat with her." The concubine was not very happy about the trouble before, but seeing that she looked so good, she was tempted. ”

Hongli said: "Nonsense, how can the medicine be eaten indiscriminately, have you asked Doctor He?" But he thought about Concubine Shu's recent appearance, and said, "No wonder I look at her stronger than in previous years, you two are very generous, taking medicine so openly waiting to conceive a child, not afraid of people's jokes?" ”

"What's the joke about this, don't steal or rob, they can toss if they have the ability." Hongyan didn't care.

"But I'm afraid you'll be sad, so maybe you didn't need to take any medicine at all." Hongli's frizziness that had just been provoked to desire but couldn't ask for it faded away, replaced by distress and gentleness, holding Hongyan's hand and saying, "Don't be reluctant, you hate taking medicine the most, what's the point of eating bitterly." ”

Hongyan said with a smile: "Fang Zi was originally my sister who went to Bayangou with the emperor and came from the Mongolian prince Fujin, and Imperial Physician He knew that it was difficult for his concubine to take medicine, so he changed the recipe to make a red bean-sized honey pill, and sent it down with half a bowl of water, but it was not bitter." As for whether you are sad or not, the child who is bitter every day will not come, if there is still hope, then try it bravely. Yes, God has blessed it, but if it is not, it is just like now, and this transaction is not a loss. ”

Hongli liked it badly, hugged her and said: "If you think like this, I will be relieved, I also want to ask you a famous doctor to find you a home remedy, but I am afraid that you will be sad and afraid that you will not be able to bear it." ”

Hongyan Jiao said: "The emperor really doesn't know people's hearts at all. But don't be busy, don't dare to touch the messy things, Sister Shu said that I am the most cunning, I have to see that she has nothing to do after eating for half a year before I am willing to move, and I dare to use her as a test medicine. ”

Hongli smiled: "Then I will give you a test medicine." ”

Hongyan said angrily: "Nonsense, the emperor is not responsible when he is happy." ”

Hongli hugged her and shook her gently: "I mean, what's the use of taking those medicines just to see how good your complexion is, if you don't want to be spiritual, you have to try it, what do you say?" ”

Only then did Hongyan understand what it meant, and smirked and turned her face away: "The concubine has only eaten for a few days, what can it do, the emperor should find Sister Shu to give it a try." ”

The emperor is serious, although it may not be very fair to Concubine Shu, but he really wants to see if this fetal pill can be eaten, Concubine Shu's body can be conceived by giving her contraceptive medicine, in other words, she has been conditioned well in the past few years, and it should be easier to get pregnant, unlike Hongyan who has never moved, no one knows whether it is good or not, if Concubine Shu can really have another heir, then the medicine they take now will definitely be useful.

"Then I'm really going to go." Hongli looked serious and let go of his embrace.

"Also, I'm not in a hurry today." Hongyan pulled his sleeve at this time, "It's going to be forty years old, why are you always frizzy and listen to the wind and rain." ”

The emperor leaned into her ear and smiled: "You hurry up and take the medicine, the people from the Internal Affairs Office sent Ming'er to come again, maybe it will be effective after two or three days, let's try it." Hongyan pursed her lips and smiled patiently, and the two twisted and pinched for a moment before she put aside her hand and left the emperor in the house, after which of course the emperor would not go to Zhongcui Palace again, but it was a pity that the medicine for a few days did not work on Hongyan.

The people in the palace have long known that Concubine Shu is taking fetal pills, compared to the early years when the queen mother forced her, she was also bitter and bitter, and the emperor stiffened when he touched her, and now he is full of hope to have a flesh and blood, and the situation is naturally very different. And Hongli is also anxious to know whether this medicine is useful or not, Concubine Shu's grace in the first half of the year is not as good as Hongyan, but it is better than others, and now the emperor has left the rain and dew distributed to others in Zhongcui Palace, plus Concubine Shu is already likable, so in the next few months, Concubine Shu is in the limelight.

And the queen's canonization ceremony was supposed to be held in May, but the queen fell ill at this time, the original eldest brother died and there was no major event to be rescheduled, and he had to wait for the queen to recover before choosing another day, Hongyan followed Concubine Yu and a few people to visit Yikun Palace, the queen looked really haggard, and Concubine Yu was even worried when she left: "I hope the queen is well, even if the relationship with the emperor is not enough, but what is the matter, it is really amazing, and now the world is peaceful." ”

In this way, the palace moved to the Old Summer Palace is also far away, the scorching heat is spent in the Forbidden City, which is not as relaxed as the Old Summer Palace, and the number of times Ruyin enters the palace is also less, so it is easy to enter the palace on the Qixi Festival before entering the palace and getting together with Hongyan and Concubine Shu.

