"She has a four-year-old nephew at home, who just contracted smallpox not long ago, and she came back from the palace to visit, without changing her clothes or reporting it, and then she infected Ankang." Concubine Duan slowly continued to speak.

An Lingrong's face changed slightly, and he suddenly remembered what Qin'er said that day, "Dereliction of duty to let the princess contract smallpox is already a crime that deserves death, and I also ask the mother to give the slave a chance to atone for her sins", and now she pondered the meaning again, and suddenly realized, gritted her teeth and smacked fiercely: "That is really a crime that deserves death." ”

"Now that she has made meritorious contributions, you can't send her down anymore, just treat her as a merit and a demerit." Concubine Duan knew about Qin'er, and persuaded her, "I just don't know, whether she really made an unintentional mistake, or if someone instructed her." ”

"Niangniang is talking about the queen?" Shen Meizhuang said, "If this is the case, the queen's city is inevitably too deep, and this is a precaution from the moment you enter the palace." ”

"If Qin'er is really the queen's person, then Mo'er Xu died in vain that day, but now there is no way to prove this." An Lingrong also frowned deeply, and said in a low voice, "You have to know how she communicated with Jingren Palace first." ”

On the ninth day of the eighth month, An Ling Rongjin was named Concubine Rong, and the grand canonization ceremony made everyone in the harem look sideways.

The next day, everyone came to greet the queen, and the concubines below congratulated An Lingrong in unison: "Congratulations to Niangniang on her promotion to Concubine Rong, Concubine Rong Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an." ”

"It's all my own sisters, why bother to make such a big gift, let's get up quickly." An Lingrong hurriedly smiled and asked everyone to get up, and deliberately said to Shen Meizhuang, "Sister Mei, there are no restrictions on these etiquettes between you and me. ”

Shen Meizhuang pursed his lips and chuckled, got up and sat down under her.

The queen smiled and said: "In a blink of an eye, you have been in the palace for almost four years, and the relationship is still as good as when you first entered the palace, it is really enviable, Concubine Rong, the concubine also entered the palace with you, but you can't favor one over the other." ”

"Look at what the queen said, when did the concubine treat her sister poorly?" An Lingrong replied with a smile, "The pair of silver bracelets that Sister Zhen gave to her concubine back then are still in An Kang's hand, but Sister Zhen is now older, and she is not as greedy as before, and she has come to the concubine's palace less often, and her feelings will naturally be lighter than before." She looked at Fang Chunyi and smiled brightly and brightly, "Sister Zhen, it's good to come and go often in the future." ”

The smile on the corner of Fang Chunyi's mouth stiffened for a moment, and he nodded unnaturally: "Yes." ”

"How can Concubine Zhen have time to come and go often with Concubine Rong, she is very busy." Xin Guiren sat in the back and said Lang Lang, "Everyone has a heart on the emperor, in this eye, there is only the emperor, no sisters." This was the case for the nobles of Dongguan before, and now it is the same for Concubine Rong. ”

An Lingrong lowered his eyes and slowly took a sip of tea, but Concubine Jing sighed and said: "This person and person, the relationship is to maintain and operate, how can it be so deep out of thin air?" ”

Fang Chunyi took a deep breath, got up and knelt down in front of An Lingrong: "The concubine knows that she is guilty, and she also asks Concubine Rong to have a large number of concubines and forgive the concubine." ”

"Sister Zhen, hurry up, it looks like this palace is deliberately making things difficult for you." An Lingrong hurriedly let Fang Chunyi get up, took her hand, and said gently and softly, "This palace doesn't blame you, it's just that it's a pity that you are becoming so alienated, but in the end, the most regrettable thing is not this palace, but Sister Guan, she used to be kind to you." ”

Fang Chunyi only felt embarrassed, and the hand held by An Lingrong curled up unnaturally: "Sister Guan, she is still grounded now, and the concubine is really powerless if she wants to get close to her." ”

"That's what Sister Zhen said." An Lingrong let go of Fang Chunyi's hand, raised his eyes to look at the queen, pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "When it is profitable, it will be close, and when it is unprofitable, it will be thrown aside, although there is no big mistake in dealing with the world, but after all, it is a loss of sincerity between people, the queen mother, do you say?" ”

The queen pursed her lips and smiled, noncommittal, and only said: "The nobles of Guan have made a big mistake and should be punished, Concubine Rong is complaining for her, is she questioning the emperor's decision?" ”

"The queen's words are serious, how dare the concubines." An Lingrong lowered his eyes and smiled.

