In the free afternoon, there was warm sunshine, and Yun Shang was a little afraid of the cold, but as soon as she lay on the soft couch under the winter sunshine, she couldn't help but want to doze off, so she took Qin Yi and Qian Yin to go for a walk in the garden.
After wandering in the garden for a while, she felt a little tired. Yun Shang found a pavilion and sat down to rest. The lake had begun to freeze, and the sunlight shining on the ice was faintly dazzling. Yun Shang looked at it for a while and then took it back.
look.
"It's windy by the lake, don't stay too long." A soft voice came from behind, with a bit of a smile.
When Yun Shang heard this, she immediately became happy and turned around quickly and said, "Mother Concubine." After calling her, she suddenly remembered that she was in the palace, and it was still in the palace during the day. Her heart skipped a beat and she looked around.
Looking around, I knew that there must be many pairs of eyes watching in the harem, but I didn't want to act like I was rejecting others from thousands of miles away. She was his mother-in-law...
Concubine Jin nodded slightly, sat down opposite Yun Shang, stared at Yun Shang for a long time, and then said with a smile, "Every time I see you, I always feel that you seem to be more beautiful, which makes people feel more beautiful."
I can’t seem to get enough of it.”
Yun Shang smiled slightly, "Shang'er is the daughter of my concubine. My father always said that I look like my concubine. When my concubine praises me, she is also praising herself."
When Concubine Jin heard this, she was startled, but then she lowered her head slightly. Yun Shang suddenly remembered that Concubine Jin had always had some resentment towards Emperor Ning over the years. Even though she left the cold palace under her own arrangement, she also had no respect for Emperor Ning.
Hot or not, now that the queen is suddenly pregnant, I am afraid that another scar will be added to her already scarred heart.
As expected, Concubine Jin lowered her head and was silent for a long time before she said softly, "I heard you say a few days ago that you once sent a maid to your father's side? Now, that maid may be of use to you?"
Yun Shang didn't know why Concubine Jin suddenly asked about this matter, but she said clearly, "That palace maid was originally the queen's spy by my side. She injured her leg because of Prince Jing, and later the queen took her away and replaced her."
I brought a new chess piece over and wanted to destroy her, so she came to beg me. At that time, the queen was deliberately trying to select a few beautiful maids in her palace who could be used by her and send them to her father. I
So I took advantage of the situation and sent the woman away. After that incident, the woman kept saying that she would obey my orders. However, I saw that her temperament was not peaceful, and even if she was used, she could not use her heart and soul.
, we can only treat her as a chess piece that can be discarded at any time..."
Concubine Jin smiled, nodded and said, "I have betrayed you once, and I will betray you a second time. You are indeed right."
After he paused for a moment, he raised his head and looked at Yun Shang and said, "When I was in the cold palace these years, Concubine Shu has always been a thorn in the queen's side. This time the queen is pregnant. Although I don't know how many things have been broken secretly.
However, it is still a good opportunity. There has been no good news about the heir in the palace for many years. The day before yesterday, I suggested to your father that Concubine Shu should take the lead and hold a small banquet in the palace."
"Concubine Shu?" Yun Shang was stunned, "Concubine Mother, when did you and Concubine Shu..."
Concubine Jin smiled, "Silly boy, there are never permanent enemies in this harem. I pushed Concubine Shu up, and she would naturally feel a little grateful to me. However, it was still not enough. Once she said so in this harem,
Now that we are talking, at that time, if the Queen cannot move, I will be the person she wants to get rid of the most, so the mother-in-law hopes that at this time, there is someone who can be used by us..."
Hearing this, Yun Shang turned her eyes and looked at the lake, "My mother-in-law wants to..."
"There is no need for her to do anything special. I just want you to make arrangements so that she can attract the emperor's attention at the small banquet in a few days..." Concubine Jin said softly, her hand unconsciously placed on her lower abdomen.
Yun Shang turned her head and stared at Concubine Jin for a while, then sighed quietly, "Concubine, you and your father..."
