In the window of Xiaoxuan in March, the fine pieces of sunlight poured down, the tender willows scrambled to emerge in the treetops, and a few birds cried to embellish this quiet spring color.

An Lingrong sat in front of the window, looking up at the butterfly flying by, the book in his hand was halfway over, his slender wrist hung down as if it was going to break in the next second, and his body was thin and thin wearing only a single coat, shrouded in a dazzling sun.

As soon as the emperor came in, he saw An Lingrong sitting in a daze, without making a sound, and stepped forward alone: "Rong'er, Prince Yi has already arrived in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he will find your father soon, don't worry." He held An Lingrong's hand, and it was cold in his hand.

"It's been half a month, my father has not been heard from at all, his life and death are unknown, and the concubine is really worried." An Lingrong's eyes slowly filled with tears again, and his heart was sour. Her father went through the hardships of the previous life, and finally was able to come back to another life, but he fell into an unpredictable situation of life and death, her mother has passed away, and if there is no father, she will have no loved ones in this life.

Thinking like this, An Lingrong couldn't stop crying, and snuggled into the emperor's arms and wept in a low voice.

In just half a month, seeing her lose weight, the emperor was also very distressed, but he was speechless to persuade her. This matter involves a lot of things, not only about salt affairs, just look at the content found now, you know that there must be Prince Dun's handwriting, so it is difficult to do, so I have to rely on the old thirteen to rescue Ambihuai first, if not, I am afraid that it can only be involved and move the whole body.

Prince Tun, it's time to think about how to deal with him. The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and hugged An Lingrong's thin shoulders.

"I heard that the emperor hasn't entered the harem for half a month, and you, the queen, are really derelict in their duties." The Queen Mother glanced at the queen lightly, and handed the finished medicine bowl to Shen Meizhuang who was standing aside, "Now that Concubine Hui and Concubine Jing help you take care of the affairs of the Sixth Palace, in addition to bothering to take care of the Sixth Elder Brother, only the emperor's affairs can make you worry more." ”

"The emperor is busy with court politics for a while, and he goes to the palace of concubines in his spare time, for her father's affairs, the emperor has no time and no mood to summon other concubines, and the concubines have also persuaded the emperor, but the emperor ...... him" The queen frowned and sighed, "Fortunately, there are still concubines who serve in the Palace of Yang Xin from time to time, which can make the emperor feel relieved." ”

The Queen Mother's brows did not stretch: "Speaking of Guan concubines, how did the mourning family hear that Prince Zidun asked for a seal a while ago, and it was the emperor who was persuaded by Guan concubines?" Seeing the queen nodding, Fu sank her face again, "What a bold man, he dares to interfere in the government as a concubine." ”

"Queen Mother, Concubine Wan ......" Shen Meizhuang panicked when he heard it.

"Concubine Guan is not involved in politics, but she just said a word or two when talking about family affairs with the emperor." The queen painstakingly defended Zhen Huan, "That day, Prince Dun asked for the posthumous title of Concubine Wen as the concubine, the emperor was furious, Su Peisheng couldn't persuade him, so he invited the concubine to come over, in order to calm the emperor's anger, she just tried her best to solve problems for the emperor." Guan Concubine has always been sensible, and naturally knows the truth that the harem can't interfere in politics, and she will never knowingly commit it, and ask the Queen Mother to learn about it. ”

Shen Meizhuang nodded busily on the side: "Queen Mother, Concubine Guan will never dare to interfere in politics." The matter of chasing the concubine, in the final analysis, is a matter of the harem, and the concubine of Guan said a little bit in order to ask the emperor to calm his anger, if she talks about the government, she is decisive and does not dare to say anything, and the concubine can vouch for her. She took a half-step back, lifted her shirt and knelt down.

"Even if she has no intention of engaging in government affairs, it doesn't mean that she has no selfish intentions." The Queen Mother snorted coldly.

Shen Meizhuang looked up at the Queen Mother, so anxious that she was almost speechless: "Queen Mother, even if she is selfish, Concubine Guan should also face the emperor." The emperor is always worried about the government, and in the past half a month, he has forgotten to sleep and eat, and everyone has lost weight, and the concubines are fortunate to serve the emperor, even if they are selfish, they are all for the emperor. ”

The Queen Mother pondered for a long time before nodding: "This selfishness is human nature. After a pause, she said to Shen Meizhuang again, "You kid too, your mind should be on the emperor, you are young, you are with the mourning family all day long, you also have to plan for yourself." As he spoke, he asked her to get up again.

