"But ......," the queen shook her head and said, "But the emperor is already dissatisfied with the crown prince now, if they give birth to a prince again, won't the prince's position be even more unstable." ”

Ying Shi said angrily when he heard this: "Did you hear what I just said?" If you don't do it, they may threaten the prince in the future, but if you do it, you may become a deposed queen, and the prince's position will be unstable immediately, do you understand? ”

"I'm careful, don't let the emperor find out." The queen thought about it carefully, and always felt that Ying's words were a bit alarmist, she hadn't done this kind of thing before, wasn't it good, didn't anything happen?

Ying really wanted to pry open the queen's head to see what she was in her head, she took a deep breath and said, "Do you really think that others don't know what you did before?" No one is stupid, and the emperor is not stupid, it's just that the emperor is unwilling to pursue the face of the old lady and the prince. ”

"But now the situation is different, once the emperor is investigated, it will be considered light after the abolition, think about it yourself, the old lady has lived for so long, after three dynasties, when did you miss what she said? If you don't listen to persuasion, when the old lady really doesn't care about you, you will regret it and have no place to regret it. ”

"And do you think that without the birth of a prince, the crown prince will definitely become the next emperor, and you will definitely be able to become the queen mother? I tell you that unless you kill the kings of Qi, Ning, Mu and their sons, there will be changes in this matter. ”

Before the Dayong Dynasty, there were no examples of the emperor passing on the throne to his younger brother and nephew.

Ying's good talk finally made the queen clear, and the queen also promised that she would be strict with the prince in the future, and she would definitely ask the family's opinion first, let alone do anything to the stomach of Concubine Hui and Qu Cairen.

After Ying's left, the queen sat alone for a long time, first glad that she had not told the emperor that she would not let the prince go to Jianzhang Palace every day in the future, and then called the prince who was playing with the little eunuch to him, and said to the prince: "Cong'er, your body is also well, from tomorrow you will go to the Shangshufang to study with a good teacher." ”

When the prince heard this, the smile on his face disappeared, and he was coquettish with the queen with a bitter face, "Queen Mother, Erchen feels that Erchen is still a little dizzy, can you rest for two more days and then go to study." ”

"No way!" The queen almost agreed, but remembering what Ying had said, she still rejected the prince ruthlessly, and said resolutely: "You are in good health and the queen mother is very clear, you will ...... from tomorrow"

"No, you can read and write for me now, and I'll keep an eye on you myself." As she spoke, the queen urged the prince to go to the study.

The prince didn't know why his mother suddenly didn't care for him, but when he saw that the queen had no room for negotiation, he had to go to the study with a sad face.

The queen did what she said, and she really sat beside the prince all afternoon and stared at him reading.

was stared at by the queen and read the book for most of the day, and he was not given the opportunity to be lazy and played, and the prince was going to the study room by himself without the queen's urging on the second day.

At least when he was studying in the study, the teacher would let him rest for a while, and he would not sit beside him like his mother and stare at him nicely.

The queen looked at the prince who came to greet her, sorted out his clothes, and said softly: "Go to the Shangshufang and work hard, otherwise if you can't answer your homework when your father goes back, the queen mother will stop your pastries." ”

"Don't skip school anymore, you know?"

The prince replied weakly: "Got it, Queen Mother." ”

After that, the queen basically put all her thoughts on the prince, and only thought about spurring the prince to work hard every day, and she didn't seem to be so concerned about the rest of the things.

Even Concubine Hui became more and more disrespectful and arrogant to her because she was pregnant, and she endured it.

September 12 is the emperor's birthday. On his birthday, although Luo Chengjing didn't have to go to the morning court, he was not more idle than usual.

At noon, he had to attend a family banquet in the palace, accept the congratulations of the harem concubines, princes, and princesses, and at night he would also participate in the palace banquet in Cheng'an Palace, inviting hundreds of officials.

