On the seventh day of the sixth month, in the hot weather, Xuan Ling and the Queen left the palace to pray for rain. Everyone saw the brigade go away. www. Mrs. Xihua suddenly chuckled: "This time, only the Queen of the Harem will accompany the emperor to pray for blessings. I am afraid that it will not only make it rain in the world, but also ask for a prince, so that the Queen will be satisfied."

In front of everyone's eyes, when Mrs. Xihua said such disrespectful words, no one dared to say anything more. Under the shaking sun, there was a silence.

She suddenly turned her head to look at me, and her delicate face still had no flaws under the scorching sun. She was indeed beautiful and strong enough. She looked at me with a smile and continued the topic just now: "Guin Concubine Wan, what do you think?"

My thoughts were a little stagnant, and I quickly said neither humble nor arrogantly: "If the queen is really pregnant, it will naturally be a happy event for the Great Zhou, and the wife will be happy, right?"

She smiled: "Of course. I want the noble concubine to be happy."

I paid steadily attention to her: "The Empress and the Mother of the World, except for those with ulterior motives, no one will be unhappy about this."

She raised her sleeve to cover the sunlight, narrowed her eyes slightly, as if she was talking to herself: "Your mouth is getting better." She didn't say anything further, but her eyes slashed across my cheeks silently and sharply, with sharp and subtle pain. Finally, her eyes fell on my slightly raised belly, with a complex and blurred expression.

The first provocation between Xuan Ling and the Queen after leaving the palace subsided, subsided silently.

And everyone knows the hostility of Mrs. Xihua towards me.

I thought I could continue to be evenly matched like this, but I didn’t expect the storm to come so quickly.

That morning, I got up to dress up in front of the mirror, and suddenly felt my lower abdomen swelling and my waist was sore and soft. Looking back at the mirror, I saw that my face was pale and ugly, and I was stunned.

Huanbi was a little panicked and hurried over to help me lie down, saying, "What's wrong with Miss?"

I was afraid that she would worry, and although I was quite panicked, I still smiled and said with a reluctant smile: "It's okay, maybe I have to deal with Mrs. Xihua for a few days in a row. I will do this if I have to work too hard."

Huanbi was young and innocent, and looked panicked. Jinxi hurried over and said, "The Empress has always felt sore and tired all these days. Why not drink a little hot water to rest first. I will go and invite Doctor Zhang immediately."

I nodded with all my might.

As soon as Jin Xi left the door, a deacon and inner supervisor beside Mrs. Xihua had already come to spread the news. He was very polite, but there was no expression on his face. He said mutely: "Tell Mrs. Xihua's words, please go to Mixiu Palace to listen to the matter."

I turned my eyes in surprise: "What are you listening to?

He smiled slightly and said nothing: "Now Mrs. Xihua is in charge of the six palaces' big and small matters for the queen. If you have any instructions, all the empresses and little masters must listen to it."

Liu Zhu angrily said, "Didn't you see my lady feel uncomfortable? A few days ago, the Empress said that my lady is pregnant and even the daily greetings can be avoided. Now I don't have to listen to any matters about Mrs. Zixihua!"

Before Liu Zhu finished speaking, another person came in outside. It was Zhou Ninghai, the most capable instructor around Mrs. Xihua. He asked him to the end. When he got up again, he was already whispering to the little instructor who had just arrived: "Shameful thing! I'll be so slow to ask you to invite Concubine Guan Wan, it will only delay the time. I won't go to the Shenzheng Department to get thirty mouths by myself!"

I also understand that he was scolding the little insult in public, but secretly scolding me. He couldn't help but get angry in his chest, and he was so stuffy that he couldn't help but glance at Liu Zhu.

Liu Zhu was about to speak, but Zhou Ninghai looked at me with a smile on his face and said respectfully: "Our lady knows that you are a noble lady, you are weak, so I especially let the slaves come to invite you so that those ignorant slaves will not collide with you. Besides, you won't be able to go. Although you are only ranked behind Concubine Xin, I am afraid that the concubines and concubines are not as noble as you. If you don't go, how can Mrs. Xihua rectify the affairs of the harem? Mrs. Xihua's management of the six palaces means that the Empress, you can't violate the Empress!"

Although he was slick, his words were right. I couldn't refute it for a while. While he was hesitating, he quickly added: "Princess Tian and Empress Duan were so bad that they naturally couldn't get away. The other concubines had arrived, and even An Meiren was there, just waiting for you, Empress."

In this way, I naturally cannot refuse. Even though I know that I have to be beaten up by her, my courtesy cannot be abandoned. Moreover, the queen said before leaving that I told me to take care of myself in the past few days. After struggling to get up and change my clothes, I put on makeup to make a good look. Naturally, I can't let the sickness be revealed in front of her. How can I show my weakness?

