Fourteen, the phoenix flute blows off the water and the clouds go leisurely
When I woke up the next morning, the clear sunlight shone through the dark green window screen. Wei Lin was already waiting outside the palace with his hands hanging down. After I finished washing, I saw him smiling and said, "I knew you would be back soon, but I didn't expect it to be so soon."
He made a greeting and said: "I received the imperial decree at midnight yesterday to serve the mother's fetus, so I came to pay my respects to my mother early this morning."
I nodded and put on a pair of gold hoop dangle earrings in front of the mirror, "The days in Yongxiang have wronged you."
He smiled, "Wei Chen is not afraid. Wei Chen knows that the empress has enough ability to change the world. It will be a blessing to Wei Chen."
"It's not that I have the ability, but that Wen Shichu has too much time to take care of himself. I need you by my side."
In the palace, the family did not wear buns, half of their long hair was tied loosely to one side with an exquisite emerald beaded button, and the other half was combed sleek and smooth, into a braid and held tightly with a white jade hairpin.
Get up, and then comb the broken hair at the back of the head with a gold-embedded treasure. The flower used to comb the hair should hold up a small hairpin mirror.
I was wearing a jade-colored long gown with a dark gold bamboo leaf pattern on my head. Wei Lin took his pulse and said, "Your Majesty, she looks so good. No matter she is happy or frustrated, her style remains the same."
I smiled faintly and said, "Where is the grace? It's just a breath of life."
Hua Yi pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, if you dress like this, she probably won't see guests anymore."
"The house is probably full of guests today."
"The excitement is as lively as ever. People from all the palaces came to pay their respects and congratulate the Queen Mother. Even the Queen Mother sent Aunt Sun to express her condolences."
"Hua Yi, you have been in the palace for several years and have experienced a lot. Naturally, you know how to deal with it."
Hua Yi turned around and walked out. I looked at Wei Lin and said, "Is the fetal pressure still good?"
"It's all right. It's just that the queen is pregnant when she is weak. She needs to take more warming and tonic medicine. I will arrange it myself."
I stroked my abdomen and said, "This child came just in time and is my savior. Without him, we wouldn't be where we are now. You should be careful yourself. After this, you should know that working by my side is a high-ranking one."
, naturally the more dangerous it is, the easier it is to be plotted."
He smiled slightly and said, "Wealth and honor can be found in danger. This has always been the case."
I chuckled lightly and said, "I appreciate your frankness the most." I thought about it and asked, "When you have time, help me take care of Ying's baby."
In the evening, Concubine Zhen came to visit me. I had nothing to do, so I held the chess pieces with her and faced each other in black and white. The cool breeze under the north window blew like jade, blowing the green bamboo curtains of Concubine Xiang in the palace, and the clear and distant fragrance of lotus petals under the lotus platform came.
There were several cicadas, and then became quiet again. Bai Zi hesitated, rubbed his forehead and said: "This is not the first time I'm pregnant. I don't know why, this time I always feel particularly irritable and unspeakable, and my mind is dizzy."
Concubine Zhen was dressed in jade white silk clothes, elegant and pleasant. "Sister has suffered many grievances one after another since she was pregnant. It is inevitable that she will be distracted and distracted, and her vitality will be damaged." She frowned slightly, "Does sister know the little girl who serves the fragrance next to Jiang?
Is the palace maid dead?"
I dropped a piece casually and asked, "How did you die?"
"The emperor ordered a severe punishment. The palace maid said that Mrs. Jiang treated her harshly, and that she and He Xiang always beat and scolded her, so she used the musk to harm Mr. Jiang."
"That's nonsense!" I scoffed, "I still say the same thing, little palace lady, where did such precious musk come from? And who gave her such courage? She is really tired of living if she dares to murder the holy concubine.
What?"
"The emperor didn't believe it either. During the retrial, he was even tortured more severely to find out who was instigating it. Several of the bamboo sticks used to drill his fingers were even broken. The little palace maid could not survive the punishment and committed suicide by biting her tongue. As a result, after further investigation, with Jiang
I found exactly the same musk from Liu, the daughter-in-law who entered the palace with her. Liu always complained the most about Jiang's favor. Her family had some wealth, so people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested her to go on errands."
Concubine Zhen was soft-hearted and showed a hint of pity. I lowered my head and flicked my nails, "Don't you believe that Mrs. Liu did it?"
"Confusing falsehood with truth and confusing right and wrong is what people in the palace are always good at."
"I'm so sorry for Mrs. Liu. Once she entered the torture room of the Shenxing Division, she was a useless person when she came out." Her eyes showed a deep look of unbearability and she quietly approached me. "I have been speculating for a long time in my mind that that person is the queen herself.
Could it be she who was recommended to the palace...is she so cruel?"
I smiled happily and praised: "My sister has always been smart."
