The north wind was howling, and in the warm pavilion of Fengyi Palace, Queen Meng drank a cup of three-flower beauty tea. She couldn't help but think of Yue who left the palace due to a serious illness in the autumn of last year.
"Chun Shuyuan - is it true that you haven't recovered from your illness yet?" The queen had already had doubts about this. If she was really still ill, how could she have the time to develop Bazhen cake to regulate the spleen and stomach, red bean and barley tea to remove moisture, and this Three-flower tea that nourishes the skin and regulates menstruation. Especially this tea, Queen Meng drank it for several months and found it very good.
Chun Shuyuan was away in the Imperial Manor to seek refuge, but she had not forgotten the palace. She was so caring, and the Queen could not help but feel a little pity for her.
"Just think that she is still ill." Emperor Yan Zheng said.
Empress Meng heard the hidden meaning in her words, "It's the end of the year, and the weather is getting colder. It's not suitable for concubines to stay outside the palace for a long time. Your Majesty, it's better to take Chun Shuyuan back to the palace to recuperate."
After hearing this, Yan Zheng felt irritated in his heart. The Queen was not the first person to plead for Wangshu. Earlier, Concubine Xiang and Concubine Rong had also made insinuations about Wangshu's condition, and they all had the same meaning!
Each of you is more virtuous than the other, but I have become a villain!
"She can't come back!" Yan Zheng said coldly. She only had that dead man in her heart! How could she be willing to return to the palace?
The Queen's heart froze when she heard this, "But what's wrong with Chun Shuyuan's condition?"
Yan Zheng became even more annoyed and said coldly: "Queen, there is no need to say more!"
Seeing that the emperor's face was displeased, the queen had no choice but to put aside her thoughts for the time being, thinking that this pure Shuyuan might not be blessed.
The queen could only sigh, "Since the emperor doesn't want to say anything, I can just leave it alone." But she couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart. In the past, the emperor would not hide anything from her, whether in the former court or the harem. Nowadays...the emperor is becoming more and more unwilling to tell her what is on his mind.
So, she turned to say: "The noble concubine has been feeling unwell recently, and the emperor often goes to see her when he has time."
Yan Zheng rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Auntie is getting more and more verbose."
The queen smiled: "She only cares about the emperor's heirs." - The noble concubine also gave her advice, but...it's not that she is unkind as the queen, but that the emperor's temperament is getting colder and colder. Although the emperor appears to be generous and benevolent, Concubine Lan and Fang Jieyu have not seen the emperor for several months, let alone slept with him.
The Queen whispered: "Your Majesty, Concubine Lan's mind has changed. Your Majesty, don't be too cold to her."
After hearing this, Yan Zheng couldn't help but sneer: "I thought she wanted to become a nun!"
Empress Meng couldn't help but frown, as the emperor's words were too harsh - and at the same time, she couldn't help but think that the emperor had never been so harsh before.
"Princess Lan just figured it out. As a woman, she still hopes to have a son and a half." The queen thought of Lan Guipin's pain of losing her daughter in the past, and she couldn't help but sympathize with her, so she comforted her softly: " If your Majesty is free, you might as well go and sit in Wei Rui Hall."
Yan Zheng neither agreed nor refused, he just said: "I understand."
As he said that, Yan Zheng suddenly asked: "Does the Queen also hope to have a son and a half daughters?"
The queen looked puzzled: "I already have Zhen'er at my knees."
Yan Zheng was silent for a moment and said: "I am talking about my own flesh and blood." - Cheng Zhen is indeed too mediocre, and even Queen Yinghui cannot teach him to become a talent.
As soon as these words came out, the smile on the queen's face disappeared for an instant, and her voice was low and low, almost inaudible: "I, my concubine... have long since given up on this thought."
The queen closed her eyes, with painful tears falling from the corners of her eyes, "I lost my son because of my deep sins. Now I just hope that the child will enter reincarnation soon and find a good family."
Thinking of what happened back then, Yan Zheng said: "You had a miscarriage back then, just because you were young and overthinking, and you were frightened. What's more, even if what happened back then is considered a sin, it is also my sin, and it has nothing to do with you.
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The queen shook her head and kept crying.
Yan Zheng rubbed the pain between his brows, and he knew that Meng was like this when he mentioned that back then. There was no room for mercy in the matter of seizing the direct descendants, and one could not allow others to kill others and me as flesh and blood! Because of Meng's wisdom, she was too clever.
She is a human being, so many things back then were called her.
Participated in the planning and listened to a lot of her advice.
At that time, the Meng family was indeed worthy of being called "Zhuge among women".
It's a pity that later...
Yan Zheng didn't believe in karma, but after Meng lost his son, he believed in it.
"Don't you always advise Mrs. Shen not to dwell on the past?" Yan Zheng could only comfort him patiently, "Huixin, let the past matter go by."
Queen Meng's single name is Yi Ying, with the diminutive name Hui Xin.
Empress Meng murmured: "It's different, Princess Lan's hands are clean, but I..." She raised her hands, but she always felt that her palms were sticky, as if she had been stained with a lot of blood.
"I will never forget that the Princess of Chu was pregnant with Liujia and died by hanging from a beam." Queen Meng's hands trembled faintly. The King of Chu rebelled and died. Although the late emperor issued an order to pardon his wife, concubines and children, the princess still couldn't think of it. A white silk scarf
Go to death.
"Stop talking!" Yan Zheng couldn't help but feel a little angry. Prince Minhuai, King Zhou, and King Chu were all innocent. What's more, how could the seizure of the legitimate son not affect the family? Fortunately, the King of Chu was just a rebel.
, he has also tried his best to plead for her. It’s Princess Chu who can’t figure it out herself, so who can blame her?
Empress Meng bit her pale lips, she stroked the cold tears on her cold face, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I no longer deserve to have flesh and blood, but Concubine Lan is pure and good, and Concubine Fang is not bad either.
They are all suitable ages for pregnancy. Your Majesty may wish to consider it."
Yan Zheng couldn't help but feel even more agitated, "Since you don't want to, I won't force you. It's getting late today, so Queen, please rest early."
After saying that, Emperor Yan Zheng walked away directly.
The queen saw this and did not dissuade her.
In the cold night, in the main hall of Yufu Palace, Concubine Rong looked at the sleeping third princess Kuang, and her heart softened.
However, at this time, someone reported: "Someone saw...the emperor leaving Fengyi Palace late at night."
Concubine Rong couldn't help but be stunned: "What?"
Tonight is the fifteenth day. No matter how busy the emperor was in the past, he would never forget the night of the fifteenth day with the queen.
"What's going on?" With the Queen's gentle and gentle temperament, she would not make the Emperor unhappy.
Concubine Rong suppressed her anxiety and then thought, "Maybe there was something urgent in the past."
I couldn't help but wonder if the Queen had anything to do with the Emperor about purifying Shu Yuan...
At this time, the third princess on the fragrant couch made a sound, and Concubine Rong immediately ignored everything else and quickly went up and patted her gently, humming a children's song. Then the third princess fell asleep soundly.
