The sound of firecrackers is a year old, and with the sound of crackling firecrackers, the new year has arrived.

Shen Hongjun and his wife led the children to eat dumplings, and then went to the old man's yard to kowtow to the old man and the old lady.

Although these two old men were not in good health, they also supported and waited until this time. Looking at the great-grandchildren and great-grandchildren kneeling on the ground, the old couple couldn't close their mouths. "Okay, okay, get up, get up. Liuli, go, bring the red envelopes I prepared before and give them to these little guys. The old lady laughed.

The girl on the side hurriedly went to get a thick stack of red envelopes, and then each of the seven boys was one. The children happily accepted the red envelope, and then saluted again, "Thank you great-grandfather, great-grandmother." ”

"Okay, let's go out with your red envelopes, there are a lot of firecrackers and fireworks prepared outside, just go out and set them off." The old man also smiled, waved his hand and let the children go out.

When the children left, Lao Guogong turned his head and said to Shen Hongjun and his wife, "Your grandmother and I have survived another year, it's really not easy." Jun'er, I'm afraid that our old couple will not be able to do it, and I should explain some words to you. ”

"You are the most outstanding child of our Shen family, and with your own ability, you have been crowned the Duke of the Kingdom. Grandfather is happy, really happy, our Shen family, since the founding of Taizu, has been prosperous. In your lifetime, you are more and more prosperous. Look at this posture, as long as our family doesn't make too much trouble in the future, it is possible to prosper for a few hundred more years. ”

"Grandfather only tells you one thing, that is, take good care of the Shen family, protect Yunlin, and don't let Yunlin miss the slightest. Yunlin has become the crown prince, just wait for the ceremony to be held after the year, and in the future, he will be the king of a country. As long as our Shen family protects Yunlin, this is a great achievement, and in the future, the Shen family will continue to prosper. ”

"Grandfather, don't worry, grandson will definitely protect Yunlin." Shen Hongjun nodded and agreed.

"Okay, grandfather doesn't have anything else to ask for, that's all." The old man smiled. "Okay, the two of us are tired, so I won't accompany you, you all go back to rest, you have to go into the palace today, let's go and rest."

Shen Hongjun retired as he said and left from the courtyard here with Yun Xue. The children were also a little tired, so they went back to rest together.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Shen Hongjun took Yun Xue into the palace to attend the court meeting. After entering the palace, the husband and wife separated, and Yun Xue was led by the palace people all the way to the Zichen Hall located in the imperial garden.

"The queen is not feeling well, and Your Majesty is afraid that too many people will be in the front hall of Fengyi Palace, and the noise will make the mother rest, so this year's court meeting was held in the Zichen Palace." The palace people in front were afraid that Yunxue would be confused, so they hurriedly explained.

Yun Xue's heart sank, is the queen's illness already so heavy?

When I came to the palace, I saw that many of the ladies of each family had come, and the big guys greeted each other affectionately. Jinxiu came early in the morning, and when she saw Yun Xue, she hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Yun Xue aside. Livzon's grade is not enough, and this kind of occasion cannot come. But Mingzhu is here, Jiang Chengtao is now the head of the household of the third grade, and Mingzhu can come with the grade of his husband.

Several old acquaintances, after seeing Yun Xue, all came forward to say hello. Yun Xue returned from the northwest and has been busy, and she has not visited many general friends. I met today, and I just had a few laughs.

While everyone was talking and laughing, Yun Ni came in in the clothes of the princess, "Ladies, the queen's mother is not in harmony and cannot attend today's court meeting." Today, the concubine will receive you after the temporary surrogate mother, and please also invite you Haihan. After Yunni came in, he said loudly to everyone.

The queen mother is not in good health, in fact, these ladies present are also aware of it. Everyone thought that Concubine Yang and Concubine Qi would preside over today, but they didn't expect that it would be Prince Rui's princess.

It's right to think about it, Prince Rui has been designated as the crown prince by His Majesty, and he will officially become the prince after the second volume of the ceremony is established on the second day of February. The princess in front of her will be the princess at that time, and the identity of the princess is indeed higher than that of Concubine Yang and Concubine Qi.

Thinking of this, all the ladies hurriedly saluted Yunni, and their attitudes were very respectful.

After the salute, everyone took their seats according to their grades, and then Yunni spoke, and the banquet began. Yun Ni only sat in the Zichen Hall for two quarters of an hour before leaving.

Not long after Yun Ni left, someone from the palace came and invited Yun Xue and Jinxiu to go to Fengyi Palace. Yun Xue and Jinxiu quietly left the table and followed the palace people to a side hall of Fengyi Palace.