After all, it is still too late.

Mrs. Xihua's Mi Xiu Palace is rich and rich, with golden beast ridges and beams and pillars all painted in auspicious patterns of the green phoenix flying in the sky. The green phoenix is ​​drawn vividly, colorful and brilliantly, and its aura is not under the phoenix.

With Jinxi's support, I climbed up the steps and knelt down in front of Mrs. Xihua.

The hall is filled with huge ice sculptures, as cool as water. The purple gold lily cauldron next to the main hall is burned with unknown spices. The aroma is sweet, smooth and soft, and the people in the middle want to be drunk, which makes people feel soft and slim and unspeakable.

Mrs. Xihua sat upright on the seat, with long beads hanging on both sides of her cheeks, and the colorful mud and peony fan in her hand was shaking one after another, her eyes seemed to be open, but the carefully depicted distant eyebrows were extremely dazzling. My late arrival made the originally stagnant atmosphere even more stiff. After listening to my explanation of the reason, she did not make things difficult for me and asked me to sit down in my seat. I was a little suspicious if I let it go easily.

After saying a few words, when it came to the snacks, everyone relaxed a little. Ling Rong suddenly asked, "My wife is so fragrant in the palace. I wonder what spices are you using?"

Mrs. Xihua's eyebrows and eyes were filled with pride, and she said, "Ami Man's nose is fine! This is a spice that the emperor ordered to make me carefully for my palace, called 'Huanyixiang'. Only I am using it in the harem. I think you have never seen it before."

In public, everyone was somewhat embarrassed and jealous, but her status was as noble as hers, so she naturally ignored it.

Ling Rong chuckled slightly and lowered her head and said, "I am not as knowledgeable as my wife."

So after a few gossips, the concubines in the six palaces were silent again, listening quietly to her details about the matters in the palace.

My body was getting better and better, and her words also talked about the rectification of the palace: "The Concubine Tian Xiaoyue's case, Concubine Xu was already guilty of being punished, and I didn't want to mention the old things again. However, it can be seen that there are some people in the palace who are not upright. Moreover, there have been many quarrels and internal supervisors in the palace recently, and they are lawless. The palace should also be rectified."

Although Concubine Jing also has the right to assist in the Six Palaces, Mrs. Xihua talked endlessly, and she couldn't even get into a word. Everyone said this. Mrs. Xihua just stroked her smooth and slender nails like water onion, and turned the subject lightly: "If you are pregnant, you can be more arrogant because of your favor." As she said that, she glanced at me with a slant, and her voice suddenly rose, becoming sharp and sharp: "Do you know your guilt in Concubine Guan?"

I had no intention of listening to her, but suddenly I spoke so fiercely, and I couldn't help but be surprised. I stood up and bowed my head and said, "My lady is so angry, I don't know where I am wrong? But please tell me."

Her eyebrows and eyes suddenly appeared and she shouted: "Today, the concubines of the palace gathered in Mixiu Palace to listen to the matter. Concubine Wan came late for no reason and did not kneel down!"

This is just to give me a warning to shock the Six Palaces. In fact, why bother? Whether the Queen is or not, everyone knows who is the most favored at the moment. She has a rich family background, so she really doesn't need to do anything, but she loses the hearts of the people.

I am just pregnant and can't serve Xuan Ling often in a short period of time. Why should she fight for the long and short time?

However, I remember the Queen and Xuan Ling's instructions, and I couldn't bear the momentary anger and slowly knelt down.

Her anger did not fade away, and she became more and more severe: "Now she is so arrogant. What if she really gave birth to a royal heir? Isn't it that the harem must follow your surname Zhen!"

It’s not that I can’t be tolerant, but that blindly tolerant will only make her even more arrogant, let alone Chun'er, who is really dead in vain. With this in mind, how can I retreat?

I lowered my head slightly and maintained a humble posture: "Although my wife was angry, I have to say that. When Concubine Sei was pregnant, I believe the emperor and the queen would take care of her. This was not for Concubine Sei, but for the ancestral temple and the country. The concubines did not come here for no reason today. Even if the concubines offend today, there were the queen and the emperor, and the queen was the legitimate mother of the emperor. The harem that the wife said was really frightened by the Zhen surname."

Her carefully decorated face was tight under her high clouds, and her eyebrows were as bright as distant mountains, making her look more and more arrogant and powerful as she was without anger. Her breathing was slightly brisk, and the silk fan in her hand hit the armrest of the seat with a "splash" and scared everyone to look at each other and quickly straightened their bodies and sat down.

Concubine Jing hurriedly smoothed out: "Mrs. I'm thirsty after talking for half a day. Why not drink a cup of tea before talking before talking. Concubine Guan, let her get up and talk."

