Bengong has been looking at Xinguiren restless, and sure enough, as soon as she left Chuxiu Palace, she played with right and wrong, as if Bengong had wronged her. She thought that she would be proud of Concubine Xi, if Concubine Xi didn't have that thing in her stomach, she wanted to climb into the Forbidden City, and dreamed! ”

"Is that really what Concubine Qi said?" An Lingrong raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Zhen Huan in some surprise.

Jing Lan retracted her uplifted demeanor, lowered her hand and replied respectfully: "Yes, these are the original words of Concubine Qi, word for word." ”

Zhen Huan immediately sneered: "She can speak, but it's a pity that she can't have anything in her stomach in her life." She bit the last two words twice, "She followed the queen, she couldn't give birth to children, and she couldn't earn a way out." ”

"Yes, the string of red jade beads that the queen rewarded her with is a good thing." An Lingrong covered her lips and chuckled and said, "Sister, can you see it today?" ”

"Hmm." Zhen Huan nodded, as if she had thought of something, and then smiled, "It seems to be a string of red agate, but it is actually a red musk bead." During the day, I heard the noble people say that the thing has a fragrance, and I am more sure. ”

"The musk beads are made of the musk of the male musk deer, and after a long time of damage to the texture, they will never be able to give birth to children, and the concubine Qi will show the queen's grace and carry it almost every day." An Lingrong smiled sarcastically, looked at Zhen Huan, and said, "This thing is rare, ordinary people can't tell it, even if someone can tell it and know that this is something rewarded by the queen, they don't dare to tell Concubine Qi the doorway, she is still in the dark now." ”

Zhen Huan's heart was a little happier, and Jing Lan's words were let go for the time being.

"Okay, sister, don't be angry." An Lingrong got up and walked to Zhen Huan's side, coaxing her, "When I came in just now, I saw that the courtyard was full of vats, and lotus flowers were planted in it. The emperor is still very attentive to his sister. ”

"The lotus flower has a fragrance, and it is the easiest to attract small insects in this summer day." Zhen Huan looked out the window in amazement, with indifference in her eyes, "On my birthday that year, I saw the lotus flowers in the Old Summer Palace full of lakes, and no matter what people do later, it is just Dong Shi Xiaofeng." ”

An Lingrong's eyes flashed slightly, but he didn't understand: "It's a pity, I wasn't there on my sister's birthday that year." She changed the subject, "My sister looked at Xin Guiren today, what do you think of her?" ”

"When I gave her the pine today, I didn't see anything wrong." Zhen Huan said a few words to An Lingrong about how she almost fell off the sedan chair yesterday, and after learning that she had already known the ins and outs from Shen Meizhuang's mouth, she roughly passed it over, and only said the result of today's temptation, "If you are not really innocent, you will be able to act in the palace for a long time, she is also pitiful, she has survived for so many years, and she is still a nobleman." ”

"Actually, it's not easy for her." An Lingrong also had some emotion when she talked about Xin Guiren, "At first, I took refuge in Sister Mei, but Sister Mei lost power and fell out of favor, and came to me again last year, but I was suppressed by the queen because of Ankang's affairs. ”

"Whether you can use it or not, I'll make a final decision when I ask Pei'er." Zhen Huan was not in a hurry to make up her mind, she had just returned to the palace, and she couldn't be in a hurry, she took a fancy to Xin Guiren, in fact, to break the deadlock from Concubine Qi.

As she was talking, Xiao Yunzi walked in quickly and reported: "Niangniang, Pei'er is here." ”

Zhen Huan nodded and got up, and said to An Lingrong: "You sit down a little, I'll come when I go." ”

"Okay." An Lingrong nodded, looked at the candle that burned an inch, picked up the scissors and cut the heart of the candle.

In the courtyard, as soon as Pei'er saw Zhen Huan, she knelt down for her: "Say hello to Niangniang." ”

"Hurry up." Zhen Huan motioned to Cui Jinxi to step forward to help Pei'er, stretched out her hand to hold her, her face was full of distress, "This palace looks at you following Xin Guiren, everyone has lost a lot of weight." Didn't Xin Guiren treat you well? ”

"It's a slave who is not blessed, and she can't come back to serve her mother." Pei'er blinked her eyes and tried to suppress her tears, "Yesterday, I heard that Xin Guiren said that he came to greet his mother, and the slave was overjoyed, so she hurriedly followed." ”

Zhen Huan nodded with satisfaction: "If you don't treat you well, this palace will definitely make decisions for you." ”

