Hui Bin shook her head: "My sister-in-law doesn't know that she is a fool. No matter how much I try to tease her, she won't be moved. She even told Yi Bin and Guo Gui that I couldn't use her. In this case, I had good intentions to give her a future, but instead she became
I begged her in a low voice, why did I come here? My sister-in-law should just worry less."
While talking, Jue Chan agreed to come in. Seeing that she was not as plainly dressed as usual during the Chinese New Year, her coral-colored palace dress was bright but not gaudy, and the bright red color exuded a sense of freshness. She was also the best at needlework.
, I made a few random changes, and it became unique and unique, and with that pretty face that is enough to outshine others, people have to wonder why it has remained unknown until now.
Mrs. Mingzhu was even more stunned and thought to herself secretly. She didn't blame her son for thinking about this cousin. What man could not be tempted by such a woman? Even if he was still young at that time, there was always something that made him tempted. Now if we meet again
The wife and concubines at home were all compared to each other, and she didn't know if his soul was going to be taken away again. So she was thinking about going home and discussing with her husband, so as not to give her son a chance to enter the harem.
While thinking about this, Mrs. Juechan had already made a great gift to Concubine Hui, and Yingying stood in front of the two of them. The palace maid had already brought a stool, and she sat down lightly, lowering her eyes and saying nothing.
Hui Bin glanced at Mrs. Mingzhu. She said nothing, but her face said: You see, this is such virtue.
Mrs. Mingzhu signaled Hui Bin to stay away and let her talk to Jue Chan. Hui Bin reluctantly gave up the place and went out to talk to other female relatives who were playing elsewhere. Only an old man and a young man were left in Nuang Pavilion.
, Mrs. Mingzhu turned the words over and over in her heart, and then she said with a smile: "Is it okay to promise to stay in the palace? Before entering the palace today, Rong Ruo asked me to say hello and promise. I will tell him when I leave the palace and return home later.
Woolen cloth."
Only then did Master Juechan raise his head slightly and said calmly: "I'm fine, I don't dare to trouble you to miss you."
Mrs. Mingzhu said bluntly: "Although I understand the promise, the thoughts in his heart cannot be persuaded by just one word. When you were not doing well in the palace a few years ago, he also became haggard. Now he is feeling better."
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"I'm fine." Mrs. Juechan still said these three words. She didn't know whether it was because she didn't want to strike up a conversation, or because she had nothing else to say. Whether she was calm or upset in her heart, she couldn't tell from her face at all.
"Jue Chan agreed, some of the things I said may not sound nice, but since we are relatives, and you are with Rong Ruo, your childhood sweetheart, you don't have to worry so much." Mrs. Mingzhu held up the hairpin on her bun, as if she was trying to hide some embarrassment.
Seeing that Master Juechan was unmoved, he continued, "We don't understand the affairs of the imperial court, but one thing is clear. The influence of the harem on the imperial court should not be underestimated. I heard what my master said to Rongruo, in a few days
As the prince and elder brothers grow up, the power in the court will also become clearer. Our Mingzhu Mansion has a constant relationship with Empress Hui and the eldest brother. In this case, of course we hope that Empress Hui and the eldest brother will be well.
But you have also seen that there are more and more concubines in the palace, the concubine is untiringly favored, and the concubine has a fourth brother. It is really hard to estimate what the future will be like. In this way, the future of our family Rongruo...
It’s hard to estimate.”
Mrs. Mingzhu didn't know whether she was thirsty or wanted Master Jue Chan to think carefully. She took a few sips of tea, but her eyes kept staring at her. Seeing her expressionless face, she couldn't help but feel a little angry.
, but he still endured it, put down the tea bowl and continued: "Empress Hui is no match for four punches with both hands. It is best to have someone who knows everything to help. Jue Chan promises that you will be as beautiful as a flower. The emperor will definitely like you if he sees you. Come on."
If you can say a few words in front of the emperor and help Empress Hui and the eldest brother, you can help Rongruo."
"But Master, he doesn't want women to help him." Mrs. Juechan finally spoke and smiled at Mrs. Mingzhu. With such a smile on her beautiful face, there was an inexplicable sense of coldness and aloofness. I'm afraid no one would like her if she saw her.
She was completely unaware and continued, "I am from a sinful background. I really don't dare to reach out to Empress Hui, let alone help me. Madam has spent so much time saying these words, and these words must have disappointed you extremely. I can only
I can say sorry."
Madam Mingzhu was always a proud person, and it was rare that she was willing to lower her eyebrows, but she was choked back by Jue Chan. She was so angry that her eyes were red, and she sneered: "No wonder Empress Hui Bin has such a good temper, you have to polish it off."
