Tangled

"This Shu Baolin is really getting more and more wanton." Jin Qing said casually as she opened the curtain and came in, warming her hands in front of the earth dragon.

"What?" Su Qingwan was already bored, and Mu Luoluo didn't know where she had gone. Hearing this, she suddenly became interested.

"Just now, the maidservant went to the inner court to get the orders for the next month. I heard from the servant girl in the other palace that last night, His Majesty was going to spend the night with a maidservant. It turned out that her grandmother passed away. His Majesty went to appease her. Who knows? Shu Baolin stopped him on the way, and the young master waited eagerly all night." Jin Qing replied.

"Could it be another nightmare?" Su Qingwan curled her lips, lay back on the bed again, and continued to embroider the handkerchief in her hand.

"It's not, it's not abdominal pain after all." After Jin Qing finished speaking, she laughed too, "It's because she didn't touch her chopsticks for dinner, she retched, and she was suspected of being sick. I went to the imperial doctor to check the pulse, but said that I had eaten something for lunch. After a lot of tossing, it was getting late, so I took a rest."

"That's fine, when she annoys everyone in the harem, you don't have to bother me." Su Qingwan said casually, "Come on, I'll help her too."

"Yes." Jin Qing understood, and then suddenly raised her forehead, "This nonsense, I actually forgot the important thing."

"Ok?"

"Just now the imperial concubine sent someone to pass the message, saying that it is the Shangsi Festival that she would like to invite the young masters of the harem to gather in Yanqing Palace, and pick up orchids in the Qushuiliu cup, come to ask, can the empress go?" Jin Qing said.

"Of course she won't go." Mu Luoluo came in from the outside and answered with a smile.

"Indeed." Su Qingwan responded with a smile, "Elder Sister Song must know that I'm not going, so she didn't even hand over the invitation, and sent someone to pass it on."

"The servant knows, so the servant will leave first." Jin Qing blessed her body, and gave Mu Luoluo the position next to the earth dragon.

"Wait a minute." Su Qingwan raised her voice to call Jin Qing, "Tell the news about Shu Baolin today quietly, and ask Sister Ruan to take care of it."

"Yes." Jin Qing replied, then stepped back.

"Where did you go? You disappeared early in the morning." Su Qingwan put the embroidery shed in her hand aside, and stretched out her hand towards Mu Luoluo.

"Today is the death day of Shen Xiuyi." Mu Luoluo took Su Qingwan's hand, pulled it to her lips and kissed it lightly, then sat down beside her.

"Yes, today is the nineteenth day of the first lunar month." Su Qingwan sighed, "How is Sister Zhou?"

"Xiuyi has passed away for three years, what can't be done?" Mu Luoluo leaned into Su Qingwan's arms and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Life goes by very quickly with you by my side." Su Qingwan reached out and picked up a snack from the small table beside her to feed Mu Luoluo.

"It's really fast, but it's not enough to take a good look at you. You have to look at you day and night." Mu Luoluo nodded.

"Poor mouth." Su Qingwan smiled and flicked Mu Luoluo's forehead.

"I heard you and Jin Qing talking about the Shu family just now outside the curtain?" Mu Luoluo glanced at the food on the small table, got up and went to the outside, and brought in the fruit plate.

"The big tree attracts the wind." Su Qingwan adjusted the quilt, and said lazily, "She brought in the habit of a small door and a small house, and killed herself. If I don't help her, wouldn't it be boring?"

"I didn't know you were so boring on weekdays." Mu Luoluo peeled an orange and handed it to Su Qingwan's mouth, "It seems that I went to bed too early at night."

Su Qingwan lowered her head and lowered her eyes, took the orange petals from Mu Luoluo's fingertips, took the opportunity to lick it lightly on Mu Luoluo's fingertips, and then raised her eyes to glance at Mu Luoluo with tenderness like water.