Hua Yi and Pin'er held a ruler-long emerald green banana leaf fan in their hands and fanned the wind. Hua Yi quietly muttered, "Qi concubine has been with her for half her life, but she still had no children until she died. Did the empress ever remember the queen?"
The string of red musk deer she was given as a gift is so large that no one can have children even if she carries it."
Concubine Zhen's complexion changed, she loosened her fingertips, and a sunspot suddenly fell. I smiled and said, "My sister is wrong."
She sighed sadly, "I have watched with cold eyes these years, always thinking that I had guessed wrong."
"My sister has a sharp ear and eyesight, and a delicate mind. She will definitely not just rely on guessing. Therefore, my sister takes good care of the second prince. I also ask my sister to help look after the concubine Ying."
She sighed softly, "I'll do my best." She held her chin for a long time, then changed her subject and said, "Sister, are you still unwilling to pay attention to the emperor? The emperor was very sad at my place in the afternoon. In fact, you can't blame the emperor for these things."
"I can't blame the emperor, but I am among them. I have experienced these things myself. If I can't do it, I don't blame the emperor." I smiled and said, "Sister, don't be reluctant to give up. I have my own sense of control."
After watching Concubine Zhen go back, I picked up a round fan and shook it lightly, saying, "Jin Xi, come with me to pay my respects to the Queen."
Jin Xi looked at the bright night sky with stars and said with a smile: "My Majesty, please stop working. I am afraid the Queen has already fallen asleep at this time."
"Do you think she will be able to sleep?" I sighed softly as I gazed at the many palaces and palaces under the night sky.
When we arrived at Fengyi Palace, there were still lights leaking out from the windows of the inner hall of Zhaoyang Palace, as if tiny bits of thoughts had leaked inadvertently, allowing people to explore.
The person who came out was Huichun, and she raised her eyebrows in surprise, "It's Concubine Shu, it's so late."
I smiled and said, "Isn't the Queen still asleep? The summer night is unbearably hot, so I'm here to talk to the Queen."
Eichun knew that I was pregnant and didn't dare to stop him. He had to lead me in respectfully, watching the road carefully for me, for fear that I would take the opportunity to cause any accident in Zhaoyang Palace.
Zhaoyang Hall is spacious and spacious, with long windows to the north and south. The cool breeze blows gently, and the gauze curtains are blowing. It is cool and elegant like a fairyland. The queen is wearing homely fragrant clothes to enjoy the coolness under the north window. She is leaning on the red sandalwood branch with plum blossoms facing inward.
On the couch, Jianqiu was fanning her and whispering something to her.
When she heard that I was coming, the queen had not yet turned around. Jianqiu was shocked at first, and stood up quickly to salute me and say hello. I told Jianqiu to get up, and said with a smile: "It took me two days in a row to meet Aunt Jianqiu, and I finally understood what Qianqiu means.
The arrogant queen and Gong are completely different from each other."
Jian Qiu was a little embarrassed, but then smiled, neither humble nor arrogant, "I do things to everyone. On that day, Concubine Shu was in the middle of a feud, and I couldn't help myself. I hope Concubine Shu will be magnanimous and not argue with me."
She respectfully helped the queen to sit up. The queen did not look at her, but slowly raised her hair and said to me: "What to say to someone and what to do. Concubine Shu also taught Jianqiu a lot through words and deeds. It is rare to have such a good relationship."
Given the opportunity, she should apply what she has learned so that Concubine Shu’s teachings will not be in vain."
"The Queen is very polite." I smiled. "Jianqiu serves the Queen every day, so he is naturally influenced by the Queen the most. How can I learn from my concubine? I dare not take credit for it."
Even when she was enjoying the cool night alone, the queen was dressed neatly. Although she did not use any hairpins on her head, she still wore the simplest bun in a smooth bun without any mess.
The queen's eyes slowly looked at my lower abdomen, "Concubine Shu is pregnant, why are you still walking around late at night? It's your best to be careful."
"Thanks to the queen's concern, I remembered that I was pregnant but I still haven't paid my respects to the queen, so I came here even if I was exposed late at night. The queen is the master of the palace, I can't lose my etiquette and ask the concubines in the palace to follow suit."
I looked at the queen levelly and said with a slight smile: "Besides, since the draft, the queen has harmed two generals. I am also afraid that the queen will be heartbroken and unable to sleep, so I came here to comfort her."
The queen was half-leaning on the couch, leaning against a silk cushion stuffed with chrysanthemum leaves and corn. When she moved slightly, there was a rustling sound. She smiled warmly and said, "Concubine Shu's words are becoming more and more Zen-like. She is probably scheming."
Only a profound person can say such words, but I don’t understand. Don’t think Concubine Shu is so happy that she is pregnant and talking nonsense.”