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Mrs. Juechan lowered her eyebrows and smiled: "Speaking of which, I don't remember what my temperament used to be. The deep palace is the most annoying. Madam just doesn't know."
Mrs. Mingzhu didn't want to break up with her, so she held back her breath and said: "Please think about it carefully. Don't talk about concubine Hui and eldest brother, just think about my family Rongruo, no matter whether he is willing to let women help him or not,
Do you think your heart is not all about yourself?"
However, Mrs. Juechan slowly left her seat, leaning behind her to leave. She only left a gentle sentence: "Then Madam, just assume that I don't have this intention."
Madam Mingzhu was dumbfounded. She watched her move out of the door quietly and quietly. She sat there for a long time, just waiting for Hui Concubine to come back. Seeing her like this, she knew that she didn't make sense. She was quite a joke.
Meaning, he chuckled: "Sister-in-law, why bother? She is really intolerant of meat and vegetables, and is ready to die in this palace all her life. You don't know it yet, but her life in Yikun Palace is very difficult. She is still a concubine, but she can't.
My younger sister, Guo Guiren, has a bad temper. When things don't go his way, he takes it out on her and beats and scolds her like a slave. Even if she tolerates this, I'm convinced."
Mrs. Mingzhu cursed: "You deserve it."
Jue Chan agreed and left the concubine Hui's place. She was faced with a gust of cold wind, which made her feel refreshed. It was so hot in the Nuang Pavilion that it made her heart go crazy. Only now did she feel more energetic. I don't know why she felt like saying those words.
Very good, so he held the hand of the palace maid and went all the way back to Yikun Palace, but how could she know that the road today was destined to be different from the past.
Halfway through the way back, I met a group of people coming towards me on the palace road. There were many people coming and going in the palace during the New Year, and the guards were more strict than usual. Juechan also met a group of guards from a distance on the way here.
But I never thought that I would meet him, and at this moment Nalan Rongruo also didn't expect that I would meet my cousin.
The guards all stood by the side and lowered their heads, waiting for Jue Chan to agree to walk over. The two of them passed by each other. She thought she would be sad, but unexpectedly she was very calm, as if she saw that he was majestic and healthy.
And An Xin walked calmly with the palace maid until Rongruo's figure completely disappeared from his eyes.
"You guys, come here!" But suddenly he heard the familiar voice of a palace maid. Jue Chan looked back and saw that it was indeed the palace maid next to Guo Guiren. She was saying to Rongruo and the others, "Guo Guiren's sedan chair is tilted, come and help.
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Rongruo and the others hurriedly followed. Jue Chan frowned slightly and heard the palace maid next to her say: "Before agreeing to go out, didn't Guo Guiren already go to the Empress Dowager? It was said that Cining Palace wanted to see the little princess. I guess
I’ll be back now.”
"Let's go and have a look." Mrs. Juechan raised her feet and left, but the palace maid held her back and said, "Guo Guiren may lose his temper again, why do you bother?"
"Didn't her palace maid also see us just now? She will definitely tell Guo Guiren. If she knew we were here and didn't go over, she would be even more angry." Mrs. Juechan responded to this sentence, but she was actually thinking about Rongruo in her heart.
She kept telling Mrs. Mingzhu that she didn't have that heart, but she was the only one who knew that there was still room for him in her bones and blood.
It's not that Mrs. Mingzhu and Hui Bin's teasing was useless, it's because they didn't see it, but once they saw it, everything was different.
He hurriedly followed and saw Guo Guiren's sedan leaning on the side of the road. An eunuch had fallen and was injured and was lying on the road groaning. There was no place to stay here. Guo Guiren was still holding the princess in his sedan chair and sitting there, listening.
He said that a guard was coming, so he ordered: "Send someone to get me another sedan. The princess and I will wait here. We can't wait too long. The princess can't bear the cold."
Rong Ruo took someone to look at the sedan chair. It was not broken. It should be that the little eunuch's legs and feet were not good. He only needed one more person to carry the sedan chair. There was no need to replace it with a new one. He then ordered one of his men to say, "Help me."
Carry Guo Guiren's sedan chair back to Yikun Palace."
Unexpectedly, Guo Guiren was furious: "The princess is sitting in a sedan chair. This sedan chair is obviously broken. If it falls again and breaks the princess, can you afford it?"
"Nalan Rongruo came to see Mr. Guo." Rongruo saluted.
