487 One life and one death
Niu Hulu was already so angry that her face turned blue, in her opinion, if it wasn't for Concubine Xin that night, such good luck should be on her, at this moment she told everyone in a beautiful way that she had an heir, but she had nothing, all the benefits were snatched away by Concubine Xin, and her dark days would continue, and she would not be able to escape from her palm for the rest of her life.
A family banquet was dispersed "happily", on weekdays, the emperor sent the queen mother back to the palace, but today it was the queen mother who personally sent the concubine Xin back to the Chengqian Palace, Lan Changzai deliberately brought the six princesses in order to please the queen mother, but the queen mother said: "The child is not serious, you have to take care of it carefully, don't let her collide with the concubine, and don't let the concubine worry about the child, retreat." ”
Lan Chang was leaving in a huff, but Concubine Xin said to the Queen Mother: "The concubine still wants to take care of the little princess by herself, and Lan Chang is taking care of the emperor." ”
The Queen Mother waved her hand: "What else is there to do with her now, you take care of your body, give birth to a little grandson for me as soon as possible, counting the day is the end of the year, as long as you give birth to a little brother, you will be named Concubine Xin in the first month of next year." In the future, I will teach you the affairs of the six palaces hand in hand. ”
Concubine Xin saw that the Queen Mother loved and pitied herself, like her own mother and daughter, but her heart was cold, if it was really that night that Lan Changzai benefited, and her body could just conceive, now the Queen Mother's words, do you want to say to Niu Hulu? Is it that in the first month of the next year, there will be no concubines, but Lan Guiren? Lan Concubine? Or ...... She looked at her belly uneasily, if she couldn't give birth to a son, would the Queen Mother have to brush her sleeves away again?
When Huiyun sent the queen mother back, she saw her master in a daze, but as soon as she approached Concubine Xin, she grabbed her arm tightly, and saw the master say with tears in her eyes: "Can this child be saved?" Huiyun, will this child also ......?"
Huiyun hurriedly covered her master's mouth and said nervously: "Niangniang, what do you say, the sixth princess is your child, this time it must be a little brother, it must be a little brother." ”
Concubine Xin burst into tears, her fingers almost pinched into Huiyun's flesh, and she cried and said: "I don't want to live like that again, I want to have my own children, I don't want to be pointed at anymore, saying that my children don't look like their parents." ”
"Mother, be quiet." Huiyun looked out the door, "Now that Lan Chang is here, she has to keep an eye on us." ”
"She dares." Concubine Xin stopped her sad face in an instant, and her eyes with tears showed a fierce light, "When I give birth to a little brother, what will I do with her?" ”
I don't know what the emperor thinks, it seems that he came back to his senses and felt that something was wrong that night, or he didn't want Concubine Xin to be too proud, and deliberately in June, Jin named Niu Hulu as a nobleman, and a little palace maid sat on the position of a noble person in a short period of time, which was faster than when Concubine Jin was sealed, but Lan Guiren was not a beauty or a talented woman, and no one understood what the emperor liked about her, maybe it was really not for liking, but just to make Concubine Xin feel uncomfortable.
There is only a first-order difference between the nobles and the concubines, and the Lan nobles can be on an equal footing with their old masters at any time, which will obviously make the pregnant concubine very uneasy. But now, in order to keep this child, Concubine Xin tried her best, even eating and drinking on the bed, just looking forward to getting rid of this eye-catching person around her after giving birth to the emperor's elder brother.
However, the queen mother did not wait for the end of the year to add a grandson to her, on July 16, Concubine Ling gave birth smoothly again, the Queen Mother thought that that the red would affect the mother and the fetus, but the news that could be sent was that Concubine Ling gave birth to a little brother more smoothly than the first birth, and the mother and child were safe.
"Brother? Is it really Brother? In Ningshou Palace, the Queen Mother got the news and stood up from the couch excitedly, but she was not happy, her frowning face was incredulous and disgusting, and there was a bit of desolation that came from nowhere.
"The slave maid saw with her own eyes that it was a little brother, and the emperor was very happy." Mama Hua said embarrassedly, "It's the fourteenth elder brother, master, look, our long live master is really a prosperous heir." ”
But without waiting for the Queen Mother to say cold words, the palace maid outside the door ran in a panic and said in horror: "Queen Mother, the thirteenth elder brother in Yikun Palace has a pox, and the emperor has just decreed that the palace will be sealed." ”
Mama Hua hurriedly instructed the palace people to prepare to avoid pox, and she heard the Queen Mother whispering: "That kid, don't be a disaster." ”
Maybe this is just a casual remark from an extremely angry person, Mama Hua will not spread it to the outside world, but people who are hot and jealous outside will not only think so meanly, but also wish that everyone in the world would know that the son born by Concubine Ling is not blessed and is a disaster.
The thirteenth elder brother had a pox, which aroused the heartache of the emperor back then, lest it cause a disaster in the imperial city again, the emperor quickly ordered the palace to be sealed, not only the people in Yikun Palace were not allowed to enter and exit, but the entire Forbidden City was under martial law, and he had to be separated from Hongyan, who had just given birth, and Hongyan also advised him that he must not neglect the middle palace at this moment.
