"Since you leave the palace, there is no reason to come back, don't you know her mind when you look at the mourning family?" The Queen Mother endured her anger and said, "Back then, she insisted on leaving and broke the emperor's heart, but now that she has figured it out, should the emperor make concessions for her?" What kind of place is she in this harem, she can come when she wants, and leave when she wants? ”

Shen Meizhuang was speechless, knelt down and wanted to say more, but was stopped by the Queen Mother raising her hand.

"The mourning family has done its best to her, you don't need to say it anymore." The Queen Mother closed her eyes and didn't want to say any more.

Shen Meizhuang pursed the corners of his mouth, his eyes closed, and his heart was horizontal: "Isn't the Queen Mother also worried that the queen is dominating the palace family?" If Mo Chou can return to the palace, with her intelligence and wit, she will definitely be able to balance the queen, if the queen mother can allow her to return to the palace, Mo Chou will definitely be grateful for the queen mother's kindness, and there is nothing to obey the queen mother's orders. ”

There was a moment of silence in the dormitory.

Shen Meizhuang knelt on the ground and didn't dare to look up at the Queen Mother's expression, and it took a while to hear the Queen Mother's voice: "Concubine Hui, this is not like the usual you, who taught you?" ”

Shen Meizhuang lowered his head and was silent.

"You go back first, let the mourning family think about it." The Queen Mother finally relented and thought to herself.

Since ancient times, there has been no precedent for the abolition of concubines to return to the palace, not because she is afraid that Zhen Huan will have another storm after returning to the palace, but she is afraid that she will take revenge on the queen in every way after knowing that the queen was the mastermind back then. What the queen mother wants is the peace of the harem, whether it is really peaceful or whitewashed Taiping, as long as it does not affect the emperor's handling of the government affairs of the previous dynasty, but the queen and Zhen Huan are fighting, I am afraid that they will not die.

However, there was not much time left for the Queen Mother to think about, Shen Meizhuang went and returned, followed by the frightened fourth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother knelt down and crawled to the queen mother crying: "Grandson asks the imperial grandmother for peace." ”

"Fourth Elder Brother, why are you here?" The Queen Mother was surprised, but she was suddenly startled after the fourth elder brother raised his head, "The man has tears and doesn't flick, why are you crying?" Come on, come on, come to the mourners. ”

"It's no wonder that the fourth elder brother wants to cry, just so scared that his soul is lost." Shen Meizhuang stepped forward to explain, "Queen Mother, the fourth elder brother's grandmother accidentally ate the fourth elder brother's mung bean soup and died of poison on the spot. ”

"What did you say?" The Queen Mother's pupils shrank, and she instantly thought of the queen, and her back suddenly cooled.

"The grandson knows that he is humble and unlikable, but the grandson is never harmless, why would someone want to kill the grandson?" The fourth elder brother cried pitifully, the queen mother was extremely worried in her eyes, remembering that An Lingrong talked about the fourth elder brother's hard work some time ago, and couldn't help but feel a little more pity for him.

"The concubine thought that the fourth elder brother had no biological mother, and no one took care of him in the palace, so for the sake of safety, the concubine implored the queen mother to leave the fourth elder brother to live in Shoukang Palace to protect herself." Shen Meizhuang said on the side.

The Queen Mother has nothing to do, but when Shen Meizhuang asked whether she wanted to investigate the mung bean soup, she hesitated, and struggled in her heart for a long time before she spoke: "I'm afraid it's difficult, a bowl of mung bean soup, how many people have touched it, how many people have handled it, if it is investigated, it will become a scandal in the palace?" ”

Zhu Xi on the side was like a mirror in his heart, pursed his lips and lowered his eyes. Although the queen mother is dissatisfied with the queen, but when something happens, she will still choose to protect her, and now there is no one in this palace who can suppress the queen, I am afraid that the future will be more and more difficult, and the emperor's heir will not be able to ensure prosperity.

After Shen Meizhuang left, the Queen Mother asked the fourth elder brother to go down first, and was silent for a long time before saying to Zhu Xi: "After the queen has the third elder brother, the righteous son, in order to pave the way for him, the fourth elder brother is more and more unable to tolerate the fourth elder brother." The emperor's heir withered, and the country would be difficult to consolidate forever, the queen was so unscrupulous, and the mourning family couldn't watch her ruin the Qing Dynasty. She raised her head and instructed Zhu Xi, "Tomorrow, please ask the emperor to come here." ”

Zhu Xi couldn't hear the queen mother's words, covered the joy in his eyes, and leaned over to receive the order.