In the side hall, Yun Ni was anxiously waiting, and as soon as she saw Yun Xue coming, Yun Ni hurriedly stood up. "Eldest sister, I came to you because I entrusted you with something. The situation of the mother has been extremely bad these days, and the means I have exhausted are just barely maintaining. There are a few Chong'er, I can't take care of them for the time being, and I ask the eldest sister to watch a few of them. ”

Yun Xue was about to nod her head in agreement, but Yun Ni took out a piece of jade Jue and divided it into two jade pendants, one of which was handed to Yun Xue, "Eldest sister, you remember, if Chen Ping hadn't taken the other half to the Guogong Mansion to pick up Chong'er and them, the eldest sister would never have let people take Chong'er and the three." ”

Yun Xue's heart sank, knowing that the queen mother was afraid that she had reached the point of running out of oil and running out. If the queen dies, Qin Pengchong must come back to guard the spirit. Yunni's meaning is that he is afraid that someone will be confused, and when the time comes, he will arrest the three brothers with bad intentions.

"Is it really coming to this?" Yun Xue's heart was heavy, and she couldn't help but ask.

"Immortals are hard to save." Yunni shook her head and sighed.

"Then Your Majesty can know?" Yun Xue was a little worried, if the queen was really bad, would Emperor Yonghui be angry with Yun Ni? After all, Yunni tried her best to save the queen, if the queen missed, Yunni would be inseparable.

"Your Majesty has known for a long time, and when we entered the palace that day, it was not good for the mother. The imperial doctor didn't dare to prescribe prescriptions, but it was I who gave the treatment hard, so it was delayed until the New Year. Your Majesty understands that it will be fine. Yun Ni knew what her sister was worried about, and hurriedly spoke out to comfort her.

"The palace people in this palace are all Niangniang's henchmen, and now Niangniang has entrusted them all to me, it's okay, I'm not afraid that someone will leak anything." Yun Ni looked at the palace people standing outside the gate of the side hall, and said in a low voice.

"Eldest sister, remember, you must be vigilant these days. Recently, there has been some chaos in the palace, Niangniang is seriously ill, Your Majesty is worried, and she has been really sick for a while. I'm busy healing Your Majesty and Niangniang, Yunlin is busy with government affairs, and we can't spare our hands to clean up the affairs in the palace. Right now, someone is jumping, and the eldest sister should be careful. ”

Yun Xue nodded, "I know, you are in the palace, you have to be careful." If not, I'll leave you with Luping and Luhe, both of which are excellent in their work, and if something happens, the two of them can protect you. ”

These girls around Yunxue have long been taught by her to have good skills. Compared to Yunni, it is not inferior. In the northwest that day, if it weren't for the help of these girls, Yun Xue would not have been able to defeat the attack of tens of thousands of people in the Northern Yuan Dynasty with a few thousand people. Yun Xue was afraid that Yun Ni would make a mistake in the palace, so she simply left the two most powerful ones to Yun Ni.

Yunni originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, she was in too much of a hurry to enter the palace this time, and she only brought a few girls with her. Although these girls also have some fists and kicks, they are too much worse than the girls around the eldest sister. "That's okay, just leave Luping and Luhe in the palace, I'll just say that there are not enough people around me and borrow them from my sister."

Shen Ningyan was seriously ill, and the harem was unmanaged, so Emperor Yonghui issued an order to let Yunni temporarily take charge of managing the harem. In fact, Emperor Yonghui's harem is also relatively simple, just two concubines, which is relatively easy to manage. In addition to diagnosing the queen every day, Yunni also has to manage various things in the harem.

Luping and Luhe are just two girls, it's not a big deal, Yunni can make the decision herself, and there is no need to ask others. With these two people by her side, Yunni herself can rest assured. No matter how powerful she is, she is just one person, she doesn't have three heads and six arms, in case something happens, Luping and Luhe can help.

Jinxiu was beside her, and she couldn't interject all the time, she also understood the importance of the matter, so let Yun Xue and Yun Ni discuss it well.

Yun Xue thought for a moment and took off a chain from her neck, and the lower end of the chain was decorated with a dazzling bead. "This was given to me by Yunlin at the beginning, and thanks to this bead, otherwise I would have been poisoned. You take this with you, since the palace is so dangerous, it is necessary to keep an extra hand. ”

As Yun Xue spoke, she put the bead on Yun Ni.

"Eldest sister, I am a healer, and no poison can hide from me." Yun Ni said this, but she was very grateful in her heart, and only her own sister would care about her like this. The preciousness of this bead, Yunni naturally understands that having it by her side is indeed a good thing to prevent dark calculations.

"You don't need to say anything, as long as you and Yunlin are fine." Yun Xue smiled, then turned around and walked out with Jinxiu. "You better go and watch Niangniang, let's go back to Zichen Hall first, if we leave for too long, I'm afraid some people will be suspicious."

"Sister, take care, I'll tell Yun Zhen to let him be careful." Only then did Jinxiu speak to comfort Yunni.

Yun Ni nodded, and did not keep the two of them, but went out from the door on the other side of the side hall and went straight to Shen Ningyan's bedroom in the apse.

Yun Xue and Jinxiu returned to Zichen Hall together, and the wine banquet in the hall was almost the same. In previous years, the queen summoned some people alone, but this year, I didn't see the queen summoned, and everyone felt that it was not interesting. After sitting for a while, Yunni sent a message that the banquet could be over.