Mu Luolu paused for a moment, then pinched Su Qingwan's chin with her backhand without any hesitation, and leaned over to kiss her.

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At the beginning of February, the empress dowager caught the wind and cold by chance, and the emperor, out of joy, elevated the positions of the harem: the beauty Ruan has been on the third-rank salary for a long time, and has served in the palace for many years, so she is named Jieyu; the talented Duanmu, Baolin Shu She has a sacred heart, and has both ability and political integrity, so she was promoted to be a beauty.

As soon as this edict came out, the harem was quite critical.

"I don't know what's so good about the Shu family, that it can be favored by His Majesty, and the things produced by the concubine are now on an equal footing with us." The more Wu Meiren thought about it, the more angry she became, "Every time she accompanied her, she wished that the whole palace would know about it. , and I don’t know how Concubine Xian endured her.”

"Little sister calms down, let's have a sip of tea." Fang Meiren grinds the tea, washes the tea and pours the tea, her movements are smooth and smooth, in one go.

Wu Meiren swallowed the cup resentfully, as if she wanted to extinguish the fire in her heart.Fang Meiren laughed dumbly, and shook her head helplessly.

"I don't know what's so good about her. She can win His Majesty's favor." Wu Meiren turned the teacup in her hand, which was white porcelain from Xing kiln, as warm as jade.

"Most of the beauties in the palace are like this white porcelain. Occasionally there are one or two tiles, but they can be particularly eye-catching." Fang Meiren smiled lightly and said in a calm manner.

Wu Meiren couldn't help laughing out loud, Fang Meiren is really a blockbuster.

"It's strange to say that Concubine An Xian was born in a famous family. She should abide by the distinction between superiority and inferiority. She has a literati style. How can she treat Shu Shi differently this time?" Wu Meiren put down the teacup and looked at it with her chin The beauty in the room.

Fang Meiren shook her head, and slightly curled her lips: "Who knows, we are not able to know the thoughts of the empresses in the palaces."

"That's right, Concubine Xian is already arrogant, and she doesn't know what to ask for this time." Wu Meiren sighed, watching Fang Meiren remove the tea set and replace it with the lyre.

"In this palace, I'm most afraid of going out rashly." Fang Meiren raised her hand, and there was an exciting breaking sound - the song of King Lanling entering the battle.

Ruan Jieyu and Jin Jieyu came back from the empress dowager's greetings, passed by the imperial garden, heard Fang Wu and the two talking, saw Jin Jieyu looking at her in bewilderment, Ruan Jieyu slightly pursed her lips.

"Mr. Shu came from a small family. She took advantage of her appearance during the draft. Since she was a child, she watched her birth mother and aunt's mother fight for favor in the house, so she only knew how to fight for favor, not how to survive." Ruan Jieyu lowered her head and straightened her cuffs, and said calmly, " Thinking about it, Jin Jieyu came from a royal family, so she should understand."

"It's natural." Jin Jieyu blinked, not only did she understand, but she had experienced it herself. Fortunately, when she came to Tianchao, she bet on the right person "A few days ago, the mother clan sent some rare treasures. I don't know if my sister would like to go to my sister's room to enjoy it?"

"There's nothing else to do around here, so it's a relief to go and have a look." Ruan Jieyu readily agreed, but knew that going would not be easy.

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"Not to mention, this red agate bracelet is really exquisite." Ruan Jieyu was playing with the bracelet. There were a total of twenty-nine agate beads on the bracelet, and there were different Buddha statues carved on it.

"If my sister likes it, you can take it." Jin Jieyu waved her hand, "I didn't believe in these things, but Heavenly Dynasty believes in Buddhism, so my father sent someone to make these and bring them here, so that I can dedicate them to all my sisters."

"Your Majesty just rewarded a string of pearls a few days ago, but I haven't worn them yet." Ruan Jieyu smiled and put them back.

"Master, the imperial physician is here to take your pulse." A little maid came in from the door and said with her head bowed.