The family banquet at noon was presided over by the queen mother, and the banquet began at one o'clock in the afternoon.

When there were still two quarters of an hour before noon, Lu Yuning packed herself, packed the congratulatory gifts for the emperor in a box, handed them to Qingzhi, and took her to the Yunyin Hall where the banquet was held.

Qingzhi looked at the box in his hand, and then at the sachet embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon that was still in the basket, and said, "Master, that sachet ......"

The sachet is embroidered by the master himself, and it is still a double-sided embroidery with considerable effort, and after the embroidery, the master also carefully blended the spices himself and put it in, Qingzhi thought that this was the birthday gift prepared by the master for the emperor.

As a result, last night, the master asked her to dig out a piece of inkstone and put it up, as a birthday gift for the emperor.

This piece of inkstone is a famous inkstone of the former dynasty, and it can be taken as a birthday gift to the emperor, and it is better than the sachet made by the master himself, and he doesn't know where the value is, but Qingzhi feels that it is better to send such an inkstone than to send the sachet made by the master himself.

After all, every stitch and thread of the sachet is the master's mind, and the emperor can understand the master's intentions when he sees the sachet.

Lu Yuning glanced back at the sachet thrown in the basket and said with a smile: "Let's put it here first." ”

Lu Yuning said this, Qingzhi didn't persuade again, Qingzhi also saw it clearly after entering the palace for so long, although many times they didn't understand Lu Yuning's behavior at the time, but in the end, they would find that these behaviors were meaningful, and the effect was very good.

When Lu Yuning arrived at the Yunyin Palace, many people had not yet arrived, including Qu Cairen, but Zhou Cairen, who had been very close to Qu Cairen before, had arrived.

Seeing Lu Yuning coming in, Zhou Cairen greeted her with a smile.

Lu Yuning nodded at her with a smile, and then sat down in her seat under the guidance of the palace people, and there was a vacant seat between her seat and Zhou Cairen's seat, which should be Qu Cairen.

After Lu Yuning sat down, Zhou Cairen accosted Lu Yuning through the vacant seat: "Why did Lu Meiren come so early? ”

Although Lu Yuning is not a favorite now, she is also favored, especially when Lu Yuning met the emperor in the imperial garden some time ago, and she also got a pot of chrysanthemums rewarded by the emperor, but she envied everyone in the harem.

It's not that this chrysanthemum is so valuable or rare, although the pot of purple dragon lying snow that Lu Yuning got is indeed a rare treasure, but there are no flowers of the same quality as it in the flower room, and the harem concubines envy that the pot of flowers is rewarded by the emperor, and Lu Yuning is the only one among so many concubines in the harem, can you not make everyone envious?

has a favor, and there is a sister who is a concubine, even if Lu Yuning came a little later than the high-ranking concubines, it is not in the way, but Lu Yuning came so early, a little earlier than some low-ranking concubines.

It's the same when I greet the queen, every time it's early.

Lu Yuning smiled and said, "Didn't Zhou Cairen also come early?" ”

Zhou Cairen shook his head, "I'm different from you." ”

Lu Yuning said: "What's the difference? I'm beautiful, you're talented, and it's nothing worse. ”

"That's a lot worse, Lu Meiren, your future has infinite possibilities, and my future is already doomed." After a few years of hard work in the palace, she didn't get favored, and her future will be like this, no favor and no love, and she will die alone.

She is not afraid of such a future, but her wish has not been fulfilled yet, and she is still a little unwilling.

Zhou Cairen laughed at himself and said, "Don't talk about this, what kind of congratulatory gift did Lu Meiren prepare for the emperor today?" ”

After asking, Zhou Cairen added, "I'm just curious to ask casually, if it's inconvenient for Lu Meiren to say, forget it." ”

"Nothing inconvenient to say." Lu Yuning said: "I just happened to have a piece of Duan inkstone from the previous dynasty in my hand, so I made him a congratulatory gift to the emperor, what about you?" ”