Hongyan smiled: "You think slowly, I'm not in a hurry, what can I do?" ”

Qing Concubine had words in her mouth: "I just met the emperor in front of the door, and the emperor said that he went to Yikun Palace to visit the little brother......"

Hongyan asked, "What's wrong?" ”

But seeing that Concubine Qing was excited, she asked Hongyan and said: "Sister, do you remember, I once smelled the smell of the medicine used to drain lochia after Sister Shu gave birth to the tenth elder brother from the queen's mother, and the queen mother was not the queen yet, I tell you, you told me not to mention it to others again." ”

Hongyan said: "I remember, why did you remember it now?" She was a little nervous in her heart, and she didn't understand why Concubine Qing suddenly mentioned the past, at that time, the queen should have drunk the same contraceptive pills as the lochia medicine, and she wanted to guard Fu Erye in her heart and body at that time, so she had no children for more than ten years.

Qing Concubine said: "Actually, I thought it was strange myself, so I didn't mention it in my heart, but that day I went to Yikun Palace to congratulate the queen mother, and the queen mother had the smell of those drugs in the house, so naturally the queen mother ate it to discharge lochia." But I have also smelled such a breath in front of the gate of Chengqian Palace, even when Concubine Xin was still pregnant with the little princess. ”

Hongyan looked at her in surprise and asked, "When is it?" ”

Qing Concubine thought for a while and said, "After Sister Concubine Shu brought Fukangan here, the queen sent Hua Rong to ask if there was anything she needed help with, I heard it when Hua Rong and I left, I don't know if Hua Rong heard it, and none of us mentioned it at that time." ”

Hongyan knows that Concubine Qing has always been very sensitive to breath, and the incense powder used by the sisters over the years has been prepared by her, if she feels weird, she will definitely not fake it, but why is there that kind of decoction in the Chengqian Palace, at that time, Concubine Xin was still pregnant with the little princess, what did she do with that kind of medicine?

"I think about this kind of thing, but it's big or small, and I haven't said it to anyone, and I almost forget it." Qing Concubine said, "It was when I went to Yikun Palace that day and heard it again, so I suddenly remembered." ”

Hongyan nodded hurriedly: "It's good for you to hide this matter in your heart, it's nothing to whisper between us, it's troublesome to disperse, even if there is no right or wrong in the Forbidden City, you can fabricate right and wrong." ”

She appeased Concubine Qing to continue to forget such things, but when she turned around, she called Imperial Doctor He and asked him about childbirth. Speaking of early miscarriage, like when Concubine Xin drove to Horqin, whether it is necessary to take medicine to eliminate lochia, etc., Doctor He explained one by one, saying that after a miscarriage, it is also necessary to take medicine, but it is easier than normal childbirth, and there is no need to do abdominal compressions and other helpful things, and it can be exhausted within ten days and a half.

Doctor He asked Hongyan rhetorically: "Why did Niangniang mention these things?" ”

Hongyan smiled perfunctorily: "I'm just curious." ”

But this curiosity was quickly conveyed to Fu Heng by Doctor He, and Fu Heng discussed with Ruyin without thinking, and Ruyin mentioned it to her husband: "My sister always mentions Concubine Xin recently, as if there is something mustard in my heart, I have calmly persuaded a few times, but if my sister is really nervous, how about we keep an eye on it for her?" ”

In the palace, the empress sat in confinement, and Chinese New Year's Eve came, and she could just avoid red tape and hide quietly in Yikun Palace. On the contrary, the emperor was very attentive this time, which made the queen a little unaccustomed, but she had to play her own existence well, and she could only deal with it again and again.

During the New Year's holidays, the happiest thing is the children, since the eighth elder brother went to Jingyang Palace, although he will still miss his mother, but he is carefully taken care of by Concubine Yu, and he is a decent imperial elder brother when he goes out, and the eleventh elder brother is also favored by Concubine Shu, and everything is appropriate.

On the first day of the first month of the twenty-first year of Qianlong, the children came to Shoukang Palace with the concubines of the six palaces to ask Concubine Wen Hui for peace, and others could see that the eighth elder brother and the eleventh elder brother were well taken care of, wearing a new auspicious costume and kowtowing to the grandmother, Concubine Wen Hui took pity on them before they lost their mother, but she did not have much contact with the princes, so she gave the reward to Concubine Yu and Concubine Shu, and they gathered lively, and everyone dispersed.

When Concubine Yu led the eighth elder brother, Concubine Shu led the eleventh elder brother to leave with Fukangan, the concubines waited for the sedan chair to go, and the warm sedan chair of the concubine was late, and when she was going back in the sedan chair, she saw a few people parked next to the palace road, and the sixth elder brother was among them, and Concubine Xin subconsciously asked people to stop the sedan chair and get off the sedan chair and walk towards the child.

The sixth elder brother didn't sit in a sedan chair, and no one took him in a sedan chair, and as soon as the shoes that were baked warm in Shoukang Palace went into the snow, the snow melted. This son was standing aside, letting the eunuch with him help wipe his feet, but those people were too unparticular, such a cold day, let the elder brother go barefoot outside, and they were also frightened when they saw Concubine Xin Niangniang coming.

"Sixth elder brother, take my sedan chair, I'll send you back." Xin Concubine said.

The sixth elder brother is thirteen or fourteen years old, he is a big child, of course he doesn't dare to sit in a sedan chair with the concubine, if Concubine Xin is her adoptive mother, he hid his bare feet in the robe, turned his face and said, "Thank you Niangniang, no need, I can go by myself." ”