In the middle of winter, the snow in the Forbidden City continued to fall for almost a month, the heavy snow successively crushed many dilapidated palaces, the empress was busy, and even the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet could not be held properly, the emperor looked at the harem expenditure this month, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the palaces to save expenses, and for a while, everyone tightened their belts.

But this is not the hardest, the hardest thing is that the harem has also ushered in a cold winter in the heavy snow - the emperor has not summoned anyone for a month.

"The snow disaster in the south has only been controlled, and the emperor has been arguing with the courtiers for a long time because of the appropriation of grain, and only sent the money and grain on the road yesterday." Shen Meizhuang and An Lingrong talked about what happened recently, "This month, except for the occasional visit to your palace to sit, the emperor didn't even go to Chengqian Palace. ”

An Lingrong thought for a moment: "But the one called Red Peony?" ”

"You know?" Shen Meizhuang was a little surprised, but still said, "I glanced at it from a distance, and she was also a beauty when she was dressed up, bright and beautiful, and she had a strength that refused to admit defeat." ”

"That's the sister of Concubine Dunsu, and this flamboyant energy on her body is naturally not inferior to her." An Lingrong slowly took a sip of milk tea, raised his eyes and smiled at Shen Meizhuang's surprised face, and said, "When Hu Guiren first entered the palace, I noticed her. Hu Guiren is young and soft, but the palace maid named Chi Peony next to him is a powerful character, so I paid attention to let Cardamom inquire, and it turned out that she was the descendant of the Nian family, and after a closer inspection, I knew that she was Nian Shilan's sister, Nian Shishao. ”

Shen Meizhuang was surprised for a moment, but quickly reacted: "After the defeat of the Nian family, all the men in the clan were exiled to the border, and the female dependents were not enslaved, and the Hu family was far away in Mongolia, so it is not surprising that she was sold into the Hu family." After speaking, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Going around and around, she actually lived in Yikun Palace like her sister." ”

"I'm afraid of Jin Feng, sister, let's look at it." An Lingrong said and yawned when.

"What's wrong with you lately? It doesn't seem to have much energy. Shen Meizhuang touched her palm with concern, "The snow has melted in the past few days, but it is colder than before, you are weak, you should pay more attention, don't accidentally catch the cold." ”

An Lingrong smiled lightly, patted Shen Meizhuang's hand soothingly, and said in a low voice, "Sister, don't worry, I'm pregnant." ”

Shen Meizhuang was stunned for a moment, then delighted, followed by worry, and a series of expressions amused An Lingrong.

"Sister, I'm pregnant with the emperor's heir, not Nezha, you don't have to look like a catastrophe is coming." An Lingrong laughed so much that tears came out, she wiped the tails of her eyes and quipped.

Shen Meizhuang was angry and laughed: "Little conscienceless, aren't I worried about you?" Her smile narrowed slightly, "Now I have no right and no favor, although you are favored by the emperor, but in the end you are chasing the newcomer behind you, it is difficult to have the previous prosperity, although you are always in the favor, but the concubines in the hands of the queen, Qi Concubine, Jin Guiren, and Wan are always there, which one is not favored?" Even the Kang family, who said it that day, had a face in front of the queen, and not long ago, he was promoted to Changzai. ”

"Is it always there, which makes people laugh here?" An Lingrong couldn't help laughing, turned to clear his throat, stopped joking, and said, "I understand what my sister said, now that the queen is in full swing, we definitely have no chance of winning against her, so we can only defend and attack." The children in the palace have always been difficult to live, and if I want to keep him, I have to find another way. ”

Shen Meizhuang looked at An Lingrong's unconceived belly with loving eyes: "If this child can get a prince, you will have to rely on it in the future." ”

An Lingrong touched his stomach, his eyes were slightly deep.

After a few years of recuperation, her body is much better than in her previous life, and Yuexin also got up on time, and when she found that this month was three or five days late, An Lingrong noticed it, and immediately announced that Zhou Nan came to diagnose the pulse.

