I didn't speak immediately, but reached out and took off the sachet on her waist, put it under my nose and sniffed it, Ning Yan said suspiciously: "What, do you think these spices are still not enough?" ”

"Hmm."

"That's—"

"With musk."

Musk, as soon as he heard these two words, Ning Yan's face showed a hesitant look, and he said in a low voice: "Musk? This, this is very taboo in the palace. ”

"Taboo doesn't mean no one uses it." I lowered my voice and said, "Otherwise, why do you think the emperor stayed in the Chonghua Palace every night a few days ago, although the concubine is beautiful, it has not yet reached the point of the six palaces of the crown." ”

"Really?"

I nodded: "I've served her these days, isn't it clear?" ”

Ning Yan thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, in fact, I also have some musk in my room, I'll go back later and put it in the sachet." ”

I shook my head and said, "No, I'm not asking you to put musk in the sachet. ”

"No sachets?" Ning Yan looked at me suspiciously: "Then, how do you use it?" ”

I said, "This time, I want you to light the musk and put it in the incense burner of the Orchid Cottage." I've already mixed some spices in it beforehand, plus musk - you know, musk is only strongest when it is lit. ”

"However, Lanxiangju is the residence of Xu Cairen. Xu Cairen is here, how can I put musk-"

"You forget, you are the emperor's maid officer, and you know the emperor's actions best; I am also serving Xu Cairen, and I can control her actions. If the emperor wants to come to Lanxiangju tonight, he will inevitably let you come over first to spread the word, and I will find a way to support Xu Cairen before you come, and when the emperor comes up and pounces, he will inevitably wait for a while. At that time, Lanxiangju burned musk, so that the emperor could be emotional. ”

Liu Ningyan lowered her head and didn't squeak, and I continued: "Of course, I will find a way to delay the time for the talent to come back, the emperor can't wait, he will go to Chonghua Palace, and today is Niangniang's letter period, he came on the occasion, and he will definitely not want to return in defeat, this is your chance." ”

I glanced at her and said, "Three years ago, after all, you had a love of fish and water, and the emperor looked at you, which was different from other palace maids. ”

This time, Liu Ningyan did not speak, but thought silently for a long time, and suddenly raised his head to look at me, with a strange smile on his face, and said, "Musk? Who doesn't know that musk is a forbidden thing for pregnant women, you let me light musk in Xu Cairen's orchid house, Yue Qingying, you want to harm me! ”

My heart moved slightly, and I still looked at her without changing my face: "Do you think I'm hurting you?" ”

"Isn't it?"

I glanced at her, smiled faintly, and said, "I can't imagine that I worked so hard for you to come up with such a solution, and I almost had to catch up with myself, and actually made you think that I was harming you." Well, since you think so, forget about this matter, I don't need to help you get rid of Xu Cairen. ”

With that, I turned to leave.

"Where are you going!"

"Go to the Inner Servant Province and let them take off the green head card of the concubine."

I turned around and walked towards the gate, and just after taking two steps, I remembered Liu Ningyan's hesitant voice behind me: "Yue Qingying, you-"

I looked back at her: "Lady Liu, is there something wrong?" ”

Her gaze looked a little hesitant, and she slowly walked in front of me: "You, are you really helping me?" ”

"My handle is in your hands, and if I don't help you, what good will it do me?"

"But......" She was obviously a little tempted, but she still hesitated in her heart: "Musk thing-"

Seeing that she was still hesitating, I said coldly and said, "As the saying goes, victory is in danger. If you don't make dangerous moves, what will you do to compete for favor with the three thousand beauties in the harem? At the beginning, you were able to go to his bed because there were not many people around him, but now, if you look at this harem, what kind of beauty is not. If you can't even show this guts, you won't be able to climb the emperor's dragon couch. ”

After listening to my words, Liu Ningyan's face changed a few times, and finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" ”

After Shenshi, I accompanied Xu Cairen to drink a bowl of fragrant drink to cool off the heat, and I saw that outside the gate, a little palace maid glanced inside, and when she saw me, she retracted and ran away in a hurry.

I turned around, just as she had finished drinking, Yuwen handed her a silk handkerchief to wipe her mouth.

"Cairen, are you feeling better?"

"Well, it's better."

I smiled and said, "Cairen has slept too much in the past two days, and it is not good for his health, and the queen mother was still asking a few days ago." Now that the sun is down, it is better to go to Jingren Palace to greet Niangniang. ”

Xu Cairen glanced at me and said with a smile: "It's okay, the queen has given me a vacation these days, and I haven't been to ask for peace for several days." ”

I hurriedly walked over to help her up, and Xu Cairen turned back to Yuwen and said, "You guard the house." ”

"Yes."

"If anyone comes, don't be lazy."

Yuwen glanced up at Xu Cairen and said with a smile: "The slave knows." ”

Xu Cairen and I looked at each other and smiled, and then walked out slowly. At this time, the sun has turned west, and there is a cool breeze in the air, with the beautiful fragrance of summer flowers and plants, which is fascinating.