"Queen Shengming. Since the queen wants to listen to what I say as nonsense, I should just treat it as nonsense to the queen." I picked a few peeled pomegranate seeds from the agate plate and ate a few. "Before the draft,
The Empress must have tried her best to find this noble Qiong who was somewhat similar to Empress Chunyuan and the gentle and charming Jiang. The Empress actually knew very well what kind of beauties the Emperor liked, so that she could hit her right one.
As for the emperor, the more he values the noble lady Qiong, the happier he is. Since his expectations are so high, how can he not be furious at the sudden loss? I admire your empress for being so good at reading people's hearts, and I really feel ashamed of myself."
"Concubine Shu, you are so polite. I feel ashamed that I am not as versatile and blessed as Concubine Shu. How did my sister completely shirk Jiang's miscarriage from me in front of the emperor that day? Although I
I didn’t witness it with my own eyes, but when Jianqiu came back and told me, I can imagine Concubine Shu’s eloquent skills.”
"It's my concubine's blessing that the queen can think like this. It turns out that my eloquent tongue can comfort the empress, and there is no need for the empress to worry about Xiaoyuan's loss of her son. It only ruins the two people that the empress has worked so hard to find.
Sister, I am lucky that I have not been plotted by an adulterer. After thinking about it, I have no one to thank except thanking the Queen for blessing me. I feel sorry for the Queen. I am afraid that the Queen will suffer a loss in this transaction.
"
The queen smiled calmly and straightened the beads and tassels on her clothes, "I am not a businessman and don't know how to do business, so I don't know what is a loss and what is a profit. But Concubine Shu should understand that when you are a person and do things, don't be too proud of temporary things.
Things in the palace are just like the ever-changing weather. For example, there was a storm last night, and luckily the clouds opened and the moon shone brightly. However, the weather and luck are not so good every day."
I smiled brightly and bowed Yingying, "What the Queen teaches is, if you don't see the Queen, how can I sleep peacefully? Just as your Majesty said, the days ahead are long. So I will retire today and come to say hello to your Majesty later."
I was lucky enough to leave.
After walking a few steps, I suddenly heard a deep voice behind me, "Wan Wan". The voice was extremely cold and venomous, as if there was infinite resentment, all concentrated on these two words.
Even though it was a summer night, I was still agitated by the coldness in the tone. I knew clearly that she might not be calling me, but I couldn't help but stop and hesitate.
The queen's smile was like a sharp sword, and the coldness was chilling, and she said word by word: "After all these years, do you think he is calling you 'wan guan' every time?" I didn't move at all, just lowered my eyelids and looked at the hem of my skirt.
The dense embroidery and stitches on it are so dense that the heart can't breathe. Every thread is strangled, and the heart is numb and numb, and there is a chill in it.
I turned around, suddenly raised my head and looked at the queen, my lips condensed into an extremely sweet and soft smile, and I said slowly: "I know."
She sneered slightly: "You really know."
"That's not me, and it's not you. There has never been anyone else in this harem but her. It's the same in his heart, and it will always be like this." My voice was not loud, but it was enough to impress the queen in this flower-scented courtyard.
After hearing all my words clearly, the queen shuddered and forced herself to calm down: "I am different from you. I am the queen and the mother of the world!"
"What about the queen? What about the mother of the world? All the women in this palace are fighting, fighting with their scheming, time, and even their lives. No one is exception. Do you think we will win? Wrong, everyone will never
We can only lose, with no chance of winning. No matter how hard we fight, we can fight the living but not the dead. We will never be able to fight the dead Chunyuan in our lifetime. The only opponent in the harem has always been Chunyuan." The corners of his mouth were sad.
Wei's smile became stiff, like flowers blooming in the autumn wind. "Actually, the queen understands this truth better than I do, so why bother to deceive yourself and others again."
The queen seemed to have been drained of all her strength, her body went limp and she fell heavily onto her seat.
I stared at the queen and said, "Do I look like her?"
Her eyes were like frost and snow, as if she wanted to freeze my whole body. She and I, the two most prominent women in the entire Great Zhou harem, looked at each other like this for a long time before she shook her head and said, "You two, sir."
It doesn’t really look like her, but if you stand there, people will think it’s her for no reason.”
I smiled sadly, "But, I am not her."
The queen nodded gently, a string of plain gold twisted wire bracelets on her wrists shone coldly in the moonlight. She showed a slightly tired look, and fell asleep again, with her back to me, "I have to rest too, don't sleep well."
How can I have the energy to look at Concubine Shu's flowery smile every day when I'm sleeping at night?"
For several days, Xuan Ling rewarded countless rare and rare treasures, and sent Li Changlai seven or eight times a day to ask me how I was doing. I only responded lightly and ignored him. Li Chang was so tired that he beat his waist and said to me.
I bowed and said, "Your Majesty, just think that you feel sorry for me! I have other errands to do, and I have been tortured by the emperor seven or eight times a day. I can't bear it anymore."