In Yanxi Palace, Fo'er took care of Xiao Qi, Cherry and the nurse took the fourteenth elder brother to live in the red face house, and they could only breathe a sigh of relief when the thirteenth elder brother escaped after twelve days, and because of the closure of the palace, no news could be transmitted, and no one knew what was going on in Yikun Palace at the moment.
Naturally, even the emperor will not go to Yikun Palace, he doesn't want to think about what dangerous things Hongyan will encounter, if Hongyan is safe in life, there is no one in this world who can let him risk his life to accompany him. At the beginning, he stayed by An Yi's side without hesitation, even if his son had a fatal smallpox, he did not hesitate for a minute, Hongli did not want Hongyan to encounter danger, if it were not for Hongyan, the emperor would never do this again.
In the eyes of others, such a distinction between the emperor is very unfair to the successor, although his affection for Empress Fucha is unparalleled, but the successor is also the middle palace, and the mother of the Qing Dynasty, and the prince she gave birth to is the future of the Qing Dynasty. But in fact, it seems that only others care about this difference, the queen not only did not expect the emperor to care about her and the child, at this moment the thirteenth elder brother is struggling between life and death, the queen is guarding the twelfth elder brother inch by inch, she handed over the thirteenth elder brother to the imperial doctor and the palace maid, and she never looked at it again, and accompanied the twelfth elder brother day and night, for fear that he would miss half a point.
Eight days later, the weak thirteenth elder brother failed to survive the torture of illness, when Yikun Palace was immersed in grief, the five princesses who were infected by their younger brother that night also went with their younger brother, Yikun Palace lost the prince and princess in one day, the tragic state was no less than that of Changchun Palace, the entire royal family was shocked, Hongli heard the bad news in the palace of raising the heart, and he couldn't speak for a long time, he didn't know how to face the successor, they gave birth to three children, they have been together for more than 20 years, but the emperor is for his successor, Why is it still so strange.
In Yikun Palace, Hua Rong cried heartbroken, although Princess Brother was not her child, she was taken care of day and night after birth, and she had already given birth to feelings, and she took the princess to drench in the rain and wade in the summer, so there was nothing in the blink of an eye. The little life has not yet enjoyed the beauty of this world, and has not yet enjoyed the dignity that the origin of the golden branches and jade leaves will bring her, so it disappeared.
But in all the sorrows, there is no queen figure, others think that the queen is too sad to see people, only Hua Rong knows that the master is guarding the twelfth elder brother, she has to wait for this illness to pass, before she dares to let the twelfth elder brother contact others, although they are all her children, but the twelfth elder brother is Fu Erye's child, she can lose the thirteenth elder brother, she can lose her daughter, but the twelfth elder brother must not have anything.
The queen did not allow anyone to set foot in the door of the Twelfth Elder Brother's room, nor did she participate in the aftermath of the two children, everything in the palace had rules and regulations, but in order to keep Qing'er, she was able to stop looking at the two biological flesh and blood, and she was not even willing to give them a ride. No one saw the heartbroken side of the queen, so they all fantasized that she would become numb because of excessive grief, and it was not until the sixth palace was lifted in early August that people began to walk around each other again, and the rumors about the things in the Yikun Palace began.
On this day, the emperor came to Yikun Palace for the first time, and the queen led the twelve elder brothers to greet him, but the mother and son were far away, Hongli couldn't bear it, and wanted to hug the twelve elder brothers, but the queen hid her son behind her, and said to the emperor embarrassedly: "The emperor still has to be careful, take care of the dragon body, everything is fine in Yikun Palace, and the emperor doesn't have to worry." ”
Hongli said bitterly: "I am heartbroken to lose my two children, but I ......"
The queen said strongly: "The concubine will take good care of Qing'er, the emperor, the twelfth elder brother will never be fine." ”
Hongli frowned slightly, she felt that the queen was a little abnormal, but she couldn't say what was wrong, she just waited until she left Yikun Palace, and then rushed to Yanxi Palace to visit Hongyan and the child, everything she saw here made the emperor feel normal.
Hongyan has not yet been out of confinement, lying on the bed and holding the fourteenth elder brother, after the emperor came, she carefully put the child into his arms, and then said a mourning, for the tragedy of Yikun Palace, she really didn't know what to say.
The emperor said: "I went to see the queen, she was very careful to watch out for me, I am afraid that I will do to the twelfth elder brother, she lost a son and a daughter, such a sad thing, but I can't see where she is sad." It's not the abnormal indifference of An Yi after being grief-stricken in the past, as if she was so indifferent, and the death of those two children didn't have much impact on her. ”
Hongyan listened quietly, and the emperor said strangely: "I heard from the palace people, in those few days, she didn't look at Yongjing and her daughter, and she has been guarding the twelve elder brothers. ”
Hongyan understands better than anyone else in her heart, because the weight of the Twelfth Elder Brother in the queen's heart is completely different from that of other children, even if it is flesh and blood.
The emperor sighed: "I have so many children, but I can't lose them easily, I really want to comfort her, the queen doesn't seem to need it at all, she really isn't sad?" How so? Suddenly remembering something, he said to Hongyan solemnly, "I know what gossip is going on outside, you must not take it to heart, I will never look at our son like this." ”