Chapter 143. E-niang
It's another birthday.
An Lingrong got up early and received gifts from the palaces, and the emperor also sent a hibiscus hosta carved from white jade as a birthday gift, and it happened that the good news that the southern snow had been controlled, the queen took the lead in the Qianqing Palace to celebrate An Lingrong's birthday.
Singing and dancing, An Lingrong sat on the emperor's right hand to accept everyone's congratulations, raised his glass and took a sip, even if this was the sake that had been replaced, An Lingrong didn't dare to drink more.
"I heard that many people have suffered this snow disaster, and it is thanks to the ability of Concubine Rong's father that he can control the situation and stabilize the people's hearts." The queen said a beautiful scene, and praised An Lingrong a few words, "Concubine Rong has worked hard to take care of the nobles in the past few days, I wonder if she is better?" β
"Thank you for your concern, the noble Shun is much better." An Lingrong smiled and flattered the queen, as if he had an incomparably deep relationship with her, "The snow disaster can be controlled, firstly, the emperor is sympathetic and allocates food to appease the people, and secondly, the emperor uses people properly, and sent Prince Yi to quell the disaster. β
The queen couldn't help but smile: "In the end, it is Concubine Rong who is the best at talking." She rolled her eyes and smiled, "Now that Ankang is two years old, you have to take care of your body well, and strive to add a little brother to the emperor, and then you will have both children and daughters, how good, and also set an example for the sisters in each palace." β
"Your Majesty, look at the queen's mother, and laugh at the concubines." An Lingrong was a little embarrassed and said coquettishly to the emperor.
The emperor was smiling: "The queen is right, there are still too few children in the palace, if Rong'er can give birth to another prince for me, it will be a blessing for the Qing Dynasty." β
"The emperor helped the queen mother speak, and the concubine ignored it." An Lingrong pretended to be unhappy and turned his head.
Everyone laughed, and once again realized An Lingrong's favor.
Singing and dancing, drinking three rounds.
"Why are there fewer people today?" The emperor looked around.
"Concubine Hui just moved to Broken Yuxuan yesterday, saying that the princess was not suitable for a new place, and she came to ask the concubine for leave early in the morning." The queen said slowly, "The noble Shun didn't come when she was still sick, and the concubine didn't seem to have come yet......"
Before the queen finished speaking, she suddenly heard a heavy bell and drum sound, the door of the palace was pushed open from the outside, countless begonia petals flew in, and a woman danced with long sleeves, falling like an immortal, and the shadow was full of shadows, and some could not see the person's face clearly.
The sound of the silk and bamboo wind music suddenly changed the tune, or excited, or gentle, the man's dance steps also followed the fast and slow, the long water sleeves danced the posture of the dragon and snake, the waist bent down softly, and suddenly retracted to get up, with a gust of wind, the feet seemed to be unstable, and extremely steady, smart and graceful without losing strength, the moonlight outside the hall was as light as cold frost, the man flew up suddenly, and opened a gorgeous figure between the flower curtains.
Slowly falling back to the ground, the man raised his eyes and saw that it was Fang Chunyi.
"Concubine Zhen ......" Concubine Qi looked at Fang Chunyi standing in the center of the petals all over the ground with some surprise, and a fire suddenly rose in her heart. Okay, while telling her that she has been unwell recently and can't sleep, while secretly working hard to practice a new dance, just to make a splash, and play her like a fool?
Fang Chunyi gasped a few times in sweat, and then saluted the emperor from afar: "The concubine congratulates Concubine Rong on her birthday with a begonia dance." Although the words were said to An Lingrong, his eyes were staring at the emperor with a good mistake, and his intention could not be more obvious.
Today is An Lingrong's birthday, if there is no accident, the emperor will definitely stay in Weiyang Palace, but suddenly a chaste concubine cut off the beard halfway, is this an unknown slap in the face?
Everyone was waiting to see the joke, but saw An Lingrong still smiling: "Sister Zhen's dance is getting better and better, and the concubine thought that the fairy in the sky was coming, but I thought that the emperor hadn't gone to see Sister Zhen for too long, which made her miss it, and the emperor might as well accompany her sister tonight, so as to comfort her." She turned to look at Concubine Jing, "I heard Sister Concubine Jing say that the sixth elder brother also prepared a gift for the concubine, and the concubine should take a break to see him." β
"It's fine." The emperor reached out and squeezed An Lingrong's hand, leaned in front of her and said, "I will see you again tomorrow." β
An Lingrong raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly, and nodded yes.