The winter snow melted, and it became colder and colder in the first month, but An Lingrong was rarely interested, so he moved a recliner to sit under the porch and enjoy the snow.

"Say hello to the concubine, Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an." Shun Guiren, Shen Meizhuang, and Concubine Jing came back from outside with their three children, and saw An Lingrong sitting under the porch with a big hand stove in his arms, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask for peace.

An Lingrong's eyebrows and eyes were as gentle as water, and he raised his hand at her: "Get up." ”

The seventh elder brother stepped forward with a cluster of blooming white plums, looked at An Lingrong with big black eyes, and put the white plums in his hand to her: "Eniang, are you better?" ”

"It's beautiful." An Lingrong put down the hand stove, picked up the white plum and put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it gently, showing a faint smile to the seventh elder brother, "Whose child are you?" It's so good-looking. ”

The seventh elder brother didn't see disappointment in his eyes, but looked at An Lingrong seriously and stubbornly: "I am Eniang's child, my name is Honghao." ”

Shen Meizhuang and Concubine Jing stood behind, looking sour.

The seventh elder brother is only one and a half years old, and the road can only be at a stable age, but he is calmer than anyone else, he doesn't know why his Eniang forgot him overnight, and he doesn't know what Ankang's death means, he just repeats to An Lingrong day after day, over and over again, "I am Eniang's child, my name is Honghao", even if he doesn't get a response, even if An Lingrong turns his head and forgets, he still insists, his little face is full of expectation and persistence.

Shun Guiren stepped forward to pick up the seventh elder brother and comforted him softly: "Seventh elder brother, it's time to take a nap, Shun Niangniang will take you to find Mama, okay?" She couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so she hurriedly walked away with the seventh elder brother in her arms.

Shen Meizhuang walked to An Lingrong and sat down, and when he saw that she was in a daze again, he sighed lowly.

Concubine Jing asked the sixth elder brother to take Haoyue to play in the yard, gently patted Shen Meizhuang's shoulder, and comforted her: "Don't worry, everything will be fine." ”

Shen Meizhuang nodded with a wry smile, turned to take An Lingrong's hand, and talked about what he saw today: "I went to ask the queen this morning to say goodbye, her face was very ugly, I knew that the matter was done, and then let people go to investigate carefully, only to know that the queen mother summoned the emperor and the queen yesterday afternoon, and finalized the matter of Huan'er's return to the palace, the queen didn't know at all, and there was no room for refutation at the moment, and the emperor had already prepared everything, just waiting for the queen mother to nod." ”

She put the hand stove back in An Lingrong's hand, and continued: "Huan'er is a waste concubine, everyone in the palace knows about it, the emperor re-canonized her as a concubine, even changed the title, took the word Xi, and worried that her identity as the daughter of a criminal minister would be discussed after returning to the palace, her status was low and she never gave birth to a prince, and even the child in her womb did not know men and women, so she gave Niu Hulu's surname, recognized her as the righteous daughter of Cheng'en Gong, and also assigned the fourth elder brother to her name, and declared that she was born to the fourth elder brother, and prayed for the blessing of the country before leaving the palace, and now the merit is complete, I want to go back to the palace. ”

"The emperor has arranged it so thoroughly, the queen has no place to pick if she wants to pick thorns." Concubine Jing said with a smile on the side, "It has been set to welcome her back to the palace on the third day of the third month of March, and the Yongshou Palace has also begun to be renovated. ”

"The queen will not be reconciled, I guess she will let the courtiers play against it next, even if she can't stop Huan'er from returning to the palace, it's good to splash her with dirty water." Shen Meizhuang smiled coldly, "But Uncle An has made arrangements before leaving Beijing, there are many people available in the court, Shun Guiren's father was sent back to Beijing, and now he is serving in the Supervision Yuan, as well as Lord Ji of Dali Temple......"

An Lingrong looked up at the somewhat dazzling skylight, calculating the time in his heart.

On the third day of March, there were less than two months left, and she had to move faster.

Waking up in the middle of the night, Fang Chunyi sat up from the bed sweating profusely, clutching her chest and panting hard, as if she could breathe only in this way, she didn't know that the knife hanging over her head was about to fall.