"It turns out he is the eldest son of the Mingzhu family?" Guo Guiren also knew it. He was not as arrogant as before and said a little more politely, "It's not me who is making things difficult for Master Nalan. The princess is a precious daughter, so she doesn't dare to make any mistakes. It's just
Is it that difficult to change to a sedan?"
"I still have to patrol the customs with other guards. I am not neglecting the nobles and princesses. Leaving one guard to carry the sedan will not affect anything, but..."
Before Rongruo finished speaking, Guo Guiren opened the sedan curtain, but before he could see Nalan Rongruo, he saw the figure of Jue Chan. She was wearing coral-colored clothes for the first time.
Knowing what she did to dress up so beautifully and run out, she frowned immediately, pointed at Jue Chan and scolded: "No wonder it's unlucky, I met you, why did you leave Yikun Palace in such a good way? Empress Yibin doesn't want anyone in front of her.
Are you waiting?"
Rongruo next to him heard every word, and was so shocked that his heart trembled. He didn't dare to look at his cousin for a few more times, so he simply looked over. Sure enough, he saw her lowering her eyes and saying with embarrassment: "It's just because Hui Bin summoned her."
, Empress Yibin asked me to sit down."
This is the first time Rong Ruo has seen her humbleness. Guo Guiren's attitude towards her cousin can be seen in just a few words. Since her cousin went to Yikun Palace, it has been harder to know what happened inside. Now it seems that she has passed
It must be very bad. Just when I saw the bright and beautiful person coming, I thought it was better than before.
"I said you..." Guo Guiren was about to have another attack, but was suddenly interrupted.
"Mr. Guo, the guards have to patrol the border. There are rules for when and where to go. You can't waste time. I am willing to carry the sedan for you. Yikun Palace is just ahead." Rongruo didn't know what he thought, turned around and gave the order.
While his men continued to go where they should go, he raised his hand to lift up the long hem of his robe and tied it around his waist. Without waiting for Guo Guiren's consent, he directed the remaining three young eunuchs to carry the sedan.
Seeing his posture, Guo Guiren was stunned for a moment. The sedan was lifted up in a flash, and she quickly hugged the princess tightly. The sedan was indeed not broken, and it moved forward steadily without anything wrong.
Jue Chan promised to follow him step by step, and the people in the sedan did not have any more troubles until they arrived in front of the Yikun Palace. Guo Guiren was helped down, turned around and looked at Nalan Rongruo, who was sweating profusely, with a smile on his face.
With a sneer, he turned around and walked in without waiting for a word of thanks. Jue Chan couldn't stay outside, so he walked over. As Rongrong passed by, he heard a very low voice: "Take care."
Just two words, so heavy in her heart that she almost burst her chest. She bit her lip and walked in the door with determination. She knew why he did this. Only he would feel bad about being bullied.
The door of Yikun Palace rumblingly closed behind her, separating Juechan and Rongruo into two worlds. She looked up at the sky, but only saw the oppression of the four high walls. Her heart ached just now when she saw Rongruo laboriously carrying the sedan chair.
It won't go away no matter what.
"Promise, we should go and reply to the Yi concubine. After we reply, let's go back to the backyard and don't dazzle Guo Guiren in front of her." The palace maid kindly reminded her and helped her to the main hall.
Jue Chan put her mind away and walked towards Yi Bin's bedroom. The palace maid opened the thick curtain in front of the door. Before she walked in, she heard Guo Guiren's sharp laughter and said: "Sister, I really didn't see it.
Nalan Rongruo was sweating profusely. I'm afraid that even the emperor had never seen him in such a miserable state. A dignified bodyguard came to carry my sedan chair. No one believed him. But I was really relieved, like concubine Hui.
When people see that we are bad, they don't even come to the door. In the past, when they saw us proud, they could even throw away the concubine who was our good friend in the past year. Sister, please don't get close to her again in the future."
Then I heard Yi Bin say: "You have gone too far. He is a person who is highly valued by the emperor. If word spreads, Long live the Lord will also be unhappy."
But Guo Guiren sneered loudly: "What a respected person, he is just a slave. He carried a sedan chair for me and the princess once and still wronged him. Don't ask me to bump into him again next time, otherwise such a useful slave..."
"That's enough for you. Don't do it again. What's wrong with you..."
The two sisters inside got into an argument while they were talking. The palace maid in front of the door asked Juechan whether she could come in. Juechan covered her chest and said, "I have a cough, and I don't dare to give it to my empress. I'm going back first." After that, she led him away.
The palace maid walked away and rushed straight back to her room. The room was very warm with charcoal burning. The alternation of hot and cold did not stop at once, and she really started to cough.