Although she had been mentally prepared, when Zhou Nan told her that she was pregnant, An Lingrong still trembled in her heart, she already had a good health, and now the situation is difficult, she doesn't know if she can afford another child, if she is still a princess, if she is a prince, I am afraid that the already precarious balance between her and the queen will become more fragmented, and when the time comes, she will drag her two children, and she is afraid that she will be attacked on her back.

But if the child is there, she can't do without it, so she can only think about how to hide it.

An Lingrong blinked his eyes slightly, and suddenly remembered the proposal that Rishun was talking about, and slowly settled down in his heart.

This year has been a very lively one.

In the past, there was Chi Peony who became an official woman, and then she was promoted one after another, becoming the emperor's new favorite Yu Chang, and then Wan Chang danced in the plum garden on Chinese New Year's Eve, lost the eyes of the emperor, shocked the concubine's heart, and became a Wan noble, and then there were Qi concubines who cut off Hu in the middle of the night and snatched the emperor from the Xin Guiren Palace, and Jin Guiren exceeded his authority and punished Shun Chang, and was punished by the empress to kneel in Yonghe Palace, and so on, and so on.

An Lingrong listens to cardamom talk about these interesting things every day, and today is the same.

"Liangchen next to noble Jin and Bai Tao next to noble Wan started to work in the Internal Affairs Office today, just for a piece of clothing, and the two of them had a lot of trouble." Cardamom said carefully, "It was the weaving department that made a new dress for the Wan nobles, and the Wan nobles were ready to wear it at the Lantern Festival family banquet, and they went early on the good day, and they fell in love with this dress, and they were going to take it away without saying a word, and the front and back feet of the white peach were colliding, and the good day was like a spring, and the white peach said that she couldn't do it, so she could only grab it, and as a result, the two people didn't let anyone, and they twisted into a ball." ”

An Lingrong twisted a sour plum into his mouth and couldn't help but smile: "It reminds me of the fight you had with Huanbi before." ”

Cardamom blushed: "How long ago is it, how can Niangniang still remember it." ”

"It's only four or five years, how can you not remember?" An Lingrong just said casually, raised his chin, and let Cardamom continue, "Does the queen know?" ”

"How can you not know such a big commotion?" Cardamom continued, "The queen mother is in the queen mother's palace to talk about going to Ganlu Temple to pray for blessings next month, and after Gonggong Jiang said this, the queen mother asked the queen mother. The queen mother said that the palace maid of the noble Jin was at fault first, but the palace maid of the noble lady was flustered, and she also lost her sense of proportion, and both of them were fined for two months, which was regarded as a fifty board each. ”

"The Queen Mother still cares about the face of the Tong family." An Lingrong sneered, "This matter, obviously from beginning to end, is a good day and wrong, where did you get to play fifty boards?" She pondered for a moment, "If the emperor knows about this, I'm afraid I will be unhappy." ”

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and after Yu Chang was crowned a jade nobleman in Jin, the queen finally finalized the day to go to Ganlu Temple to pray for blessings.

On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head, the queen led the concubines out of the palace, the guard of honor was mighty, Shen Meizhuang sat in the sedan chair, lifted the curtain all the way, looked at it with a blank eye, and finally saw the three words of Ganlu Temple when the sun was shining.

Outside the Ganlu Temple, the host led the nuns in the temple to wait for a long time, and saw the queen and the concubines get off the sedan chair, and hurriedly knelt down to greet them: "Welcome the queen mother, welcome the little masters." ”

Shen Meizhuang walked last, and when he saw this situation, his heart suddenly cooled.

The children of Buddhism, there shouldn't be such red tape, just looking at the host's respectful appearance to the queen to the point of wanting to fall to the ground, Shen Meizhuang guessed that the nuns here are not completely out of the red dust, but if they are selfish, they must act biasedly.

She stretched her neck and swept around, but she didn't see Zhen Huan's shadow, thinking that Zhen Huan was abolished from the palace, she suddenly had a bad premonition.

Walking all the way into Ganlu Temple, the temple is very clean, and there is not even a single leaf on the ground.

The queen was still asking, "How is the blessing arranged?" ”

"Everything has been arranged." The host replied with a smile, and a thin nun with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks next to her immediately came up to offer courtesy, "Please enter the main hall first to pay homage." ”

The queen walked into the main hall first, and reverently put three sticks of incense on the golden Buddha statue, then Concubine Qi and Concubine Jing, and then Concubine Zhen, Concubine Qi and Shen Meizhuang.