Who knew that as soon as he walked to the imperial garden, he heard a warbler in front of him, and looked up, but it was the queen who was walking in the imperial garden with a few concubines, among which Pang Xiuyi was running in front and looked down at the lake, and when he turned his head and saw us, he said: "Queen, look, Xu Cai is over there." ”

I immediately helped Xu Cairen to walk over, and she bowed to the queen and said, "The concubine visits the queen." ”

"Hold on."

Chang Qing waved her hand, and the little palace maid behind her came over and helped Xu Cairen with me, Chang Qing said, "Didn't you say it?" If you are pregnant, you do not have to get up and kneel, lest you hurt the fetus. ”

"The mother is pitiful, and the concubines don't dare to break the rules."

Chang Qing smiled and asked again, "What are you doing on this hot day?" ”

Xu Caidao: "I am not feeling well these days, I didn't go to the queen to say goodbye, today is a little better, I was going to Jingren Palace to greet the mother, but I didn't expect to meet the mother here." ”

As soon as her words fell, Lu Shuyi, who was standing beside the queen, smiled and said, "Xu Cairen is really a caring person. These emperors go to Lanxiangju every day to accompany talented people to dinner, and they can still remember to say goodbye to the queen. ”

Zhu Wanyi also smiled: "Xu Cairen, won't the emperor go to Cairen's place for dinner tonight?" ”

Xu Cairen was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what to say, so he lowered his head.

I looked at her, thought about it, and said with a smile: "If the emperor doesn't come or not, someone will pass the word, and it's not a talented person who can call the shots." Just now, I was just thinking about saying goodbye to the queen, so I came over, but I didn't expect to meet the mother here, and I thought about it. ”

Lu Shuyi glanced at me and said with a smile: "What a girl, really articulate." ”

"Shuyi Niangniang praised it falsely."

I stood beside Xu Cairen in a proper manner, looked up at Chang Qing, she was also looking at me, at this time I smiled faintly, and said to Xu Cairen: "It's okay, since you are also here, let's go for a walk together." ”

After saying that, she walked over and took her hand and walked slowly forward, and when she walked in front of me, she glanced at me, and I bowed my head and smiled at her.

A group of people walked slowly along the edge of the lake.

The sun has been slanting in the west, although the heat is still a little heavy, but from the center of the lake there is a cool breeze with lotus fragrance, but it makes people feel a lot more comfortable, everyone is talking and laughing all the way is also lively, the youngest Pang Xiuyi is jumping around playing, and also standing by the lake to pick some lotus flowers to share with everyone, Chang Qing looked at her and just pursed her lips and smiled, and did not blame much.

Everyone was talking and laughing, and suddenly, Xu Cairen's face changed, and he bent down holding his stomach.

When she moved like this, everyone was frightened, and they all stepped aside, and Chang Qing hurriedly said, "What's wrong?" What's going on? ”

I hurriedly walked up to help Xu Cairen and said, "What's wrong with Cairen?" Is it bad again? ”

Xu Cairen frowned and bent over, unable to say a word, only nodded lightly, gritted his teeth with a sad expression, and some sweat appeared on his forehead.

Chang Qing asked me, "What's wrong with Xu Cairen?" ”

"Back to the queen's words, Xu Cairen has always felt that his body is not very good, and his stomach has a faint feeling of pain, but after letting the imperial doctor come to take a look, he didn't find anything, so he didn't take it seriously, just regarded it as fetal movement, but these days it is getting stricter and stricter."

"Fetal movements? How can fetal movements be like this! ”

Chang Qing said: "You are really, talented people are not good, why didn't you say it earlier." ”

"Niangniang," Xu Cairen raised his head and smiled reluctantly: "It's just a trivial matter, I don't dare to say it to annoy Niangniang." ”

"It's a dragon seed in the belly, how can it be a trivial matter." Chang Qing glanced at her reproachfully, looked up at the road ahead, and said, "It just so happens that this place is not far from Lan Xiangju, go back immediately, and let the imperial doctor come over immediately to see what is going on." ”

When the little eunuch behind her heard this, he immediately agreed and ran away, and a group of us escorted Xu Cairen and walked all the way towards Lanxiangju.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Yuwen coming from inside, and when she saw us, she immediately knelt down: "Meet the queen mother!" ”

The queen glanced at her, "What are you doing here?" ”

"It was Lady Liu who came over, and the slave went to pour her tea." Yuwen said, looked at Xu Cairen again, and said, "What's wrong with Cairen?" ”

The queen said: "Your master is not feeling well, the imperial doctor will come over soon, immediately go back to the house to prepare, see what is going on, if something happens to the fetus, the palace will treat you for the crime of poor service." ”

"Huh? Be! ”

When Yuwen heard this, she hurriedly got up and ran towards Lan Xiangju quickly, pushed open the door, and just took a step in, she heard her shout loudly: "You-what are you doing?" ”