She only told the emperor about her pregnancy, and the emperor also promised her, hiding it from the people in the palace before the dragon fetus sat down.
Wan Guiren sat in the back position, looking at Fang Chunyi with a bright smile from afar, and his eyes unconsciously revealed a trace of envy.
"Envy?" The jade nobleman sat next to the Wan nobleman, took all her expressions into his eyes, and couldn't help but say mockingly, "What qualifications do you have to envy her?" People rely on their own skills to compete for favor, and they dance much better than you, so how good is your dancing dance? It's just a stand-in for Queen Chunyuan. β
Queen Chunyuan? No, it's not.
Wan Guiren bit her lower lip hard, she remembered that day, she danced under the pear blossom tree in Chengqian Palace, the emperor looked at her in a daze, blurted out and suddenly shouted "Huan Huan" in a low voice, she was so shocked that she almost messed up the dance steps - she had heard this name in the mouth of the prince, but the prince shouted "Huan'er".
Who is it? Who is it?
Who is this person?
Wan Guiren's heart was like being eaten by thousands of ants, and he was very uncomfortable.
She can accept that the emperor will use her as a stand-in, no matter whose stand-in it is, as long as she can be favored in the palace, but the prince can't, she doesn't want to be someone's stand-in in the eyes of the prince, she wants to be herself, so that when the prince sees her, he sees her Fu Ruyin, not someone else.
"Ouch, you can't say two words?" The jade nobleman looked at Wan Guiren's tearful appearance, and sighed twice, "It's really boring." β
"What if I'm a stand-in? Aren't you also a stand-in! Wan Guiren held back her tears and looked at Yu Guiren angrily, "The emperor told me that your eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to the late Dunsu Guifei, and even your temperament is like ten out of ten, what qualifications do you have to come to me?" β
"I don't care." The jade nobleman pursed his lips, "I only want glory and wealth, and unlike you, I ask for something else." Seeing that Wan Guiren's eyes were a little redder, she hurriedly stopped, "Okay, okay, I won't say it, don't cry, I'm the most annoying woman to cry." She retracted her gaze and turned to look at An Lingrong, who was sitting next to the emperor, thinking a little more in her heart.
This Concubine Rong looks like she can tolerate people.
The banquet dispersed, An Lingrong took Concubine Jing's hand and walked all the way towards Xianfu Palace, and when he reached the door, he saw a lantern lit at the door, and the sixth elder brother was stretching his neck to look out.
"Hongyi, why are you standing at the door?" Concubine Jing saw it, hurriedly walked two steps forward, shook his hand, and hurriedly stuffed the hand stove in her hand into his hand, "Hurry up, stand in the wind on such a cold day, beware of catching a cold." β
The sixth elder brother looked up at Concubine Jing with admiration, shook his head to show that he was not cold, looked at An Lingrong again, bowed first, and then made a gesture to invite An Lingrong into the palace.
"This kid is waiting for you to come." Concubine Jing couldn't tell what she felt in her heart, a little sour and a little blocked. Since the sixth elder brother came to her, her heart has been on him, but she always feels that she is not as good as An Lingrong, she also knows that An Lingrong is very good to the sixth elder brother, but obviously she is not bad to him, or even better.
An Lingrong seemed to see Concubine Jing's thoughts, and whispered to her: "Sister Concubine Jing has taken good care of the sixth elder brother, seeing that the sixth elder brother has been strong, and she refuses to eat well when she is in the concubine's palace, my sister must have put a lot of thought into it, right?" She and Concubine Jing slowly walked into the hall, "Now that the jade of the sixth elder brother is still in the name of the queen's mother, has my sister ever thought about when to mention this matter to the emperor?" β
"The sixth elder brother is the queen's adopted son, how can I mention this matter to the emperor?" Concubine Jing waved her hand again and again, looking at the sixth elder brother with loving eyes, "Being able to take care of the sixth elder brother by my side and watch him grow up, I am already satisfied." β
"Is my sister really willing? Raise a son for the queen in vain? An Lingrong frowned slightly.