Before the words landed, the emperor's voice came in from outside: "What are you talking about?" ”

Everyone stood up and saluted: "The concubine asks the emperor for peace, and the emperor is blessed with peace." ”

The emperor walked past everyone, stopped in front of An Lingrong, stretched out his hand to personally lead her, and then said, "Get up." He motioned for An Lingrong to sit down, and then walked straight to the upper seat, "What did you just say?" It's so lively. ”

The queen took the emperor's movements into her eyes one by one, and couldn't help biting her back molars.

Only for the concubine who really likes her, the emperor will personally help her get up - at first Queen Chunyuan, then Concubine Dunsu, then Zhen Huan, and now, this person has become An Lingrong - the queen almost couldn't hold the smile on her face, and changed the topic after saying a few words casually: "Your Majesty, in ten days it will be the palace election, and the concubine's request will be held in which palace?" ”

"Let's take the Yuan Palace." The emperor casually said it and coped with it.

The queen nodded: "Yes, the concubine will immediately let the Internal Affairs Office clean up." Then he said, "After Hu Yunrong's show girl quota was vacated before, the Hu family nominated the second daughter Hu Yunhong to run for election, the concubine has seen it a few days ago, and she is still outstanding in all aspects, but she is a little younger, and she is only fourteen years old, can the emperor agree?" ”

"Since she is a relative of Princess Rongxian, it doesn't hurt to let her enter the palace." The emperor nodded after a moment of silence, and then turned to talk about today's coming day, "When Imperial Physician Wen talked about it yesterday, I remembered that the noble man of Dongguan was eight months pregnant, and she should have called her mother into the palace to take care of her until the day of childbirth, but now, there is no one in her mother's house, I want to relieve her grounding, so as to comfort her, what does the queen think?" ”

"The concubine thinks it......" As soon as the queen spoke, An Lingrong on the side interrupted her with a smile

"Your Majesty, the concubines think this move is very good." An Lingrong opened her mouth and looked at the emperor with a smile, "Women's childbirth has always been a ghost door, Sister Guan has not been able to have her mother to support her, it is good to let the concubine and Sister Mei take care of it, and the concubine thanked the emperor for Sister Guan." ”

The emperor looked at An Lingrong and nodded with a smile: "It's okay, you go and tell her that if you can give birth to the child safely, I will still allow her to be a concubine, and Broken Yuxuan will still give her a place to live alone." ”

"Yes." An Lingrong nodded in response, ignoring the queen the whole time.

After the emperor left, An Lingrong also got up slowly to say goodbye, and Shen Meizhuang and Xin Guiren followed closely and left Jingren Palace.

The queen looked at the backs of the three of them leaving, and her face sank: "You all kneel down if you have nothing to do." After everyone left, she slammed the teacup in her hand on the ground, and couldn't help but shout angrily, "It is worthy of being a person who has stayed under Nian Shilan as soon as he entered the palace, this style, this tone, but I have learned ten out of ten!" ”

Jian Qiu persuaded on the side: "Concubine Rong is Concubine Rong, where does she have a family background like Concubine Dunsu?" The mother is too careful. ”

"No?" The queen glanced at her coldly, "An Bihuai's official residence has been knighted from the third grade, although the An family is not as good as the Nian family back then, but if he climbs up again and makes a meritorious contribution or something, even if it is not as good as the Nian family, I am afraid that it will not be much worse." ”

"Niangniang, the merit is high, the emperor will not let the An family grow step by step." Jian Qiu said in a low voice, "The Nian family and the Zhen family are lessons from the past. ”

The queen tried hard to calm her anger before swallowing this breath: "Concubine Rong regained her grace, and even Zhen Huan was forgiven by the emperor for three points, if she was really allowed to give birth to a child safely, and then reinstated as a concubine, the palace's previous efforts would be in vain." Her eyes flashed, "This palace has to add another fire, burning Zhen Huan's heart like ashes and it is difficult to rekindle." ”

The fire was not long in coming.

On this day, it was the day of the palace election, outside the palace gate, the show girls stood in a bunch of flowers, and the grandmothers were shouting and lining up according to the rules, and said the draft regulations again: "The Han army flag and the Manchu army flag are lined up, and the two people are standing in a team." Rong Nuwen reminded the ladies again, the ladies were chosen to stay, and they wanted the emperor and the queen to see each other in person, which was a great grace. However, don't be nervous, don't make a mistake in the rules, if you don't keep it, it is to put a sign to give flowers to return to the house, and to keep it, you are selected, and you have become the little master of the palace. These depend on the blessings and creations of the young ladies. ”

Tong Jia Zhiyan stood in the crowd, raised her head slightly, glanced sideways at the other show girls, and snorted coldly, no one paid attention to her.