"Xie Niangniang." Pei'er was a little moved, but she still said a fair word, "Since the mother left, the slave maid went to Xinguiren, and she has always treated the slave and maid well. It's just that later, the concubine Niangniang was sick, and the Xin Guiren had no protection, so Concubine Qi often used the position of the master of Chuxiu Palace to suppress the Xin Guiren, and she hated the slave maid for serving the maid, and after learning that the maid was pregnant and wanted to return to the palace, she scolded the slave and maid at every turn. When Xin Guiren saw it, he would occasionally distinguish a few words, but next time, Concubine Qi would start harder. ”

Zhen Huan had already learned about this matter from Liuzhu's mouth during the day, and when she opened her sleeves and saw the dazzling scars, she was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly asked Cui Jinxi to take out the prepared medicinal wine and personally medicate her, feeling distressed: "As soon as this palace left back then, although it was also arranged for you, it was beyond your power in the end, and it still affected you after all." ”

"Being able to serve the mother is already a blessing for a slave." Pei'er looked at Zhen Huan, who was condescending to give her medicine, and her tears still couldn't help falling, "The status of the slave is low, how can you let the mother do such a thing for the slave." As she spoke, she was going to hide.

Zhen Huan took her hand and applied the medicine carefully: "I have wronged you." She looked up at Pei'er, "Have you really been on good terms with Concubine Qi for a long time?" ”

Pei'er nodded vigorously: "Seriously, and Concubine Qi always relies on herself to be the lord of Chuxiu Palace, wantonly intercepting the holy favor of Hu Xin's nobles, Xin nobles are not favored by the emperor, every time they cut off Hu, the emperor doesn't care, Xin Guiren can only suffer dumb losses." ”

Zhen Huan had some consideration in her heart, nodded secretly, pulled Pei'er and said: "This palace knows your intentions, in fact, you are not doing well with Xin Guiren, and this palace can think of asking you to come out, but you know the grievances between Concubine Qi and this palace." She looked at Pei'er steadily, "Are you willing to stay in Chuxiu Palace for the sake of this palace and keep an eye on the movements of the two of them?" ”

"The slave is willing." Pell knew that her opportunity had come, and there was no one who would not agree.

Sending Pei'er away, Zhen Huan returned to the hall: "I see, Xin Guiren is available, what do you think of Rong'er?" ”

"It's up to my sister to decide." An Lingrong pursed her lips and chuckled, and then said, "It's just right, tonight the emperor turned over the brand of Xin Guiren, sister guess, will Concubine Qi repeat the old trick?" I've heard that she often has nightmares and panic. ”

"I've done too much, and I'm used to tasting the sweetness, and I'm afraid I won't be able to stand it for a while." Zhen Huan showed a meaningful smile and groaned slightly, "I remember that there is a saying in the ancient saying that brown rice barley soup is the best cure for nightmares, and you have to let her drink a pot of it to catch Ming'er." ”

An Lingrong stroked his palms and chuckled, and said: "Concubine Qi's nightmare is important, and it doesn't have to be cooked, just take it to her to drink when it's rolled, and cure it in one fell swoop." ”

Barley is just that, brown rice is still not processed after the husk is not clean, the taste is rough, the texture is also tight, it takes time and effort to cook, it is difficult to swallow after several times of cooking, and it is mostly eaten by poor people at home, not to mention the taste when it is boiled.

The next day, Zhen Huan rewarded Concubine Qi with a pot of brown rice barley soup spread all over the Sixth Palace, and when she heard that Concubine Qi had only drunk two bowls, she vomited so much that she was in a daze, An Lingrong listened to Cardamom carefully describe Concubine Qi's appearance at that time, and was so happy that she crooked on the couch and laughed.

"What deserves such joy for you?" The emperor's voice suddenly sounded at the door, and he walked in with an obvious smile on his face, "It's been a long time since I've seen Rong'er so happy. ”

An Lingrong got up and saluted, even with a smile in his eyes: "Cardamom is talking to the concubine about the concubine Qi drinking brown rice barley soup and vomiting, and the concubine thinks it's funny." Concubine Qi can be regarded as having a hard stubble this time, and the new Concubine Xi is really not used to her at all. ”

"I just came from Yongshou Palace, what Concubine Xi said is reasonable, if everyone in the palace follows the example of Concubine Qi, the likes of Xin Gui will only be resentful, and the likes of Concubine Qi will be pampered and arrogant, and if the palace is restless, the harem will be restless." The emperor took An Lingrong's hand and got up, and asked her to sit down beside him, "I have punished Concubine Qi for three months, and the small punishment is a big commandment, which can be regarded as a wake-up call for the harem, and now I can make you laugh, I feel that this matter has been handled quite well." ”