Mei Zhuang was very concerned about me, looking back at Mrs. Xihua's eyes hidden with a faint blue hatred, as hidden as a blade. Mrs. Xihua just didn't realize it at all, staring at me blindly, and finally said word by word: "A woman regards the virtue of a woman as the best, and Concubine Guan Guan is clever and despicable, and she is disrespectful to me..." Her thin and bright red lips tightly pursed, and said angrily: "Punish the woman's commandment outside Mi Xiu's palace to teach her a lesson."

Concubine Jing hurriedly said, "Madam, the sun is very scorching outside and the granite is hard. How can I let the noble concubine kneel there? Mobile phone access: 16Κ"

Ling Rong pleaded mercy behind him, "Madam, please spare my anger, please spare my sister because of the imperial concubine's heir. If there is any mistake, the emperor and the queen will blame her when they return." Ling Rong's voice was damaged, and such a sorrowful begging seemed even more miserable and pitiful. However, Mrs. Xihua was furious: "The palace rules are not strict, and they will naturally be rectified, even if the emperor and the queen are there. Concubine Xu is the best example. Could it be that you threaten the palace with the emperor and the queen?"

Ling Rong was so scared that his face was full of tears. He didn't dare to speak anymore, so he had to kowtow "bang" and kowtow.

Mrs. Xihua stared at me and said, "Are you going out by yourself or do I have someone help you?"

There was an intermittent slight soreness in my lower abdomen. I frowned and said proudly: "There is no need to work."

Zhou Ninghai smiled slightly, lowered his eyelids and said to me: "Please, please!"

I walked out of the gate of Mi Xiu Palace, knelt down straight, and said, "I am the one who receives punishment because the Empress is a first-rank lady, and is only under the position of the Empress. I am ordered by the Empress to take charge of the affairs of the Six Palaces." I ignored the efforts of the Concubine Jing to wink at me, nor did I want to take into account the sympathy or gloating eyes around me, and looked up slightly, "It is not that the concubine's reprimand for the Empress, and justice is in the hearts of the people, not that the punishment can be determined."

She laughed furiously: "Very good, I will let you know whether justice is in the hands of me, Murong Shilan, or in the so-called hearts of people!" She threw the book to my knees, "Read it slowly by yourself! I will be satisfied with it."

Meizhuang no longer cared about taboos and dignity, walked to Mrs. Xihua and said, "It's really not suitable for Concubine Wan to be pregnant--"

Mrs. Xihua raised her eyebrows and interrupted Meizhuang's words: "I see that you have healed and forgot to hurt! Since you want to plead for her, go and kneel beside her and listen to the training together."

I don't want to deal with Meizhuang, so she is in good health. How can she kneel with me under the sun? I couldn't help but look at Meizhuang and signal her not to say anything again. Mrs. Xihua said softly: "Shen Ronghua is not pleading for her concubine, please don't take her anger on her."

Her smile with bright makeup was full of jokes: "If I had to take my anger on her, what could you do?" She suddenly restrained her smile and said to Mei Zhuang: "Isn't it like a sister? Just kneel across from Guan Guipin with a book and let her recite it carefully and make more rules!"

Meizhuang knew that there was no hope of asking for mercy, and asking for it would only lead to a more humiliating situation. She picked up the book without saying a word and said in my ear very quickly and softly: "I will accompany you."

I was filled with indescribable gratitude and touch, and nodded quickly, raised my head gently, and then pushed back the tears in my eyes.

It was almost noon, and the sun was burning. It suddenly came out of the cool and pleasant Mi Xiu Palace. I felt a wave of heat rolling and swept towards all the pores in my body.

Only then did I understand why Mrs. Xihua didn't have an attack in the morning and it was cold early in the morning. In her eyes, it was not too cheap.

The thin and soft skirt was pressed against the legs, and the hot heat from the floor tiles spread to my heart. I felt that the bottom of my knees and toes were hard and hot.

Mrs. Xihua sat at the entrance of the hall, and the seats were covered with ice sculptures. She still felt hot. She ordered four maids to fan her behind her, but said to the inner supervisor beside her: "Transfer the seats of the Empress and the Little Lords to the porch, so that they can watch it carefully. What is the benefit of not observing the rules of the cemetery and despising the palace!"

Women in the palace love to cherish their skin the most. How could they let the scorching sun shine to a little bit of snow-white and delicate skin be as if they had taken their lives. Besides, they were the most pampered, so how could they sit in the scorching sun and expose me to the sun? However, how dare Mrs. Xihua disobey her strict destiny? She was afraid she would kneel with me. In this way, everyone was sad and in distress, and dared not speak out.