"Please come in." Jin Jieyu waved her hand.

Ruan Jieyu nodded and lowered her eyes, she was waiting for her here.

"Greetings to Jin Jieyu and Ruan Jieyu, and the two ladies, Jin An."

"Excuse me." Jin Jieyu raised her hand falsely, "I've always been a little restless these days, please trouble the imperial physician to go through this."

"Your Majesty is serious." The imperial physician felt Jin Jieyu's pulse through a veil, and after a while, he took a step back and knelt down, "My Majesty, this is a happy pulse, but..."

Ruan Jieyu raised her eyes to look at Jin Jieyu when she heard the words, but seeing that the latter did not look happy, she was puzzled.

"But it's okay to say." Jin Jieyu smiled slightly, as if everything was under control.

"Your Majesty's first two pregnancies are already at a loss. Now the fetal pulse is not stable. I'm afraid it will not be easy to survive. Even if I survive ten months by luck, it will be a Shura when I give birth. I'm afraid Hua Tuo is still alive. Madam, mother and child are safe." The imperial physician pressed his forehead to the ground, his voice trembling.

"How old is this child?" Ruan Jieyu asked.

"It's been more than two months since I returned to your mother," said the imperial physician.

"I know, I've troubled the imperial physician to prescribe an anti-fetal drug so that I can fulfill my fate with this child." Jin Jieyu was still smiling, showing no signs of sadness or happiness. "Yingzhen, send the imperial physician."

"Yes." Yingzhen responded, the imperial physician kowtowed, and the two retreated one after the other.

"Did sister hear that? I can't keep this child." Jin Jieyu picked up the teacup and took a sip, "How can a child of the Tian family do nothing?"

"Sister's meaning..." Ruan Jieyu frowned slightly, she probably guessed it, but she was a little surprised, after all, the risk was too great.

"I can't keep him, only you and I know, but His Majesty is looking forward to this child, so I can't let His Majesty know that I can't keep him." Jin Jieyu slightly raised her eyebrows, playing with the teacup in her hand " Since she is so arrogant, then let this child spoil her vigor."

"But your body..." Ruan Jieyu hesitated.

"I have He Xin and Jing under my knees, so I won't be lonely." Jin Jieyu said calmly, but Ruan Jieyu was shocked when she heard it. "Besides, my life is also rewarded by Concubine Shu, so it doesn't matter if I return it this time."

"Okay." Ruan Jieyu nodded, and with this answer, the two of them were bound together. "I'll take this bracelet back first, and I'll send it back to you in a few days."

Jin Jieyu looked at the red agate bracelet that Ruan Jieyu picked up, smiled lightly and tilted her head slightly, noncommittal.

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"Why can't you get up? The little maid has come in and urged you several times." Mu Luoluo lifted the bed curtain, and looked at Su Qingwan who was huddled in the bed with a smile, "It's time to get up, and I made bird's nest porridge for you. It's time to get cold."

"Let me sleep for a while..." Su Qingwan muttered indistinctly, she wanted to pull the quilt up, but Mu Luoluo also grabbed the quilt.

Mu Luoluo shook her head helplessly, walked to the window and slightly opened the curtains, the long-awaited morning light squeezed in through the gap, dispelling the darkness that had settled all night.

"Spring is sleepy and summer is lacking. The vernal equinox has just passed a few days ago, so it's understandable to be sleepy." Su Qingwan raised one arm and put it across her eyes to block the slightly harsh sunlight.

"Sir, it's sunny outside today, why don't you go out for a walk." Mu Luoluo walked back to the bed, reached out to lift Su Qingwan's bright wrist, leaned over and kissed her eyes, "Get up quickly, I'll go out first The two of you are preparing breakfast, if you can't pay for a cup of tea, then I'm going to come in and lift your quilt."

"Presumptuous..." Su Qingwan opened her eyes slightly, and scolded softly, without force.