At the back of the line, there was a show girl wearing a vermilion cherry flag costume, who put a purse into her sleeve with great preciousness, raised her head and slowly followed the team, and walked into the Forbidden City step by step.

Bright colors adorn the capital, just like a sudden bloom of flowers in autumn, dazzling to see.

The emperor watched it for a day, except for Tong Jiazhiyan and Hu Yunhong, only a show girl named Liu Baimei left a sign, and the rest gave flowers.

The queen was happy, but she had a headache on the other hand, and couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, there are so many show girls, it's better to choose a few more, otherwise the queen mother will know about it, and she should blame the concubines again." ”

"It's all vulgar." The emperor looked at the new batch of show girls, didn't bother to take a look, and shook his head.

The eunuch on the side hurriedly sang: "Xia Ruhua, the daughter of the prefect of Jiaxing, put up a brand and give flowers." "Fu Hua, the daughter of Fu An, deputy secretary of the General Administration, put up a sign and gave flowers." "Cao Xiangyu, the sister of Cao Bingying, the servant of the ministry, put up a sign and gave flowers." "Deputy Commander of the Infantry Barracks......"

"Your Majesty, how can there be perfection? You have to think about the emperor's heir. The queen pretended to persuade, but in fact, she wished to choose a few fewer to enter the palace, and she didn't want to disobey the queen mother's explanation.

The emperor rubbed his eyebrows and nodded. After that, two more Sun and Kang who were still excellent in appearance were selected, which can be regarded as a crossover.

"This is the last batch of show girls today." The queen was very satisfied with the results of today's draft, except for Tong Jia Zhiyan, none of them could pose a threat, she slowly smiled, turned her eyes to look at the last six show girls, her eyes suddenly stopped on the vermilion cherry color in the middle, and her eyes suddenly widened in shock, "Sister ......"

"The courtiers and daughters Fu Ruyin see the emperor and queen, and may the emperor and queen be blessed and safe."

The queen suddenly came back to her senses and turned her head to look at the emperor.

Sure enough, the emperor was staring at Fu Ruyin's face, his eyes were wrong, and he suddenly said, "Raise your head." ”

Fu Ruyin slowly raised her head, her eyes flowed, and she looked straight over.

Like, really too much like that.

It's like it's carved out of a mold.

The queen gasped, and there was a buzzing voice in her head: "Your Majesty, she ......"

"Leave the sign." The emperor opened his mouth abruptly, and then got up, "The queen will arrange the rest." ”

He left the Body Yuan Hall in a bit of a panic, and kept counting the time in his heart. Chunyuan has been away from him for a full seventeen years, and this Fu Ruyin is now sixteen years old...... Are you back looking for me?

The queen's heart beat like thunder, she stood up, looked at Fu Ruyin who had left, and her heart suddenly sank to the bottom, but she quickly calmed down, and almost instantly thought of how to use this Fu Ruyin.

After arranging everything, she took advantage of the night to enter the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"Your Majesty, the concubines have drawn up the positions of today's new draft girls, and I invite the emperor to take a look." The queen handed the roster to the emperor with some amazement, and then came one by one, "Tong Jia's family and Hu's concubines have all given the position of nobles, and the Fu family is always there, her family background is too low, if the position given is too high, the concubines are afraid that others will be suspicious, as for the other three, they are all promised." The emperor thinks, is this good? ”

The emperor nodded quietly, and suddenly said, "Although she is a permanent presence, I still want to give her a title." ”

"The concubine has a word, I think it is very suitable for the Fu family." The queen spoke slowly, her eyes full of tears, "Wanyan sometimes comes to dream, and when will she return to her hometown gently." The word 'Wan' is the most appropriate to describe Fu's. ”

"I know, and you miss her too." The emperor took the queen's hand and nodded, "I often see her in my dreams. ”

The queen wiped her tears with a handkerchief and hid the coldness in her eyes.

After walking out of the Palace of Heart Cultivation, the queen sat on the sedan chair and said to Jian Qiu: "Let the concubine come to Jingren Palace, and say that the palace has something to explain to her." ”

"Yes." Jian Qiu went immediately.

An Lingrong: Understand Concubine Hua, become Concubine Hua, surpass Concubine Hua, yes!