Holding the Piano in the Red Chamber

After confinement, although she can't sleep with her, Ruicheng can come to her palace to sit for a while.

This afternoon, when Ruicheng entered the room, he saw Baoqin put out a pen and paper, and a stack of Shuowen Jiezi spread out on the table.

"What are you going to do? The child is still young, don't mess around." Ruicheng joked, "Or do you want to take the exam for a champion? Female champion?" Ruicheng looked up and down holding the piano, and sighed, " You should stay in the palace and look after the child."

"If you read Shuowen Jiezi, you will be admitted to the first prize," Baoqin Xiao winked, "My elder brother can also enter Wenyuan Pavilion."

Liang Dafu had only started to read for two years, and his progress was not so outstanding, Ruicheng couldn't help laughing twice, in exchange for another roll of his eyes.Ruicheng walked in and took a look. There were more than a dozen books of Shuowen Jiezi. She read it from the back to the front. Ruicheng picked it up and flipped through it twice, "Come and sit with me, it doesn't matter if you don't understand these characters. "

Baoqin nodded, put down the pen and paper and said, "Your Majesty, although it's a bit out of order, can you tell me first which book of Shuowenjiezi is the name of your youngest son? The first four princes have a total of five I can only recognize one word."

Ruicheng laughed out loud. It's really frank. The concubines in the palace, including the mothers of the princes, all said that it was a good name. Going down, sometimes even the academicians of the Imperial Academy who are on duty in the Imperial Study will stare.

But Baoqin actually recognized one, so he accidentally chose a common word.

The palace maids are all very winking, and Baoqin will mention a few words from time to time, such as who is here, what is the matter, what tea is served, and so on.

After saying a few words, Rong Xi followed the mother and carried the fifth prince over.

Baoqin took his son over with a smile, and said: "The nanny and nanny chosen by the empress are very good. Our son was born with less than six catties. It's less than two months old. Yesterday, he said he was over ten pounds." It weighs a lot."

Ruicheng smiled, looked at his son in his arms, and touched his face again, without daring to make a heavy hand, it really passed like a breeze.

Although Baoqin really wanted his son to get in touch with his emperor's father, firstly, the emperor might not hold the child, secondly, he was afraid that the emperor would be annoyed, and thirdly, this kid was so frightening when he cried.

Fortunately, the emperor didn't make any unreasonable demands, just looked at his son and left.

Not long after Ruicheng left, An Jie came in. "Your Majesty, I blocked Liu Guiren's request for an audience just now. I said just now that the third prince accidentally spilled the hot water and scalded it, so she hurried to see her son."

Baoqin hummed, her attitude was very natural, and she continued to tease her son.

An Jie went on to say: "The child's body is extremely delicate, but it turns red when you pat it lightly, but it fades away after only half a stick of incense. But Liu Guiren... I kind of want to come here with the third prince in my arms, or look for the imperial doctor .”

"You will let her in next time, Your Majesty... Humph, you have to teach her a lesson."

What does Liu Guiren want to do?She has too many things on her mind.

The admiration and a little fear of Baoqin when she entered the palace in the early years have long since disappeared in the day-to-day relationship, and she posted it warmly, but she didn't get any response.

If she dared to say this in front of Baoqin, she would probably get a big roll of her eyes: Girl, do you know how busy I am every day?Girl, how old are you, can we get along in an adult and sensible way of making friends?

Liu Gui gave birth to a son, from Changzai to nobleman, her son also passed the one-year-old threshold, officially had a name, and became a legitimate prince.

What she was thinking about was getting promoted and raising a son by herself, it was only a small step away, so how could she be reconciled if she didn't fight for it.

So first of all, it is to please the emperor, appearing in the places where the emperor appears, and showing a sense of presence.

As for whether Baoqin would turn against her because of this, or secretly run on her, Liu Guiren felt that there was a queen on the top. It was okay to say that Baoqin had no son earlier, or that she gave birth to a daughter, but she happened to give birth to a son. On the premise that the queen's son is not so healthy, everyone in the harem is the queen's opponent.

Liu Guiren's thinking is very smooth, there are only a few people in the palace now, as long as she works a little harder, victory is close at hand.

