217 The Little Princess (Fourth Watch.)
Hongyan was tossed by the Queen Mother, and she was disheartened about the affairs of the harem, these days she only lived her own small life in Pinghu Qiuyue, and when she heard Hejing mention the pregnancy of the pure concubine, she remembered this person, and secretly felt that she couldn't go on like this, and she couldn't shrink into her own world forever.
And He Jing continued: "Listening to Qianya's meaning, the child may not be able to be saved after birth, and even Concubine Chun will die. They are alarmist, no matter how much they say that Eniang is good, I have to worry about Eniang, it is not easy for a woman to have a child. ”
Hongyan turned her mind back and said, "Since Niangniang is fine, then it will be fine, if you are nervous, Niangniang will be nervous, I ......" She settled down and said, "My health is also fine, I will go to Changchun Immortal Pavilion to visit Niangniang in a few days." ”
He Jing was overjoyed: "If you go, E-Niang will definitely be happy, E-Niang is worried about you." The princess's bright eyes flickered, "The imperial grandmother didn't let you go before, because you were infected with the wind and cold at that time, and now everything is fine, and the imperial grandmother has nothing to say." Hongyan, you are the one who saved the imperial grandmother. ”
It can be seen that Hejing knows something, but the child has grown up and understands that not everything has to come out, Hongyan herself does not want to mention it over and over again, she smiled with relief: "I know, when I go back to the emperor, you will tell Niangniang for me, and I will go to Changchun Immortal Pavilion." ”
Two days later, the queen finally saw Hongyan, the garden was preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the queen did not dare to bother when she was pregnant, but now the concubine Xian also ignored the affairs of the six palaces, and the Wei nobles in the past are now recuperating. Today, the people in the Internal Affairs Office couldn't hold it back, and begged to come to the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, and happened to meet Concubine Ling, who didn't say a few words to the queen in it, and came out to deal with it.
As a result, I heard that there were directors in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, and the delayed things everywhere came to the door, and when Hongyan sent the last person, it was almost dusk, and Qianya hurriedly came out and said: "Ling Concubine Niangniang, go in quickly, Niangniang has urged several times." ”
Hongyan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then send me something to eat, I'm hungry." ”
Hongyan entered the door again, and heard Hejing complaining: "I didn't bring Hongyan if I knew it, E-Niang, you see that she is busy." ”
When the queen saw her come in, she smiled and said, "This girl's heart used to be all for me, but now it seems that half of it has been given to you." ”
He Jing was unconvinced: "That's different, E-Niang is E-Niang, and Hongyan is my friend." ”
The queen's smile was still so clean and thorough, no matter how much the queen mother tossed her, she didn't crush her, don't say that most of the other people have already been polished by the harem and turned into the same face, even if she herself can't keep her original intention, she still often thinks about whether Hongyan is too innocent, or she is too sensible.
Qianya sent a snack, and Hongyan ate a few pieces of tea before she felt that she had regained some strength. Just to deal with those people, from their eyes to see that they are more courteous and flattering than before, she knows that there is a big difference between concubines and nobles, after all, there is a big difference, listening to the sound of "Ling Concubine Niangniang", she is still a little unaccustomed, but the meaning behind the word "Ling", she will cherish it.
"Huang Ama Chun and Eniang are both pregnant, it is not suitable to move, this year to spend the winter in the garden, this is rare, I have been looking forward to it for several years." He Jingzi said to Hongyan happily, "When the ice is frozen, let's watch the ice frolic together." ”
The queen said: "She just wants to take advantage of the fact that I am not yet alive and can play lawlessly, she is in the emperor and the princess...... After the front promised, he said that he would help take care of me when I gave birth. ”
The dry and hesitant word "Queen Mother", He Jing and Hongyan both heard it, and Jing saw Hongyan lowering his eyes, knowing that this should not be the time for her to laugh, Eniang and Hongyan still had a lot to say, she got up with a very eyelid and said: "I'm hungry too, Qianya is really eccentric, just take a few pieces and don't let me taste them." ”
The princess left this sentence and left, and took the palace maids outside the door down, and the dormitory became very quiet for a while, Hongyan heard the queen's sigh, raised her eyes, and the queen really stared at her, and only after looking at each other did she speak: "The emperor must have said everything, and I also promised the emperor that he would take care of you and take care of your body when he went out, but it turned out to be like this, Hongyan, you suffered." ”
Hongyan shook her head slightly and said, "It's over, Niangniang, the concubines are all right." ”
The queen said: "You have a heart, but others have a heart, the queen mother is more careful, you have to be more cautious in the future, I will try my best to be thoughtful for you." ”
Hongyan's heart is like stopping water, not that she is disheartened like the Queen Mother, but she is really calm and can't make any waves, the queen said this, she listened like this, otherwise what else, is she grateful to Dade?