Concubine Jin lowered her head and glanced at her belly, which was not yet showing her pregnancy. "Since your father married Li Yiran, since Hua Jing was born, and since there were more and more women in the palace, I have
I have given up. I am willing to come out of the cold palace, but I am just afraid that you will be wronged. More than ten years ago, I was young and ignorant and threw you away. My mother and concubine know all the hardships you have endured in these years. It is not good for you to be a concubine.
, since you came back from Ningguo Temple, I have already figured out that the Queen's decision is not as simple as imagined. I am worried that you will suffer a loss. No matter what, I should not be a coward. I hope that my children can be happy.
"
Yun Shang was silent for a long time and then said, "Mother and concubine, my father is an emperor after all..."
Concubine Jin nodded, "I know, I know. Maybe, the concubine is crazy. However, the concubine can't get out of the obstacles in her heart. But now she also understands. If you can't get out, you can't get out."
Well, let’s leave it like this, it’s pretty good.”
Yun Shang knew that Concubine Jin had her own ideas in mind and that no matter how hard she tried to persuade her, it would be useless, so she said nothing more and just agreed softly.
"What? Concubine Jin and Yun Shang?" The queen suddenly turned around, looked at the palace maid who came to report the news, and frowned, "How did they meet? Was it Concubine Jin who went to find Yun Shang, or Yun Shang?
Went to see Concubine Jin? What did they say?"
The palace maid lowered her head, listening to the Queen's voice that was a little unkind, and said quickly, "Reporting to the Queen, they met by chance while walking. Princess Yunshang was resting in the pavilion by the lake. Princess Jinfei saw it, and she
I went up and talked to her for a while, but the slaves were too far away and I couldn't hear what they were saying."
The queen paced back and forth in the room for a long time, muttering to herself, "Concubine Jin is really scheming. She has been out of the cold palace for so long, but she has never taken the initiative to say a word to Yun Shang. The result is...
When I heard that I was pregnant, I hurried over to find a breakthrough from Yun Shang, right? But I really didn’t let me relax for a moment." After a while, he turned around and asked, "You guys
Did you see what their expressions were like at that time?"
The palace maid tried hard to recall for a moment before saying, "My servant noticed that Concubine Jin seemed to have her head lowered all the time, while Princess Yunshang didn't have a smile on her face and kept frowning."
The queen frowned, turned around and sat on the chair, closed her eyes, but kept her brows furrowed.
This is what Xiu Xin saw as soon as she entered the inner hall. She paused slightly. She, who had followed the queen since she was a child, only needed one glance to know that the queen was depressed now, so she quickly slowed down her steps and stood aside, looking at
The queen on the chair hesitated to speak.
After a while, the queen opened her eyes, saw Xiu Xin, and then opened her eyes again.
Xiu Xin then quickly stepped forward and said softly, "Your Majesty, I have just inquired about it, and the little banquet said that it is indeed true. According to Eunuch Qi, who is waiting beside the emperor, it was Concubine Jin who brought this matter to the emperor.
Well, Concubine Jin said that there haven't been so many happy events in the palace for a long time, so we must celebrate them well, but now that the Queen is pregnant, it is not suitable to work hard. So, the emperor said, it is better to leave it to Concubine Shu."
When the queen heard this, she was very angry, but she laughed instead, "What a beautiful concubine. Everything happened because of her, but she pretended to know it accidentally. I don't know what An's intentions are. Ask me clearly.
? When and where will the banquet be held? "
Xiu Xin said quickly, "Let me ask you clearly. I will be at Jinxiu Palace in three days."
The queen suddenly knocked over the teacup in her hand, her eyes filled with coldness, "Splendid Palace...heh, it's really a nice place. That was where Concubine Jin lived when she was in favor. However, since Jinxiu Palace...
After the concubine was thrown into the cold palace, she became empty. There are so many palaces in this palace and so many places where banquets can be held on Penglai Island. Why did she choose the Jinxiu Palace? It seems that she deliberately wanted to be with her.
I did the right thing!"
Xiu Xin quickly lowered her head a little lower and said softly, "Concubine Shu said that it is not a large palace banquet and it is not convenient to hold it in the Jinluan Palace. However, the weather is cold and the lake is frozen, making it difficult to go.