I didn't feel a bitter smile in my heart. Mrs. Xihua was considered to be very thoughtful. It was not enough to be so favored that those delicate beauties were dark, but I was so beautiful that I was so beautiful. When Xuan Ling came back, she was naturally the only one who was as white as jade in her eyes.

It gradually calmed down everywhere, and the sun shone white on the granite floor in front of the hall. The floor tiles were originally black and shiny, and the light was visible to people. They were like a solidified black ink on a plate. A layer of dazzling white light appeared under the scorching sun.

It is known that it is impossible. Meizhuang and I knelt face to face in the white light. She held the book in front of me and asked me to read it word by word. The reflection is strong, and the book is old and it is very difficult to read it word by word.

Concubine Jing couldn't bear it and wanted to persuade her again. Mrs. Xihua turned around and glanced at her fiercely: "It's impossible to die if you kneel down for half an hour to recite the "Women's Commandment"! No matter how much you talk, I will ask you to kneel down too." Concubine Jing had no choice but to stop saying anything.

After reciting it once, Mrs. Xihua still refused to give up and said two words sinisterly: "Read it again."

I had to read again from the beginning, worried about the safety of Meizhuang's body and the children in her belly. I wanted to read it quickly, but how could Mrs. Xihua be willing? I read it for a few minutes and a ruler was hit by Meizhuang. It was originally Mr. Xixi who beat the naughty boy. When she arrived at Mrs. Xihua's palace, it had become a torture instrument. The "cracking" sound of the hitting hitting the flesh was particularly crisp and neat, and it was a deep red mark. Meizhuang held it tightly and stopped the pain without saying a word. Her sweat fell. I knew that when she sweated, the wound would hurt even more.

Mrs. Xihua didn't dare to hit me, but seeing Meizhuang having suffered on my behalf, I felt even more sad than being blamed by myself. I could only watch this way, and I could only read slowly word by word, and wait for time.

I don’t know how long it took, my legs were already numb, and I felt the thorny sweat flowing down my face, filling my temples. The clothes on the vest and cuffs were wet and dry, with white marks coming out.

I read it over and over again:

"I am stupid and secretive, and I am not sensitive to nature. I am favored by my ancestors. I rely on my mother's teachings... I am arrogant and give gold and purple, which is not what I want. A man can plan for himself, but I no longer think he is worried. But if you hurt women, you should be suitable for others, and you will not gradually teach them, you will not hear the rituals of your wife, and you will be afraid of losing your grace to other families, and you will be ashamed of the clan."

"The first is the first: In ancient times, those who had a daughter for three days were lying down, timbers were timbers, and told them in a hurry. When they lie down, they would be clear about their humility and weakness, which would be the master of the subordinates... The second is the way of husband and wife: the way of husband and wife is to match Yin and Yang, understand the gods, believe in the great righteousness of heaven and earth, and the great chastity of human relations... "

Is it the sound of cicadas or the sound of Ling Rong still kowtowing, my mind was dizzy, and I was so noisy, and my ears were buzzing.

"The third thing is to be respectful and cautious: Yin and Yang are different in nature, and men and women are different in behavior. Yang takes hardness as virtue, Yin takes softness as useful, men take strongness as precious, and women take weak as beauty..."

It seemed that the sun was too big, and the words I saw were swaying one by one, squirming like an ant.

"The fourth thing about women's actions: women have four things, one is called virtue of women, two is called words of women, three is called appearance of women, and four is called achievements of women..."

The lower abdomen fell heavily, his mouth and tongue were dry, and his body was sore and soft, as if the strength gradually evaporated with the moisture in his body.

Mei Zhuang looked at me worriedly, and Concubine Jing's anxious voice reminded: "It's been half an hour."

"The fifth chapter of concentration: etiquette, husband has the meaning of remarrying, and there is no double text for women, so it is said that husband is heaven... The sixth chapter of the song: one man is satisfied with one person, which means eternal completion; one person is disappointed with one person is disappointed with one person is called eternal completion..."

The broken ice in Mrs. Xihua's bowl sounded like a wind chime jingling between the eaves, which kept seducing me. She held a piece of ice in her mouth and said vaguely and indifferently: "No, I'll read it for another quarter of an hour."

"What if something happens? I'm afraid my wife can't afford it. Oh, Sister Wan's face is pale! Madam!"

Mrs. Xihua disdained: "Is she doing this for me to show you? I think she is so good!"

"The seventh chapter of "With the uncle and sister: A woman's compliment is due to the husband's master, and her uncle and sister loves herself; her uncle and sister loves herself, and her uncle and sister praises her... A humble person is the handle of virtue, and a obedient person is the behavior of a woman. All these two are enough to be harmonious. The poem says: "There is no evil in that place, and there is no shooting here." This is what it means."
To be continued...