I scooped up the bird's nest and ate it slowly, then said, "In that case, you can go back to the emperor yourself. I am not happy to see your sad face seven or eight times a day."
"How dare you, my slave!" Li Chang begged for mercy: "The empress avoids the emperor and refuses to see me. The emperor always asks me a lot of questions every time he sees me."
"Then you go back to the emperor. Don't bother to appreciate so many things. I don't like them, so just send them all back."
Li Chang said with a bitter face: "That's even worse. The emperor sees that the slave can't do this little thing well, so he must kill the slave."
I laughed out loud, "It's not bad that the emperor thinks so highly of me, but I'm afraid that concubine Ying, who is also pregnant, will eat her heart."
The decree of the Jin Dynasty to concubine Ying was spread throughout the Sixth Palace in the afternoon of the next day. Due to her pregnancy, Jiang Qinshui was promoted to the first level as usual, and Wanyi was promoted to the head of the Five Yis. She also moved out of Yuping Palace and lived alone in Fangxinyuan.
Pregnancy.
After waking up from a nap and taking a shower, the fragrance of honeysuckle on my body had not dissipated, so I went to Fangxinyuan to visit Jiang Wanyi. It was still afternoon when I entered Fangxinyuan, and the hot summer air was blocked by the overwhelming aromatic flowers in the courtyard.
I felt cool and comfortable, a world like no other. Even the little bits of sunlight that occasionally fell from the gaps between the branches and leaves were small orange haloes with a gentle atmosphere. I smiled and said: "The strange path is called Fangxinyuan. It turns out that all the benefits are in this Fangzhi vine."
"
The Bixi who came out was Qinshui's personal maid. She was originally the person who served the concubine, so she was extremely helpful. She smiled and said, "That's right. Before moving here, I asked the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor said that these wisteria and fragrant flowers are all good."
It’s calming and peaceful, and it’s particularly beneficial for raising a fetus. I’d like to thank the Emperor and the Empress for choosing such a good place.”
I held her hand in and asked casually: "Where is your little master?"
She looked slightly worried and said, "I am teasing the parrot inside. Madam, please give me some advice. Keeping me depressed like this will hurt the child."
I wondered, "Is it because I miss home?"
Bi Xi shook her head worriedly. I consoled her: "There are a lot of disputes in the palace. It is inevitable that your little mistress will be unhappy. I will try to persuade her."
Bixi led me in. The yard was quiet. A red-crowned crane curled its legs and slept soundly under a large roll of emerald banana. There were new flowers along the corridor, mostly white fragrant flowers, fragrant and elegant. Blue and white flowers
There are two or three pink bowl lotuses blooming in the tank, and there are a few large-eyed red goldfish swimming at the bottom. When the tail is swayed, it is like a red silk feather fan meandering away. Jiang Wanyi is embroidered in rich clothes, her temples are raised, and she is leaning against the beauty.
He looked up and teased the yellow-bellied red-billed parrot on the gilded shelf in boredom.
"Wanyi." I called her softly.
She didn't expect me to come, so she turned her head in panic. There were still tears on her cheeks that had not been wiped away. I was confused, so I pulled her to sit down with a smile and said: "You want to talk about palace affairs with passion, but the parrot dare not say anything. From now on, my sister."
But don’t be like this, luckily it’s me, if others see it, it won’t be nothing but a lot of trouble will arise.”
She hurriedly wiped away her tears and said with a forced smile: "Thank you for your concern, my concubine. I was too careless."
While I was looking at her new residence, I asked: "Is she getting used to living here? Are the palace staff attentive to her service? Is the Ministry of Internal Affairs taking good care of her?"
She lowered her head and said respectfully, "With the empress taking care of me, the emperor is also very concerned about me. Everything is fine."
"Since everything is fine, why does my sister always laugh in front of others but feel sad behind others?"
"No." She concealed her smile and said, "I just miss my family."
"Really?" I looked at her and said as if casually: "I went to say hello to Concubine Zhuang Hede this morning. I wanted to invite my sister's family to come to the palace to accompany me. Unexpectedly, the concubine told me that my sister was an orphan when she entered the palace in her early years.
There is no family member left at home, who is the family member my sister misses?"
She was startled, and the color on her face quickly faded away. She muttered: "Because my family died early, so... I miss my family so much."
I stretched out my hand to caress her forehead and said softly: "My sister must have been frightened, so she was confused and talking nonsense." I paused and looked at her with an inquiring look, "It's all my fault.
The guard in the palace, Mr. Habayashi, is not good. He cannot protect my sister well, and he cannot even make her feel at ease."
"What did the empress say?" She stood up suddenly, widened her eyes in fear, and tried her best to force out a smile, "What the empress said, Mr. Yu Lin, I can't understand even a single word."