Concubine Jing chuckled and shook her head: "I know that the sixth elder brother can come to my palace because you and the emperor proposed it, and I also know what you have in mind, but I have no intention of participating in the disputes and battles in the palace, but I will disappoint you." β
An Lingrong shook his head: "At the beginning, I persuaded the emperor to let my sister take care of the sixth elder brother, for the sake of the sixth elder brother. He still can't speak, he has been abandoned by the queen, if he has been kept in my palace, sooner or later he will be involved in dangerous things, only my sister is out of this palace, and the sixth elder brother is the safest by my sister's side, not to mention that my sister is kind-hearted, and she will definitely be able to take care of the sixth elder brother. She paused, and then said, "My sister helps me, or she doesn't help me, it won't affect my sister's love for the sixth elder brother, will it?" β
"I misunderstood." Concubine Jing shook her head and laughed at herself, "You are really good to the children, Wen Yi, and Sixth Elder Brother." β
"It's just innocent." An Lingrong smiled and turned to look at the sixth elder brother, "I heard Concubine Jing say, you prepared a gift for me, can you take it out for me now?" β
The sixth elder brother nodded vigorously, and then took out a palm-sized enamel cloisonnΓ© gilt jewelry box from the sleeve pocket of his sleeve, which was very delicate and beautiful.
An Lingrong was surprised for a moment, held it in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully: "Oh, it's really good, did you do it yourself?" β
The little eunuch beside the sixth elder brother hurriedly spoke: "This is made by the sixth elder brother himself, and he has been doing it for many months." β
"Thank you, Sixth Brother, I like it very much." An Lingrong half-squatted, looked at the sixth elder brother, looked into his eyes and said very seriously, "I will definitely cherish it." β
Seeing An Lingrong away, Concubine Jing took the sixth elder brother to his dormitory: "It's late today, it's time to rest, let's go to Weiyang Palace tomorrow to play." β
The sixth elder brother nodded obediently, and then grabbed the corner of Concubine Jing's clothes a little shyly, took out a jewelry box of similar style from his sleeve pocket, and handed it to Concubine Jing.
Concubine Jing was stunned for a moment before she reached out and took it tremblingly: "This is for me?" β
"Hmm." The sixth elder brother opened his mouth to make a vague sound, he tried hard to adjust his voice, and tried several times before he shouted two words indistinctly, "Eh, mother......"
Because the pronunciation was inaccurate, it even sounded a little like "uh you", but it made Concubine Jing cry suddenly, she trembled and hugged the sixth elder brother: "Hongyi, you can speak." β
"E-niang, don't, cry." The sixth elder brother reached out and touched Concubine Jing's face, and his small hand slowly wiped away the tears on her face.
Concubine Jing couldn't hold back her tears, this "Eniang" made her unable to continue to deceive herself, the child in her arms was the sixth elder brother who she really regarded as her own child, if the queen came back again, she couldn't let go - this is her child!
Concubine Jing looked up at the moonlit and starry night sky outside the window, and slowly strengthened her thoughts in her heart.
If the queen regrets it one day, she will not compromise.
"Hongyi, remember, in the future, you still have to be the same as before in front of people, you know?" Concubine Jing carefully told the sixth elder brother.
The sixth elder brother was precocious, so he naturally understood Concubine Jing's intention when she said this, and he nodded: "Hmm." β
Some babies said that there are too many people and they don't know who is who, so let's sort it out here.
The queen's camp currently has: Concubine Qi, Concubine Qi (Guarjia Wenyuan), Concubine Zhen (Fang Chunyi), Wan Guiren (Fu Ruyin), Kang Changzai, Jin Guiren (Tong Jia Zhiyan, currently semi-out of state), and the third elder brother
An Lingrong's camp currently has: Duanfei, Jingfei, Hui Concubine (Shen Meizhuang), Shun Guiren (Liu Baimei), Xin Guiren, Ankang, Wen Yi, Haoyue, Huaishu, and Six Elder Brothers
Those who did not stand on both sides of the camp were: Hu Guiren (Hu Yunhong), Yu Guiren (Nian Shishao), and Sun Gong
Those who studied outside the palace are: Mo Chou (Zhen Huan), the fourth elder brother
ps: Tomorrow's update will be in the evening, don't run away with the babies~