An Lingrong pursed her lips and chuckled: "This Concubine Xi is really a wonderful person, if there is a chance, the concubine really wants to make friends with her." ”

"You and her will definitely be able to talk together." The emperor looked at An Lingrong deeply, patted her hand, and then asked, "What about Honghao?" ”

"The concubine asked Concubine Jing to wait to go to the thousand carp pond to feed the koi, and the seventh elder brother is changing clothes." An Lingrong naturally mentioned Honghao, his eyes were shining, "Honghao grows fast, it's just one day at a time, it's only been a few days, and the clothes are showing his feet and neck again." ”

The emperor was stunned.

Dill on the side showed a surprised expression at the right time, and she said with a slight tremble: "Niangniang, you, do you remember the seventh elder brother?" ”

"Dill, what are you talking about?" This time it was An Lingrong's turn to be strange.

The emperor sat quietly on the couch, held An Lingrong's hand tightly, raised his hand and instructed Su Peisheng: "Go and invite Imperial Doctor Zhou to come." ”

But after a while, Zhou Nan hurried to Weiyang Palace with a medicine box, and after saluting, he stepped forward to diagnose An Lingrong's pulse without saying a word, and then took out a silver needle to give An Lingrong an injection: "Niangniang, offended." ”

He dropped the needle on An Lingrong's head, and his fingers twisted lightly, causing An Lingrong to scream softly, Zhou Nan was suddenly overjoyed, and knelt down in front of the emperor after retracting the needle: "Back to the emperor, the concubine Niangniang has indeed recovered some, and she may be able to recover as before in a while." ”

"Okay, okay." The emperor breathed a heavy sigh of relief, he looked at An Lingrong with a confused face with relief in his eyes, reached out to hug her tightly, and whispered comfortingly, "Rong'er, don't worry, it will be fine." ”

Snuggled in the emperor's arms, An Lingrong was well-behaved and quiet and did not make a sound, only the emotions surging in her eyes told her that she was not calm at the moment.

In the afternoon, An Lingrong hugged the seventh elder brother and walked in the direction of the thousand carp pond, this was the first time she hugged the seventh elder brother since she was "sick" for a long time, the seventh elder brother hugged An Lingrong's neck and refused to let go, his eyes were covered with tears, and he endured it without falling.

"Honghao, E-Niang knows that you are a smart child, so you must be able to understand E-Niang's painstaking efforts, right?" An Lingrong also hugged the seventh elder brother tightly and said softly.

In fact, the seventh elder brother's precocious wisdom has always been traceable, and the pretending of illness in the past few months has made An Lingrong confirm this. He didn't understand why An Lingrong suddenly didn't remember him, and suddenly remembered him, but he silently accepted the current reality, didn't ask, didn't refute, and was so mature and calm that he didn't look like a child at all.

But he is a child, and his dependence on his mother and his desire for mother's love are all revealing the fact that he is a child.

An Lingrong kissed his face and hugged him all the way.

Suddenly, I heard the muttering of Concubine Qi from the corner: "I'm unlucky, I can't even walk smoothly, so I stepped on the mud." ”

"Don't be angry, the little lord is angry."

An Lingrong quietly listened to him, hid behind a big tree and looked from afar, saw Jingtai squatting to wipe the mud on Qi Concubine's shoes, and heard Qi Concubine complaining reluctantly: "Xin Guiren is usually silent, but in a blink of an eye, he learned to go to others to complain, and he really doesn't bark when he bites a dog." She was born beautiful, even if she was angry, she also revealed a sense of coquettishness, "Hongu was bitten by a dog, can you not be unlucky?" ”

"Little master, bear with me for the time being, now even the emperor is helping Xin Guiren to support Concubine Xi." Jingtai persuaded.

"What kind of thing is Concubine Xi, relying on the emperor to be willing to look at her bewitching appearance twice, she will come to practice me." Concubine Qi immediately raised her voice, and the more she spoke, the more angry she became, "I don't look at what I am, I stay in the Buddhist temple and still restlessly racking my brains to seduce the emperor, do you think there is something big about a big belly?" Hongu always wants her to know that it is powerful. ”

The more he talked, the more unspeakable he became, An Lingrong couldn't listen to it, and was about to come out to reprimand, but Zhen Huan's voice rang out: "How powerful you are, this palace doesn't know, this palace only knows that the wall has ears, Qi Concubine, or be good at cherishing yourself." ”