On Penglai Island, most of the palaces in the harem are occupied by concubines, and most of the empty ones are abandoned. Only Jinxiu Palace, although it has always been empty, has been cleaned, so
That’s where I chose it.”
"Haha, Jinxiu Palace is Jinxiu Palace. I don't believe it. Her Jinfei will not be worried when she looks at it. Concubine Shu's move is really ruthless. She kills two birds with one stone and creates a Jinxiu Palace, so she and I can't bear it.
"I wonder how Concubine Jin would feel when she knew that Concubine Shu specially chose Jinxiu Palace to hold the banquet she had helped organize." The queen gritted her teeth, but said with a smile on her face.
Xiu Xin paused and was silent for a long time, then whispered again, "Just now, people around Princess Cai Jing came to report that the princess left the imperial city with only four attendants and two maids, saying that she was going to the border to rescue the consort.
.”
When the queen heard this, she was even more furious, "What nonsense! What nonsense! Why did I ask her to go find her father and ask her father to dispatch a personal guard to escort her, but she didn't listen to me?"
As for the palace, just to get angry with me, she ignored her own safety, it was just nonsense!"
Xiu Xin said quickly, "Your Majesty, please calm down. The matter has come to this, what should we do now? The princess is young and energetic, and she left the imperial city in such a hurry. This servant is afraid..."
The queen couldn't calm down her anger for a long time. After a long time, she said, "Send a message to the Prime Minister's Palace immediately and ask father to send someone to chase Jing'er."
Xiu Xin nodded, turned around and exited the inner hall. The queen was upset by what happened one after another. She was about to take a rest when she heard Xiu Xin's voice coming from the outer hall, "Ming Taifei is lucky."
Princess Ming?
The queen was stunned, and quickly asked the palace maid to help her tidy up her phoenix robe. After calming down for a while, she turned around and left the inner hall.
Sitting on a chair in the outer hall was an old woman with gray hair, dressed in blue brocade, with a graceful temperament and a calm expression. The queen quickly stepped forward and said, "Auntie, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why do you think of me today?"
ah?"
The old woman turned her head and glanced at the queen, then raised her hand and waved to the queen, indicating that the queen should sit down next to her. The queen quickly stepped forward and sat down next to Concubine Ming.
"Your father said that you summoned your mother to the palace, but did not summon him, so I came to see you. As soon as you entered the palace, I heard you losing your temper. You have been the queen for so many years, why are you like this?
Her temper still hasn't changed much. What's the reason for this time?" Concubine Ming twisted the beads in her hand and said slowly.
The queen sighed, frowned and said, "Yi Yiran has been in pain since I was little. Yi Yi is able to sit in this position now thanks to her help. Yi Yi doesn't want to hide it from her. It's all because of those bad things, Concubine Jin
Now that she is pregnant and living in Qiwu Palace, the emperor made a special trip to give an order to Yi Yi. If anything happens to the child in her belly, it will be remembered on my head. Concubine Jin became more and more presumptuous, Shu.
The concubine is also looking at me eagerly. She is preparing for a family banquet these days. The venue chosen is my least favorite, Jinxiu Palace. Jing'er is not a worry-free person. She has always been at odds with General Zhao's mother. A few days ago,
The quarrel was so tense that General Zhao was trapped at the border gate. I asked her to take a group of personal guards to the border gate to check the situation, but she got angry with me and went with only a few attendants and maids."
Concubine Ming smiled slightly, put away her prayer beads, and turned her head to look at the Queen, "Queen, you are upset."
The Queen nodded, "Yes, I am still very upset."
Concubine Ming turned her eyes and looked at the phoenix carved on the pillar in the palace, pointed at the phoenix and said, "What kind of bird is this?"
The queen was a little dazed, but still replied, "It's Phoenix."
Concubine Ming nodded, "Yes, it's a phoenix. In this harem, the only woman who can carve a phoenix in this palace is you. You are the master of this harem. This harem is not a peaceful place to begin with."
