The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

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The window contains new rain and cool summer (1)

"My concubine Xian and noble concubine are blessed and safe forever!"

Zhu Yixiu smiled slightly, put down the Zihao brush in his hand, took off the arm-wrapped gold on his arm, looked at the submissive Wan Mingyu in front of him and said, "Get up."

Wan Mingyu got up slowly, and said with a warm smile: "'Quiet Zhiyuan', the words of the empress are always very Zen."

In the soft and long afternoon sun, Zhu Yixiu's smile seemed to be covered with a layer of clear light like water. She stretched out her hand to take a fresh yellow rose from the copper cloisonné enamel Baoxiang flower gourd appreciation vase beside her. , but the tone was as light as new frost, revealing a touch of coldness after the rain: "I have to calm down for the sake of watching Zhaoyi's play."

Wan Mingyu knew it in his heart, but he just smiled peacefully: "It's true that concubines often go to Chengming Palace, but now Chengming Palace is very guarded, it can be said that there is no leakage, after all, it was the Zhou family and the concubine who had a miscarriage one after another. Because of this, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager attach great importance to Li Xiurong's children."

"Is it too hard to guard against, with a hundred secrets and no sparseness?" Zhu Yixiu smiled lightly, and took a glass of pear, white fungus and lotus seed soup from Jianqiu. In the rising mist, Zhu Yixiu's face became more and more elusive, even her His tone of voice was a little bit more thought-provoking, "Or, is it your pity for your son that makes you not want to make a move at all?"

Wan Mingyu raised his hand to gather the few broken hairs on his sideburns, his eyes were as clear as the night in midsummer night, which made people feel comfortable: "How the empress thinks about concubines is the empress's business, how the concubine should do, It's about concubines."

Zhu Yixiu smiled deeply, and looked at Wan Mingyu with some deep meaning: "I only hope that Wan Mingyu in my eyes has always been a sensible person, that's all."

Before the words were finished, it was Hui Chun who lifted the curtain and hurried into the hall, Fu Yifu said: "Imperial Concubine Xian, Your Highness is coughing..."

Zhu Yixiu was startled, and reprimanded repeatedly: "It's been a while since he recovered, why is he coughing again?"

Huichun hurriedly said: "Perhaps it is because of the greed for coolness in summer, His Majesty was not willing to let go, and played with the ice sculpture in the blue and white vat for a long time. No matter how much the nanny persuaded her..."

Wan Mingyu hurriedly said: "Hurry up and ask the imperial physician to come over. Next time, don't put the ice sculptures in the big blue and white vats, but crush them and put them in glass open bottles, and then hang them with thin wires to keep His Highness from approaching." That's all. It's just that the ice will sink, remember, don't let His Highness stay under the ice sculpture, do you understand?"

When Huichun came out of the hall, Zhu Yixiu sat down and rubbed his brows: "Ze'er is weak, and whenever he has a fever or catches a cold, I feel very uncomfortable."

Wan Mingyu persuaded softly: "Madam, there is nothing wrong with the child's weak body, as long as he takes good care of it." He didn't say a word, but Wan Mingyu coughed suddenly, and quickly covered his mouth and nose with the silk .

"Miss Zhaoyi is ill? Then you have to be careful not to pass it on to His Highness."

A gentle female voice suddenly sounded, it turned out that it was the concubine entering the palace holding Gui Zhi's hand, she leaned over to pay her respects: "Ma'am, Concubine Xian, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Zhaoyi, all blessings and peace!"

Wan Mingyu frowned, glanced at the concubine, and said with a vague smile: "Concubine Li is very careful in her words and actions, so it is possible that she is accusing me of relegating my illness to His Royal Highness, Will it cause His Highness to cough?"

The concubine smiled coquettishly: "I don't dare to say that, I just think it's all about taking precautions before they happen." She deliberately emphasized the words "preventing troubles before they happen", Zhu Yixiu also hesitated a little.

Wan Mingyu gritted his teeth, and said, "In that case, the concubine will leave first."

After leaving the Zhangde Palace, Cai Rong's calm expression collapsed, and she scolded in a low voice: "Who does she think she is? She's nothing more than a concubine, and an order to expel the empress?"

Wan Mingyu turned his head to look at the Zhangde Palace with its high eaves, a cold and stern smile covered the corners of his lips: "I'm really thankful for my cough just now."

Cai Rong was slightly taken aback, quickly glanced around, and asked softly: "Your Majesty is ready to make a move?"

Wan Mingyu slowly flicked an aquamarine on the chiseled gold armor: "Concubine Li must be getting more and more impatient when she sees that this palace is entrusted with the title, and it's okay, I don't want to see her face again. Cairong, get ready, since Concubine Xian wants to force me to take action against Li Xiurong, I will send Concubine Li to a dead end first!"

In Yining Palace, Zhu Chengbi dropped a sunspot: "You said Zhu Qizhen is back?"