"Suyun!" Fang Chunyi shouted to Su Yun in a scream, "Go, go and get the medicine from the palace." ”

Su Yun, who was keeping vigil, jumped up and hurriedly poured the medicine warm in the small urn into the bowl and served it to Fang Chunyi: "Niangniang, use it slowly, it's still a little hot when you just pour it out." ”

Fang Chunyi couldn't manage this, he took the medicine bowl and drank it up, drinking it too quickly, so that the brown medicinal juice leaked out a lot, scratched down her cheek, and then dropped down, she drank the medicine, looked at the colorful curtains on the top, and felt the warm medicinal juice fall down her throat into her stomach, and then she felt more comfortable.

Su Yun took the empty bowl with worried eyes, and watched Fang Chunyi lie back with a face full of enjoyment, and the hand holding the bowl couldn't help but tremble.

I don't know when it started, her mother began to have nightmares, she couldn't sleep all night, no matter how much medicine she took, she didn't see any better, and she didn't look like a person, so she found a home remedy from Doctor Zhou, saying that it could alleviate one or two, but you should use it with caution and not overeat, otherwise you will be addicted.

But where can Fang Chunyi listen, because of this disease, she fell out of favor again, and now even Kang Changzai dares to ride on her head and act recklessly, the queen saw that she was useless, and refused to take a second look, so she turned her head and praised Concubine Qi and Concubine Jin, she also went to beg the queen, but the queen only asked Jianqiu to bring her a sentence - if you can't save yourself, don't expect others to save you.

This sentence reminded Fang Chunyi of Concubine Qi back then, and she was so scared that she couldn't do it, regardless of Su Yun's obstruction, she drank the medicine like water, and finally stabilized her condition.

But such a cure is short-lived.

Before she could regain her favor, the sequelae of the medicine appeared, and Fang Chunyi began to constantly wander between waking up from nightmares and sleeping with medicine, and now, she has become such a person.

"Niangniang, the time of the concubine is running out." Cardamom attached to the ear and returned to An Lingrong.

An Lingrong stopped knocking on Muyu's hand, and in the faint candlelight, he bowed deeply to Guanyin, and then stood up with Cardamom's hand and walked out: "Let Zhou Nan tell Brother Ji that it's okay to do it." ”

"Yes."

The decline of the Fang family came unexpectedly, and it was the Xu family that had problems at the beginning.

That day, Xu Tong was about to go to the court, and as soon as he left the house, an old woman rushed out and stopped his carriage, accusing him of looting the people's fat and ointment, forcing the good people to death, and causing her family to be ruined.

This incident caused an uproar in the court.

Xu Tong was impeached and dismissed, Dali Temple took over the investigation of the case, but he never thought that he would find out that Xu's furniture had lent Beijing debts, and he had made a lot of money.

"Your Majesty, it is a big crime to privately release Beijing debts, although the debts of the Xu family are all in the hands of his daughter-in-law in the long house, Xu Tong may not know it, but it is a fact that his housekeeper is not strict and must be severely punished." Zhang Tingyu gave a strong admonition, and his voice was sonorous and powerful, "And Fang Zhiwen disregarded Jun'en, relying on the protection of the concubines in the palace, and acted recklessly outside the palace and disregarded people's lives, which is really intolerable, and the minister implored the emperor to get rid of the traitors and villains, and give justice to the people of the world." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Shun Guiren's father, Liu Changan, followed closely and stood up.

Subsequently, Ji He and a group of civil officials also came out one after another.

The emperor sentenced Fang Zhiwen to behead after the autumn, and the rest of the family members were all exiled to Ningguta.

And the Xu family escaped by luck, but Xu Tong was demoted three levels in a row, and after returning home, he pressed his eldest son to divorce Fang Zhiyi on the grounds of "nothing to come out", and angrily scolded "Ignorant stupid woman, since you are dedicated to your mother's family, then go back to your Fang family", Fang Zhiyi was ashamed and indignant, but he also knew that he had affected the Xu family, and he had also harmed the Fang family.

The general trend of the Fang family has gone, and Fang Chunyi in the palace has become a street rat that everyone shouts and beats, she wants to beg the queen, but when she goes out, she is blocked by An Lingrong at the door.

An Lingrong Gujing Wubo's eyes reflected Fang Chunyi's face, she slowly approached, stood still in front of her, and said coldly: "Chun'er, long time no see." ”