Earth, I have been ups and downs in this palace for more than forty years. I have seen a lot of blood in this palace. Your position is what the women in the harem want to have. You sit in this position.
Above, once you relax even a little bit, you will be in danger. However, if you are confused now, and if you are confused, you will not see what you should see, and you will be blinded by some appearances, which will allow others to take advantage of you.
"
The queen listened silently and did not speak.
Concubine Ming turned her head to look at the queen again, and lowered her voice and said, "I heard that you are pregnant?"
The queen hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
"Li family, in all these years, you are the only woman who has taken the throne. Although the late emperor felt guilty for me, I have always been one step away from the throne. Fortunately, I helped you up.
The Li family has been waiting for so many years, and now it all depends on you. I hope that you will not let the Li family down." Concubine Ming stroked the beads in her hand and rubbed them slowly.
"Yes, still awake." The queen said softly.
Concubine Ming stretched out her hand to touch the queen's abdomen. The queen did not expect her sudden movement and froze in the chair without moving. "The emperor is also forty. It is a good thing for you to be pregnant at this time. If you can give birth to a prince,
, everyone in the Li family will definitely do their best to support him to the throne. However, there are some things that you still need to weigh yourself, such as the lump of meat in Concubine Jin's belly. If her husband gave birth to the prince, it would not be good, so
, you have to think carefully, if it is necessary, it is not bad to exchange one life for another. The child in Concubine Jin's belly must not be allowed to be born."
The Queen naturally knew what Concubine Ming meant when she said one life for another, but she couldn't help but sweat a little in her vest in this cold early winter, "I still remembered it."
Concubine Ming said "Yes" and stood up, "Since you attacked, I have been polite to your father on weekdays. Once there is something important, I just let people talk to me and never dare to tell him personally.
You don't have to be so afraid of your father. You are his daughter after all. Although it is his fault that he forced you to enter the palace, there are also his reasons. He is now the head of the Li family. He is no easier than anyone else. He forces you like that.
, you are just doing it for the Li family. Although you are the queen of a country now, don't forget that you are also Li by nature."
The queen responded repeatedly, "I still know."
Concubine Ming added, "By the way, I heard that Concubine Jin's girl has been back for some time. I haven't seen that girl for many years. Maybe I haven't seen Concubine Jin for many years. Since there is a palace banquet to be held, when
I decided to send someone to send a message to this palace, so that I can go and see what happened to them now, which makes you so distressed, Queen."
The Queen responded, and Concubine Ming turned around and left the inner hall.
After a long time, Xiuxin's head popped out of the door, and she carefully looked into the palace. When she saw that the queen was alone, she walked in and whispered, "The concubine is here, do you still need to go find the prime minister?"
?”
The queen sighed, "Yes. As for my father, nothing can escape his eyes and ears. But in the morning, I asked you to inform your mother to see her tomorrow. In the afternoon, Concubine Ming came to the door."
Xiu Xin hesitated for a moment and then asked softly, "Mother, what is the reason why the concubine is here? I remember that she has not been out of Yongkang Palace where she lives for a long time."
The queen smiled coldly, "Of course they are here for my belly. It has only been two days since I announced that I am pregnant, and they have already made plans for my belly. They have already thought about it.
What may happen if you have a baby during this pregnancy.”
Xiu Xin stood aside with her head lowered. A palace maid walked in from the door, holding a bowl of medicine in her hand, smoking, "Queen, your anti-fetal medicine is ready. I just tried it. The cold and heat are just right."
, Your Majesty, please drink it while it’s hot.”
The queen raised her eyes and glanced at the steaming medicine bowl, waved her hand and said, "Put it in the bedroom. You can go down first."
The palace maid responded, carrying the medicine bowl into the bedroom, then came out and retreated after a moment.
The queen glanced at Xiuxin, sighed and said, "You go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, I will take a rest first."
Xiu Xin also retreated, and the Queen turned around and entered the bedroom. The bowl of anti-fetal medicine was placed on the table opposite the bed. The Queen stood in front of the table, stared at it for a long time, then picked it up and poured it directly into the bedroom.
In a pot with podocarpus planted next to the bed. (To be continued)