Shen Meizhuang breathed a sigh of relief and smiled gently: "The Queen Mother said this, it seems that the concubine deliberately got close to the Queen Mother." It's not that the concubines don't want to get close to the emperor, it's just that the queen mother's well-being is the emperor's wish, and the concubines should be filial to the queen mother. Seeing the queen mother raise her eyebrows and smile, Shen Meizhuang looked at the queen again and said, "Third, the queen mother trusts the concubines and asks the concubines to help take care of the affairs of the six palaces. ”

"You're getting better and better at talking." The Queen Mother looked at Shen Meizhuang, her eyes were full of loving smiles, "Queen, if you are getting better recently, let Concubine Hui rest, don't work so hard, the mourning family sees that she is thin." ”

The queen showed a sad face: "The concubine's body is better, but the sixth elder brother is not very good." Her face was full of worry, "Seeing that the sixth elder brother is about to be fifteen months, he walks a lot more smoothly, but this speech is really slow, and even Ama can't shout yet." The concubines were worried day and night, burning incense and praying, for fear of accidents. ”

"Some children just speak late, this is a common thing, and the queen doesn't have to worry too much." The Queen Mother also frowned slightly when she heard this, "Which imperial doctor is in charge of taking care of the sixth elder brother now?" ”

"Before Zhang Mi left, he recommended Wen Shichu from Tai Hospital to take care of the sixth elder brother." The queen replied, "Although Imperial Physician Wen is young, his medical skills are indeed good, and he took the lead in completing the work of clearing up the epidemic, and the emperor also praised him a lot. ”

The Queen Mother nodded, and the sleepiness after the medicine came up.

Seeing that the queen mother was tired, the queen and Shen Meizhuang also got up and retired, and just walked out of Shoukang Palace, the queen called Shen Meizhuang: "Concubine Hui, the seventh day of the next month is the birthday of Princess Gongding, this is her first birthday in the palace, when the time comes, Prince Fujin and all the wives will enter the palace, you have to handle it well, don't lose the royal face." ”

Shen Meizhuang was about to go to Broken Yuxuan, and when he heard this, he stopped abruptly: "Yes, the concubine knows." ”

The queen looked at Shen Meizhuang's worried eyes at Broken Yuxuan, smiled meaningfully, and took Jian Qiu's hand to sit in the sedan chair back to Jingren Palace.

In the Baohua Palace, An Lingrong reverently put three incense sticks on it, and sent the Buddhist scriptures copied by himself in the past few days to burn.

"Niangniang, today's incense burns very well, and the three ends are flat, which is the good intention of peace." Cuiyin said with a smile, "Lord An will be safe and sound." ”

An Lingrong was a little more relieved to hear this, showing a hint of a smile, but when he looked up, he saw Liuzhu and Juqing.

"Please allow Concubine Niang Niang'an, Niang Niang Wanfu Jin'an." The two saluted in unison.

"How did you come to Baohua Hall today?" An Lingrong was in a better mood by Cuiyin's auspicious words, so he asked casually.

Liuzhu hesitated for a moment, and said with a flattering smile: "My mother-in-law copied a lot of peace scriptures, and asked the slave maid to bring them to the Baohua Hall and burn them, and pray for Lord An's blessing." She glanced at An Lingrong's expression, and said thoughtfully, "My mother is still worried about you in her heart, and often talks about you with the slaves and maids, but recently the emperor has been worried about state affairs, and my mother has to go to the Yangxin Palace to serve every day, and when she is free, she must go to visit her mother." ”

An Lingrong looked at the basket full of scriptures, and his heart was a little sour: "Thank you Sister Guan for me." In the end, the love of the past three years is not piled up with sand, Zhen Huan still thinks about her in her heart.

In the Heart Nourishing Palace, Zhen Huan is grinding for the emperor.

"Huan Huan, I can't stay with Prince Dun." The emperor closed the fold and raised his hand to rub his sore eyebrows.

Zhen Huan's hand moved slightly: "Is it because of Sister Rong's father?" ”

"It's not just because of the abduction of Ambihuai." The emperor opened his eyes, and there was a fierce color underneath, "Prince Yi personally handled the smuggling case of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Canal, and found out a lot of records of smuggling weapons in the past, and the piles involved Prince Dun, in addition, your father is also in charge of the Supervision Yuan, and together with the father of the noble Qi people, he found the previous correspondence between Prince Dun and Nian Qianyao, and the great rebellious words abound, and it is an undoubted fact that he has the intention of rebellion. He looked down at a point in the void and gripped the dragon head on the armrest of his chair tightly with his palm, "I can't keep him anymore." ”

"What is the emperor going to do?" Zhen Huan glanced at the fold that was closed, and asked gently.