Please also ask the Buddha to bless Huan'er with a safe and smooth life, happiness and worry-free. Shen Meizhuang put the incense on his forehead and bowed deeply.

"Ahh

An exclamation sounded suddenly, incompatible with the solemn silence of the main hall.

Shen Meizhuang opened his eyes abruptly and turned his head to look, only to see Zhen Huan Suqing's purple clothes, her face pale, and she fell out from behind the pillar in embarrassment, and then in a panic, she gathered her red right hand into her sleeve and knelt on the ground in a proper manner.

"Bold, who's sneaking around hiding here?!" Concubine Qi sued first, and walked to Zhen Huan's side with a loud scolding, attracting everyone's attention.

Zhen Huan was embarrassed and ashamed, and said angrily: "Cheap concubine, see the queen mother, the little masters." ”

"Amitabha, who did the palace think it was, it turned out to be Guan Concubine Niangniang." Concubine Qi patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, deliberately pretending to find Zhen Huan's appearance, and sneered, "Oh no, now I'm not a concubine, I don't know what to call it?" ”

This is the real purpose of the queen's visit to Ganlu Temple today.

Shen Meizhuang's eyes were already filled with tears, she knew that Zhen Huan was not doing well, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult, she couldn't wait to step forward to help Zhen Huan, but she was pulled by Concubine Jing.

The queen's heavy eyes looked at Zhen Huan, as if waiting for her to speak.

"Cheap concubine Ganlu Temple, don't worry." Zhen Huan hung her head lower. This name was given by the host when she came to Ganlu Temple on the first day, hoping that she could relieve her sorrows and forget the red dust, but now it has backfired. She could feel the ridicule or indifference in their gaze, shattering her self-esteem to pieces.

"Mo Chou is right, it's just that why do you call yourself a cheap concubine instead of a poor nun?" Concubine Qi chased after her, "Are you willing to be humble and unwilling to keep the Buddha?" ”

"Mo Chou is a cultivator, not a real monk." Shen Meizhuang couldn't help but speak.

"Sister Hui Concubine cares about her affection, but in the end, it is best for Mo Chou, unlike Concubine Rong, who is reluctant to even leave the palace while guarding the child." Concubine Qi's smile was bright, in stark contrast to Shen Meizhuang's expression when she was about to cry.

Shen Meizhuang almost couldn't hold back his tears, and heard the nun beside him say that Zhen Huan had been doing rough work such as chopping wood, washing pulp, and mopping the floor since she entered the temple, and she was even more distressed.

However, this is exactly what the queen wants, what she wants to see is Zhen Huan's humble appearance, and there is no possibility of recovery, she forcibly suppressed the joy in her heart and the smile on the corner of her mouth, and said with a straight face: "These are all as they should be." As soon as you enter the empty door, the four major are empty, the past should be abandoned, Buddhism says, all living beings are equal, and there should be no exception for Mo Chou Niangzi. ”

"That's what the mother said." The host and others hurriedly echoed.

Shen Meizhuang only felt that there was a fire burning in her chest, and she insisted on speaking despite Concubine Jing's obstruction: "Queen Mother, Mo Chou is ordered to go out of the palace to practice, and she is the princess's biological mother, you can see her face that she is weak, but the temple still lets her do so many heavy work, isn't it embarrassing?" She had tears in her eyes, full of distress.

The queen shook her veil and didn't intend to pay attention to Shen Meizhuang.

Concubine Qi opened her mouth and said: "If you enter the empty door, you should cut off the past, the princess is the princess, Mo Chou is Mo Chou, not to mention that the emperor also said, Princess Haoyue only has Sister Hui Concubine, you are a mother, does Sister Hui Concubine want to go against the emperor's will?" ”

Shen Meizhuang pursed the corners of his mouth, ignored the warning in and out of Concubine Qi's words, stepped forward and walked to Zhen Huan's side to pull her up: "Huan'er, it's cold on the ground, don't kneel." ”

There is another update, it's too late to write, and I'll change it in the evening