"Is it okay, promise? You can't get sick. If you get sick, you will have to ask the imperial doctor, and Guo Guiren will curse again." The palace maid was worried.
Jue Chan's hand was on the kang. When he heard this sentence, he suddenly clenched his fists. The mattress on the kang was grabbed, and even the kang table was twitched. The sounds of slaves lingered in his ears. Rong Ruo looked like he was working hard just now.
It was also printed in front of my eyes, and the anger that was about to come out gradually subsided. Jue Chan's beautiful eyes shot out a cold light, and she couldn't help but say something that gave the palace maid next to her hope in vain: "I will not let her bully me anymore."
Although this incident caused another dispute between Yi Bin and Guo Guiren, and aroused the hatred in the heart of Jue Chan, it was just a trivial matter in the Forbidden City. It did not matter how the Yikun Palace developed in the future, as for other people
It makes no difference whether you know it or not. During the first month of the year, while celebrating the festival in a lively manner, what everyone is looking forward to is seeing Debin give birth to a boy and a girl.
The imperial doctor calculated the dates and said that De's concubine would give birth in mid-February, but she had postponed the birth of Yinzhen for several days, thinking that she would have to wait until the end of February. She told Xuan Ye the same thing, and Xuan Ye saw that she was in good spirits.
, counting the days, there were still many days left, so she was allowed to attend several banquets in the first month.
Lan Qi herself never felt bad. Who would have thought that her stomach would fall out as soon as the first lunar month was over. After that, she would have stomach pains for several days but no movement. It was not as safe as the last time she gave birth to her fourth brother.
He tried to make excuses by saying something more serious, but the Empress Dowager and Xuan Ye were frightened, and it was not until early morning on the fifth day of February that the baby was finally born.
Aunt Sumala once again came to accompany her. Although she had suffered from stomachaches in the past few days, the delivery went smoothly today. The pain of contractions tortured her. She was inexperienced compared to when she gave birth to her fourth brother. This time Lan Qi
Apparently she was more tolerant, so her grandma accompanied her, and the two of them chatted all over the place, just waiting for the finger to be opened so they could go to the "battlefield".
When we were talking about the name of the child and what would be a good name for a girl, Po Wen said that it was time for Debin to give birth, and the greatest pain was coming. She no longer had the heart to say these words, and just when Lan Qi was fully prepared to accept life.
When she was in pain, Po Wen told her a very terrible thing. The baby was probably going to fall from her feet, and Empress Debin was very likely to have a dystocia.
When the news reached the Qianqing Palace, General Manager Li was frightened to death, but the emperor was still outside the Qianqing Gate listening to the government, so it was impossible to report the news. He could only go to the Yonghe Palace again and again to ask for the news, and saw that the ministers in front of him wanted to
It was over, but there was no good news over there yet. Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, Xuan Ye broke up the court meeting, hurried back, and the first thing he asked when he met Manager Li was: "How is Concubine De?"
Manager Li knelt on the ground with weak legs and said: "The news was sent an hour ago, saying that Empress De's concubine had a difficult delivery and that the baby would fall to the ground feet first."
Xuan Ye was struck by five thunders. When Queen Hesheli had a difficult delivery, the prince also fell to the ground. The moment he fell to the ground, Queen Hesheli died.
"Bastard, why don't you come and report?" Xuan Ye went crazy, turned around and walked towards Yonghe Palace. In front of him, Eunuch Li's apprentice hurriedly ran up, threw himself on the ground and gasped like an ox, "Congratulations to the Emperor, Empress De's concubine has given birth to a baby.
Brother, little brother..."
"Where is Lan Qi?" Xuan Ye grabbed the eunuch's collar and asked with red eyes, "How is she?"
Eunuch Li also came up and gave her a push and said, "Your Majesty asked how Concubine De was doing."
"Slave, I don't know..." Xuan Ye threw him to the ground before he finished speaking. He strode straight to Yonghe Palace. When he arrived at the gate of Chengqian Palace, the imperial concubine just walked out and saw the emperor walking over without looking back.
I felt my heart sinking heavily, and I wanted to see the concubine's mood, but it suddenly disappeared.
Aunt Sumala had just finished taking care of her little brother. When she heard that the emperor was coming, she was so frightened that she rushed out to stop him and advised Xuan Ye not to go in. "Ms. De's concubine is fine. The doctor said she just fainted from exhaustion. There is no heavy bleeding or anything else."
The symptoms are due to exhaustion from a lot of hardships. Don’t worry, Your Majesty, God is with you.”
Hearing that Lan Qi was fine, Xuan Ye felt weak all over.