The emperor sat up straight, raised his hand to let Zhen Huan come over with his ear, and whispered in her ear.

Zhen Huan's eyes slowly radiated brilliance, and then she got up and looked at the emperor with a smile: "The emperor wants his concubines to make a play, and everyone in the palace loves to watch it, but it is an excellent trick." ”

"Prince Dun came to me yesterday and said that Princess Gongding stayed alone in the palace and was inevitably lonely, and he wanted to send a playmate into the palace to accompany the princess." The emperor shook the string of beads in his hand and sneered, "Do you think I don't know what he has in mind?" It's stupid to blatantly send eyeliner to me like this. ”

Zhen Huan also chuckled: "The emperor should be happy, and there is a newcomer to serve on the side." ”

The emperor was amused by her, and instead took her hand and said, "If I want to take care of him, the process must be very dangerous, although it is a trick, but it is also to protect your safety." If you stay with me, I will be worried. ”

Zhen Huan's heart softened, and her chest was filled with hot love: "The concubine understands." She said softly to the emperor, "No matter where the concubine is, the concubine's heart will always be with the emperor." ”

After nightfall, there was silence in Weiyang Palace.

An Lingrong couldn't sleep, so he got up in the middle of the night to take a walk in the yard, but he saw a person standing under a tree wiping his tears.

"Gongding?" An Lingrong shouted uncertainly, approached, and saw the face clearly by the moonlight, "It's a big night, why are you standing here if you don't sleep inside?" Looking at her tear-stained face again, she knew what it was for when she thought about it, "Aunt Jiaoxi punished you again?" Let me see what's hurt. ”

Gong Ding pulled up his sleeves aggrievedly, revealing three bright red marks, which were traces of being beaten by the ring ruler.

An Lingrong sighed lightly, pulled her into the dormitory, turned out a box of plasters, and gently medicated her: "Aunt Xi is a little stricter, but the rules of teaching are not bad, you are now a princess, and the honor you will enjoy in the future is also very comparable, and the current offense is all for the future, don't cry anymore, you are seen and think you are dissatisfied with the queen." ”

"Princess?" Gong Ding's tears fell again, "How long can I be a princess?" Everyone in the palace said that I would not have a sacred heart, and I would soon fall from my high position, and when the time came, I, the princess, would also become worthless. She raised her teary eyes and looked at An Lingrong, "Rong Niangniang, is that so?" ”

An Lingrong was silent and gave her good medicine: "I don't know." I don't know anything about court politics, but the emperor will always take care of the old feelings, if you can keep to yourself, even if one day, you can keep the title of princess. She put away the plaster and continued, "Your ceremony of canonizing the princess is extremely beautiful, everyone knows that you are a princess, don't be presumptuous because of a few speculations from others. ”

Gongding wiped his tears and showed a small smile: "Thank you Rong Niangniang." She looked at An Lingrong's beautiful side face and whispered, "Rong Niangniang, can you hug me?" Every time she saw An Lingrong hugging An Kang so gently, she felt very envious, her mother had never hugged her like that, she would always only care for Hongxuan, only Ama loved her, but she also wanted her mother's love.

An Lingrong was slightly stunned, looked at Gongding's deer-like eyes, somehow trembled in his heart, and reached out to hug her into his arms: "It's late at night, why don't you sleep with me tonight." ”

Gong Ding trembled and hugged An Lingrong with his little hands, and rested his head on her shoulder, feeling at ease for the first time since entering the palace.

In the past few days, she thought about it repeatedly, and before entering the palace, her mother explained her words, saying "The palace is not as good as the palace, everything is up to you, you have to be very careful", and said, "Your imperial uncle asked Concubine Rong to take care of you, there must be something special about her, you have to be closer to her", thinking about it, Gong Ding can only think of one - if you want to live in the palace safely, you must hug the big tree of Rong Concubine.

Gongding is young, she can't understand the advice of Prince Dun Fujin, she has been scolded and suppressed by Aunt Jiaoxi and the palace people sent by the queen in the past few days, driven by the instinct of children, she sensed An Lingrong's kindness, so she approached her with a sullen head.

As everyone knows, this is the most correct decision she has made since entering the palace.

The moon was as cold as water, An Lingrong looked up at the crescent moon hanging in the night, and became more and more worried and worried.

(End of chapter)