The queen smiled helplessly: "After so many years, the past has passed, and the things in front of the eyes will be forgotten sooner or later." ”
Hongyan said: "Yes, the concubine also thinks so, life will go on after all." ”
"If you want, come to Changchun Immortal Pavilion often, don't worry about the Queen Mother, there are really many things that need you, and the emperor and I both understand." The queen said frankly, "I only hope that the child in my womb will be born safely, and I don't care about anything else." ”
"If the mother doesn't dislike it, the concubines are willing to come and share some of the burden for you, and the emperor canonizes the concubines as concubines, and he is also looking forward to doing things well for you." Hongyan didn't refuse, she hoped that she could slowly cheer up, but she also didn't want to do things, today's opportunity was made clear to the queen, and at that moment the queen realized that although Hongyan's smile was still sincere and beautiful, the person in front of her was not the Wei Hongyan before.
After every storm in the harem, there will be a long period of calm, and the emperor is trying his best to level a bowl of water at the moment, and he also understands that the sole favor of anyone other than the queen is the source of right and wrong. The affair was caused by him, but in the end, Hongyan was tortured, Hongli didn't want this to happen again, before Hongyan was strong and noble enough that no one could hurt her, he had to take care of everything for her.
So in the autumn of this year, in the eyes of the concubines, the emperor seemed to have a great understanding, and he was kind to everyone, his words and a look were enough to arouse the hearts of the women who had been silent for a long time, and the sky was getting colder and colder, but the Old Summer Palace did not see the autumn mood, but every day you could see the concubines dressed up in fancy clothes coming and going, and there was a prosperous scene for no reason.
If she was lucky, such as Concubine Jia, she became pregnant again after many years. At the end of November, when the imperial doctor told Concubine Jia that she was not overeating, but pregnant, Concubine Jia herself was so surprised that she was stunned, thinking that she had no hope for a long time.
And this year, Concubine Jia is already the third pregnant concubine, I don't know if the emperor is in good health this year, or if the mother is too favored, it has been difficult to find one in the past few years, but this year is so prosperous, when the news reached Shaojingxuan, Hongli also felt incredible. But after calming down, he just lightly instructed Mr. Wu: "The Queen Mother must be very happy, there are rules in the palace, and I don't have to worry about other things." Concubine Jia's temperament is bound to be public, I can't see it, you just say that it is the queen mother's meaning, and she wants her to raise the fetus with peace of mind and don't go out. ”
Manager Wu knew that the emperor cared about Concubine Ling, and after that incident, although the emperor was wet with rain and dew, he was still the most favored concubine, but after a few months, Concubine Ling still had no news. Whether that bowl of medicine will affect fertility or not, no one knows the bottom of her heart until the day when there is news about Concubine Ling's body, and if other concubines are pregnant, it will inevitably sting her heart.
When he walked out of Shaojingxuan, Chief Manager Wu sighed, thinking in his heart that the only ability of the Queen Mother was to give birth to an emperor, but this was a great ability.
At this moment, seeing his apprentices running over in a frivolous manner, Manager Wu was not angry and scolded: "Little beast, hurry to reincarnate? ”
The little eunuch actually said: "It's really going to be reincarnated, master, the words from Kyushu Qingyan show that the pure concubine is about to give birth." ”
Concubine Chun has given birth to two elder brothers, and she is not very old, and this pregnancy should have gone smoothly, but from the beginning to the present, the imperial doctor has not nodded too much. Staggered until the day of delivery, tossed for a day and a night, thinking that the child was going to suffocate in the stomach, but it turned out that there was still gas after birth, and the doctors naturally tried their best to treat it. But no one thought that this little princess who died for a lifetime, between the little fingers and ring fingers of her two hands, there were webbed like duck's paws in parallel, although it was not as scary as missing arms and legs, it was a deformed child, and even several nurses were afraid to feed, so scared that they didn't even have milk.
The emperor and the queen mother came to visit the pure concubine's house three days later, no matter how much she didn't like the pure concubine, she also worked hard for the royal family, and this production almost cost her life, which was also pitiful. But the pure concubine almost fell asleep for two days, and when she woke up for a short time, she was unable to speak and could not hold her newborn child, and she only woke up today, when the queen mother and the emperor came to visit her, and she didn't know that her daughter's hands looked different from ordinary people.
However, the queen mother and the emperor already knew that the little princess was disabled, after all, it was their own flesh and blood, and after the shock, they only hoped that the child could live safely, and the emperor only had a daughter under his knees, and he loved the poor little princess even more.
The queen mother thought that the pure concubine already knew that the child was disabled, and hugged her little granddaughter for a while, and when she saw the pure concubine looking at her longingly, she sent the swaddling clothes to her arms and said: "It's rare that we have a little princess again, the emperor likes his daughter, you hug it yourself." ”
Concubine Chun thought that it was more meaningful to give birth to a daughter than to give birth to a son, so she hugged her daughter excitedly, lifted the swaddling clothes and wanted to take a closer look at her face, but saw the child's exposed hands, fingers connected, looking like duck paws, she was startled, frightened and let go of her hand, the princess's swaddling clothes rolled down from her arms and fell heavily to the ground, and the baby's cry shook people's hearts.