"Yes, I just got the news that Lord Zhu broke his right leg. The regent was very sympathetic and specially ordered the imperial physician to treat him!" Zhu Xi poured out snow for Zhu Chengbi and Concubine Shun Chen, with a smile on his face Qing He comforted her softly, "Don't worry, Empress Dowager, Mr. Zhu will take care of her for a while, and there should be no serious problems."

Concubine Shun Chen sipped tea slightly, trying to figure out Zhu Chengbi's calm expression, and said in a low voice: "I heard that Mrs. Zhu was performing a mission for the regent, and fell off the cliff due to carelessness. Doesn't the empress dowager know what the mission is?"

Zhu Chengbi snorted coldly, with a chill in his eyes like mist: "Why should the Ai family care about a person who doesn't even care about his children?"

Concubine Shun Chen took a look at Zhu Xi's helpless expression, and gently persuaded: "The empress dowager, the concubine is thinking, Master Zhu may be afraid that the Lord of Jia'an will eat his heart. After all, there are only the Lord of Jia'an and Chang'an in the mansion. The two wives of the Junjun, now that the Changan Junjun is pregnant, if he is superior to the Jia'an Junjun, I am afraid that there will be a fierce battle, and it will be absolutely disadvantageous for raising a baby."

Zhu Chengbi didn't comment, just holding a sunspot and pondered: "If this is the case, it's fine to discuss it with Ai's family in private. Why did he cause such a big disturbance? It's because everyone in the city is talking about it. Is the Ai family treating one more than another, regardless of superiority or inferiority? Or is he just laughing at the Ai family's status as a concubine, even if he becomes the queen mother, he has survived from the position of concubine?"

Concubine Shun Chen hurriedly said: "The empress dowager is a dragon and a phoenix among people, she is the mother of the Great Zhou Dynasty, how dare Master Zhu do this? Zhu Xi, don't you think so?"

Zhu Xi pursed his lips and said: "Watching chess without talking is a real gentleman, slaves dare not talk about themselves."

Zhu Chengbi rubbed his brows slowly: "Forget it, let's not talk about it, as long as Mu Mian can give birth to the child well, the Ai family will make her the wife of Sipin County, I see if Zhu Qizhen is still capable of talking to the Ai family Resist to the end." Zhu Chengbi glanced at Concubine Chen's thoughtful expression, and said slowly, "You have always cared about Chen Zhengze, and the Ai family is very curious. Chen Zhengze's cautious temperament is naturally learned from you. Why did Jiang Chengyu sell his official position back then? He reported the case first?"

Concubine Shun Chen sniffed out the tentative meaning in her words, she didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly said: "I don't know about it, when I found out in Ningshou Palace that he was the first to report Jiang Chengyu in the court, I was extremely worried and afraid, I'm afraid the regent will not tolerate him."

Zhu Chengbi leisurely flicked the pigeon blood red peony earrings on his earlobe: "He is your nephew, the regent will not touch him, it's just..." Zhu Chengbi looked at Concubine Shun Chen playfully, then raised his lips and smiled, "Then Chen Zhengze really has courage and insight, I'm afraid he won't lose to Zhu Qizhen..."

After returning to Ningshou Palace, Zhilan saw that Concubine Shun Chen's expression was not hesitant, and hurriedly persuaded her: "Madam Taifei, if you announce Chen Zheng, Master Chen will come into the palace?"

"No. Since the Changyin Pavilion incident, Chen Zhengze rarely entered the palace, just to clear up the suspicion. What's more, in Jiang Chengyu's case, the Empress Dowager suspected that Ai's family was profiting from it, so she ordered Chen Zhengze to come forward to impeach him."

Zhilan wondered: "Didn't the concubine explain it just now?"

"It may be useful, or it may not be useful. The queen mother just said that Chen Zhengze is courageous and insightful. Is it to be on guard, or is she trying to use it against the aggressiveness of the regent?" Concubine Chen Shun shook her head, "Many things, the more they describe, the darker they become. Sad. Everyone can only hope that in such an eventful time like this, Chen Zhengze must not act rashly, and only those who can calm down can become great weapons."

In Yongxiang, Concubine Li was chatting and laughing with Guizhi, but she saw Cairong approaching her with a carved and lacquered food box, she suddenly put away the smile on her face, and said coldly: "It's a hot day, Cairong Where are you going?"

Cairong greeted An respectfully and said: "My concubine, Wanan! Madam Zhaoyi heard that Madam Xiurong has not had a good appetite these days, so she specially ordered the small kitchen to make some pastries to cool off the heat, and let the servants send them to Chengming Palace."

The concubine took the silk to cover her lips and smiled: "It's hard for Mistress Zhaoyi, I'm not in good health, so I have time to care about Mistress Xiurong."

Cai Rong and Jing smiled and said: "Thanks to the care of the young master, it is precisely because Zhaoyi has a cough and is afraid of bringing her sickness to Chengming Palace, so she let the slaves go there."

Concubine Li's eyes turned slightly, but her tone suddenly showed some seriousness: "Although that is the case, Cairong, you are the maidservant of Empress Zhaoyi. If you go to Chengming Palace, if you treat Empress Zhaoyi's illness The gas is gone, but what should I do?"