The sisters got together to gossip, and when Concubine Shu led the children to play, Ruyin avoided others and asked Hongyan: "Is the queen mother safe?" ”

Hongyan said: "It's much better, the canonization ceremony of the second line in early August has been scheduled, and if it is not changed, the emperor will go to the garden to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Ruyin asked, "Niangniang, is she really sick?" ”

Hongyan shook her head and said she didn't know: "Very few people go to Yikun Palace, the queen doesn't like to be disturbed, and it's a hot day, I have hardly seen Niangniang." She was 10,000 at ease with me and Concubine Yu about the affairs in the palace, and she didn't ask. ”

"Originally, in May, that is, the day of the ceremony set before, it should be the time for our second master to return to Beijing to report on his work." Ruyin said, "But something happened in Tibet, and the second master didn't come back." ”

Hongyan frowned: "Could it be that the queen is waiting for ......?"

Ruyin said: "I'm afraid that I won't come back in August, I listen to Fu Heng, it's very troublesome over there." Three years ago, the king of Tibetan county, Po Luo Nai, died, he loved his second son Zhurmat Namzar the most, and asked the emperor to let the second son inherit the throne before his death, but this Zhurmat Namzar was so restless that he had a lot of dealings with Dzungaria, and he was ready to move. Our second master was sent by the emperor, that is, to keep an eye on this matter. ”

Hongyan's heart hung high when he heard this, and he said worriedly: "Don't fight, why can't those people live a peaceful life." ”

Ruyin said: "How can the common people be willing to fight, there is not wealth, and the court is supported by good food and drink, which is the ambition of those wolf sons who have the power." But then again, the successive dynasties have alternated, and they have all stepped on the human bones in the flames of war, and this kind of thing will never stop. ”

Hongyan was silent for a moment, and said: "Don't mention it, the more you talk about it, the farther and farther, our women's family can't help seriously, so don't say anything nonsense, make people panic." ”

At the end of July, the coolness of early autumn finally dissipated the heat, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent the new autumn clothes to the palaces, and the second day of the first month of August is the queen's canonization ceremony, and the new court clothes are made.

Concubine Shu was very impatient when she entered the door, and she didn't know what was wrong with the people in the sewing room behind her clothes, she was completely wrong in size, she took off her clothes and was about to fall to the ground, but fortunately Hongyan stopped her, took her clothes and let the cherries go out, and personally put on the clothes for Concubine Shu, and said: "Are you greedy for oranges and get on fire, you are very frizzy today, I let the cherry make a bowl of lotus heart tea to quench the fire?" ”

Concubine Shu tugged at her collar, wishing that the buttons were open to be comfortable, and said impatiently: "It's been like this for the past few days, it's dry in autumn, I didn't mean it, but they can't do it well with clothes." I know that those people are laughing at me for taking the medicine for almost a year and it doesn't work. Look at this garment, there is a surplus to wear ten months pregnant, do you deliberately disgust me? ”

Concubine Yu came in from outside the door and smiled kindly: "The people in the needlework room are going to be scared, the day after tomorrow is a good day for the queen's mother, we don't have to shout and kill, I asked them to hurry up and make a new one, don't be angry." ”

Concubine Shu fanned the wind with her hand, and when she saw that Hongyan and Concubine Yu had added clothes, she said impatiently, "Aren't you hot?" ”

Hongyan and Concubine Yu glanced at each other, and Concubine Yu suddenly said, "Do you have it?" Why are you so impatient, like a different person? ”

Concubine Shu was stunned and hurriedly smiled: "How is it possible, there is a moon letter at the beginning of the month." ”

Concubine Yu counted the days and said: "It was also the beginning of the month, now it is the end of the month, and the next month is tomorrow, haven't you had sex with the emperor this month?" ”

Mentioned like this, Concubine Shu was also a little nervous, Hongyan asked Cherry to pass on to Doctor He, a room of needlework and cloth were put away, and waited for Doctor He to take the pulse for Concubine Shu, in order to be cautious, the Imperial Doctor who took care of Concubine Shu on weekdays, and invited another one to take the pulse together, the three Imperial Doctors unanimously determined that Concubine Shu Niangniang had a happy pulse, but it was not many days, and it was not obvious, Niangniang was so impetuous and anxious, not good for her health, and had a miscarriage experience, so she had to go back to bed to recuperate.

No one expected that the recipe that Concubine Shu got from the grassland on her own initiative would really be effective.

When the news spread, the emperor heard it in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and he didn't know whether to be happy or sad, Hongyan followed and ate for a few months, but there was no movement, he muttered to himself: "Do you want to eat for a year?" ”

But the emperor soon came to Zhongcui Palace, Concubine Shu was still the person he liked, but in the happy atmosphere, he didn't see Hongyan on the side, and only after asking the palace did he know that the canonization ceremony of the queen the day after tomorrow was in full swing, so that the concubine couldn't leave.

Hongli went to Ningshou Palace to report the good news, the Queen Mother was very fond of Concubine Shu's background, but over the years, she and Concubine Ling have gotten closer, and the Queen Mother is faint, she now has other expectations in her heart, and Concubine Shu doesn't care if she has the Queen Mother at all.

And when the emperor left, the queen mother asked lukewarmly: "I heard that those medicines, Concubine Ling is also taking them?" It can be seen that whether this is or not, it is destined. ”

Hongli looked at his mother, and he felt that the Queen Mother had forgotten everything she had done.