When the old lady arrived at Prince Chu's Mansion and saw the dim sum people, all her worries were forgotten.
The snacks seemed to know that the old lady was in a bad mood, so they tried their best to entertain themselves with colorful clothes, waving their little hands and feet, kicking the quilt on the small bed vigorously, causing waves of silk and satin, which made the old lady lose her teeth and eyes with joy.
The old lady's joy came from her heart, and she was not pretending to be happy, which made Yuan Qingling feel relieved.
I sigh again, Xiaosan is just a healer.
The source of Grandma Xi's infection could not be traced because they searched the Leprosy Mountain and couldn't find the characteristics of the woman according to the characteristics of the woman described by Grandma Xi and Man'er.
Later, Tang Yang privately invited the guard on Leprosy Mountain to have a drink with him. When the other person was 70 to 80% drunk, Tang Yang asked if a leper had ever disappeared. The guard told the truth that a leper had indeed disappeared a few months ago.
No bodies were found.
I asked about the woman's characteristics in detail, and they basically matched the person mentioned by Grandma Xi and Man'er.
However, the guard finally said that the woman might have jumped off the northern cliff, because every year, lepers could not bear the isolation and pain of their relatives and chose to commit suicide by jumping off the cliff.
This clue is equivalent to being broken.
Because even if someone planned all this, it would be impossible to spare the woman's life.
Now we must ensure that Grandma Xi's condition is not known to the outside world.
After being persuaded by Chu Shoufu, Aunt Xi actively cooperated with the treatment and no longer closed the door. Yuan Qingling wanted to go in to check her, and she was willing, but she always told Yuan Qingling to take a shower after going out.
Hair and clothes must also be boiled and exposed to the sun.
In mid-September, good news came from the palace that Concubine Hu was pregnant.
Ordinarily, it was not easy to tell anyone that she was pregnant just now, but Concubine Hu was so happy that she told everyone in the palace first, and then ordered people to tell her family. The Marquis of Zhenbei also had a loud voice, as if to prove it.
His daughter was not married to a useless old man, so she immediately told the public that Concubine Hu was pregnant.
It had been many years since any concubine had given birth to a child in the palace. Emperor Ming Yuan originally thought that he would only have so many children, but he did not expect that Concubine Hu could still be pregnant. Therefore, although he could not express his emotions or anger, he was really happy in his heart.
Emperor Ming Yuan summoned Yuan Qingling to the palace and asked her if she wanted the remaining Wuyou Powder for later use, and asked Yuan Qingling to give him something to listen to the child's heartbeat.
After Yuan Qingling knew that Emperor Ming Yuan was serious, he told him that if he was given a stethoscope now, it would be useless and he would not be able to hear. He would have to wait until he was older before he could hear.
Emperor Ming Yuan was very disappointed.
Concubine Hu did not hide her affection in front of Yuan Qingling. She clung to Emperor Ming Yuan's sleeve and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want us to have a girl or a boy?"
If you ask a man who has never been a father, he might think twice about this.
However, Emperor Ming Yuan had been a father many times and had sons and daughters, so after hearing Concubine Hu's words, he said: "It doesn't matter, girls and boys are all fine."
Hearing this, Concubine Hu raised her glowing face and said, "I hope to have a son who will be as majestic as the emperor."
Emperor Ming Yuan also couldn't hide the joy in his eyes, and the young concubine's praise was very helpful to his vicissitudes of life.
Yuan Qingling saw that Emperor Ming Yuan was so nervous about Concubine Hu, and she was very cautious in her words and movements, while Concubine Hu's eyebrows and eyes were full of happiness. She felt that perhaps it was not Concubine Hu's one-sided love, but that her father probably also had this young passion in his heart.
of women.
After Emperor Ming Yuan left, Concubine Hu pulled her to talk. In her words, she asked her all about the precautions for pregnancy, such as what can be eaten, what cannot be eaten, what can be done, and what cannot be done, all in detail.
Yuan Qingling told her that she was in good physical condition and didn't need to worry too much.
Concubine Hu laughed, then held up her chin and sighed, "Why do you think I got pregnant? It's amazing. I'm so happy. Princess, do you know how happy you are when you're pregnant? Are you crazy for joy? I'm so happy."
I was so happy that I couldn’t sleep for several nights.”
Yuan Qingling thought of when she was pregnant, and it was better to say she was frightened than happy.
Mainly because she was not mentally prepared at all, and her body was too young.
Fortunately, I am mentally old enough to accept it quickly.
Therefore, under Concubine Hu's stern gaze, she acted very sincerely and said: "Happy, naturally you are happy."
Concubine Hu looked at her unnatural expression and chuckled, "You were very awkward when facing me. Is it because you misunderstood that I wanted to marry the prince?"
Yuan Qingling was a little embarrassed, "It's nothing, Concubine Hu, don't think too much about it."
Concubine Hu held her hand and said sincerely: "Princess, although we are separated by generations, I have no friends in the royal family, and the ladies in the palace don't like to associate with me, so I sincerely hope to become friends with you.
,Do you want to?"
Yuan Qingling looked at this woman with true feelings in her eyes and eyebrows. She was so frank and frank. Her attitude had always been neither salty nor bland, which seemed perfunctory. She smiled and said: "Of course I do. As the saying goes, one more friend is better than one more."
How are the enemies?"
Concubine Hu smiled and said: "Then don't worry, I will never call you an enemy."
After all, he is young and can say the word "forever" casually.
But Yuan Qingling likes this kind of straightforward person who doesn't need to use too much scheming.
The two of them smiled knowingly.
Yuan Qingling left Concubine Hu and went to the Qiankun Palace to visit the Supreme Emperor.
After the Emperor recovered from diarrhea, he stayed calm for two days, refraining from drinking and smoking less. However, when he felt that nothing happened, he returned to his old ways, filled his pipe with tobacco leaves, and took advantage of the opportunity to sit on the porch and smoke.
The ground was twitching, and when Yuan Qingling arrived, he was puffing away smoke.
He saw Yuan Qingling's figure flashing in. Before the announcement was made, the cigarette rod in his hand flew out and landed in the grass.
Yuan Qingling smelled the smell of smoke as soon as she came in. Then she saw that the Supreme Emperor was sitting in front of the porch, but he didn't hold a cigarette rod in his hand. However, smoke was slowly coming out of his nostrils. She couldn't help but smile, "You can hide it."
Really? If you lose the cigarette rod, the smell of smoke won’t go away.”
As he said that, he picked up the still smoking pipe from the grass and handed it to Eunuch Chang.
Seeing that he was exposed, and listening to the sarcastic words, the Supreme Emperor became so angry that he bared his teeth, "Gu Ai smokes a pipe, so he smokes a pipe. Why do you care so much? Who else in the world dares to control Gu?"
Yuan Qingling knelt down in front of him and looked at him, "I don't care, you can smoke whenever you like, just smoke less."
The Supreme Emperor expected Yuan Qingling to give him a lesson, but he didn't know that his attitude was very gentle and he even allowed him to smoke the pipe, which was a bit unexpected. But when he thought about it, he frowned and said, "What do you mean? Does it mean that he doesn't care about Gu's body? Yes.
Aren’t you trying to control it to no avail? You think Gu is an old man who is about to die, so you just let Gu do what you want?”
Yuan Qing coaxed: "You have smoked this pipe all your life, how can you say that you won't smoke if you don't smoke? I just told you to smoke less, how can you refute me by saying a lot? I really want me to say sternly that you are not allowed to smoke.
Is that okay? You are strictly forbidden to smoke, so you are not allowed to beat me?"