Cai Rong was startled, subconsciously said: "It shouldn't be like this..."

"Imperial heirs can't be taken lightly. You must understand when picking up your appearance." Concubine Li glanced at Guizhi and said slowly, "Since it's not convenient for you to go to Chengming Palace, it's good to let Guizhi go to save Chengming Palace's troubles." People know that Empress Zhaoyi is ill, and you can't avoid seeing Cairong, but they don't dare to throw away Empress Zhaoyi's kindness at will."

Cai Rong heard the words, and distinguished: "The pastry was delivered by Lady Zhaoyi's servants and maidservants herself. The Lady does not want to use human hands, and I hope the young master understands."

The concubine sneered, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of her lips: "Cairong, a fox pretends to be a tiger, and a dog takes advantage of others, do you know how to explain it?"

A trace of displeasure flashed across Cairong's face, but in the end he couldn't get angry due to his identity, so he could only become more humble and humble: "Please forgive me for our difficulties as slaves..."

Concubine Li firmly held Cai Rong's neither humble nor haughty face, and was about to step forward, but she sprained her foot suddenly, unable to stand still for a while, fell to the ground, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead in an instant.

Gui Zhi jumped, and hurried to help the concubine to get up, but the concubine couldn't use any strength at all, so she gasped for air, and fell sideways in Gui Zhi's arms.

Cai Rong secretly laughed in her heart, but she couldn't help but ask with a serious expression: "What's wrong, little master?"

Guizhi turned around and reprimanded: "Hurry up and invite the imperial physician over! What are you doing there?"

Seeing that Cai Rong was looking at the food box in his hand, Gui Zhi said anxiously: "You put it away first, is it possible that our little master can still do things? If you delay our little master, the concubine Xian will blame you , can you afford it?"

When Cai Rong heard this, she could only put down the food box in her hand and hurried to the Imperial Medical Bureau.

In the Hexu Hall, Wan Mingyu was holding a string of agate beads and was meditating with his eyes closed. He heard the sound and entered the hall, and asked in a low voice: "How is the matter going?"

Cairong put the carved and lacquered food box in his hand on the tea table, and smiled softly: "Don't worry, Madam, Caiwu is the most meticulous. She has been waiting outside Chengming Palace with the same food box early in the morning. You will know that the servant girl and she have exchanged the food boxes in their hands."

Wan Mingyu raised his head indifferently, and looked at the Guanyin statue in front of him: "If you can't replace it smoothly, that food box will enter Chengming Palace, and I will have to kneel forever."

Cai Rong opened the food box, picked up a piece of emerald mung bean cake with silver chopsticks and sniffed lightly: "Your Majesty, it's oleander pollen, the concubine really intends to put the blame on your empress."

Wan Mingyu got up slowly, raised his hand to straighten the emerald double happiness pattern on the temples and swayed the hibiscus, the hanging thin silver chain hit behind the ear little by little, and a slight coolness diffused, as if it had melted away. There was a pool of ice water, and the cool air opened up, making people more calm: "The pollen of oleander is poisonous, and pregnant women must not be contaminated. The concubine put the pollen of oleander in a food box. If Li Xiurong There is a miscarriage, so naturally this Palace is the most suspected. Then, with Li Concubine's temperament, once Chengming Palace is in chaos, what will she do?"

Cai Rong said quietly: "The empress dowager relies on her and trusts her, so the concubine knows well that if she wants to bring down her, she must first pass the empress dowager's barrier. And to make the empress dowager unable to protect her, it is best The best way is to expose the crimes committed by the empress when the morning and evening are calm, under the eyes of everyone, as long as the empress is handled properly, the empress will not be able to turn over."

A cold smile covered Wan Mingyu's elegant face, she stretched out her little finger with the armor inlaid with gold hair crystals, and slightly lifted the inconspicuous white powder on the emerald mung bean cake: "Yes, concubine, hello It is easy to catch an opportunity to frame Bengong, so of course she will not let go easily. If Li concubine conclusively said that Bengong murdered the prince, but Chengming Palace turned out to be a false alarm, how could she justify her claim? How does she explain the oleander pollen?"

Cai Rong held a light-hearted smile: "The empress told Empress Xiurong that the concubine Li had always intended to murder her son, so empress Xiurong made an agreement with the empress to set up this situation to lure the concubine to the bait. This time, the concubine Li My concubine can't run away."

Wan Mingyu took the time to adjust the pink crystal tassels on his clothes, raised his eyes and looked at the sky outside the long window, a radiant glow spread out like a jewel, as if it was the bright and charming face of a young woman in Zi'ao City, However, no matter how charming she is, she will eventually grow old one day.However, the most pitiful and sad thing is that Jun's grace has not yet aged, but it has gone like running water and will never return.

The arc of Wan Mingyu's lips retracted slightly: "Get off the chariot, it's time to go to Yining Palace to watch a play."

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