Baoqin waited for his son for more than two months, and then went out with him. There are two places he goes to most often, one is the Queen's Palace, and the other is the Royal Garden. Of course, sometimes he takes his son to the Queen's Palace to see Look, burn a stick of incense to the Empress Dowager, and say a few words, "This child can hardly hold me anymore" or "Yesterday I cried again, and His Majesty also said that he heard it at night, did you hear that?"

"She's not afraid that the child will run into evil!" Chang Concubine curled her lips.

Liu Guiren is getting more and more worried, what if she takes Chongying with her?Children's eyes are clean, in case they see something they shouldn't see...

You have to find a chance to tell His Majesty.

Not two days later, Liu Guiren really found such an opportunity, Ruicheng came to ask her to have sex.

Since the beginning of summer, the weather has been getting hotter. Even if ice basins are placed in the house, it is only a drop from 35 degrees to [-] degrees, and it is still very hot.Every time he rolls the sheets, he is sweating all over, Ruicheng can't help but reduce the frequency of rolling the sheets.

Ordinarily, Liu Guiren also hesitated for a long time, because the mention of the emperor's dead mother before the sex was very likely to make the emperor lose interest. After the sex is the best time to connect with the relationship, it is indeed a bit wrong to use it to sue.However, her chances of seeing the emperor are limited, and she has no errands, so she can only talk at this time.

"Your Majesty~" Liu Guiren's voice was still a little trembling, she struggled to get out of bed, took a handkerchief to wipe Ruicheng's body, and said, "I've been seeing sister and concubine carrying the newborn little prince out for a stroll these two days. , I get sweaty every time I go shopping.”

Ruicheng didn't talk to him, so there's really nothing to answer, what should I say?It's hot, you should sweat, isn't that nonsense.

Liu Guiren said again: "Maybe it's because of the hot weather, I went to many secluded places in the palace with my sister concubine and the child... Cough, the child's eyes are bright, so he is afraid of seeing something unclean."

Ruicheng hummed, your complaint is too substandard, you really should learn from He Niangniang, at least I have to listen to it, and it will take two or three days before I can react to your complaint.The concubine also praised people without any trace, heck, he praised the queen two days ago, and last time he praised me by boasting Liang Xiaobao's kung fu, his whole body is comfortable.

After a short rest, Ruicheng felt that it was better to go back to the empty room in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where it would be cooler to lie on that big bed and sleep alone, so he raised his voice to call Xiao Hongzi, and got out of the car.

Liu Guiren and Baoqin lived in the same palace, Baoqin lived in the main hall in the front yard, and Liu Guiren lived in the side hall in the backyard. When Ruicheng went out and saw that the lights in Baoqin's room were still on, he asked to open the door and sat down.

Baoqin's room is cooler than Mrs. Liu, and the ice basin is sufficient.Ruicheng sat on the bed, ate the ice cream brought by the maid, and asked, "Where have you taken my son for the past two days?"

Baoqin smiled, and tied up her hair casually with a hairpin, "I went to the Empress Dowager's Palace, went to the Imperial Garden, and brought him to burn incense for the Empress Dowager."

Ruicheng nodded, and said: "He didn't cry in the Empress Dowager's Palace." Well, the secluded place that Emotional Liu Guiren mentioned is the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, and the unclean things...may be the Queen Mother's soul.

"No, be quiet and look around with your eyes wide open."

Although Ruicheng didn't think there would be anything... about the soul of his dead queen mother, but there has been such a saying since ancient times, so he asked again, "Didn't you see anything?"

Baoqin didn't realize it at first, "What can I see? Cough, someone told me, what can I do? It's my real grandmother. If I really saw it, I could recognize her."

Did you hear it, did you hear it, Ruicheng wanted to bring Liu Guiren over to listen carefully, can a grandmother scare her grandson.

Two days later, when Baoqin went to see Shulan, he was told to start tidying up the Jingyang Palace.

The draft will start in July, and after three rounds, he will live in the palace.

"Actually, Your Majesty is also a very considerate person." Shulan praised: "I told him that we had discussed earlier that the show girl would be able to come to the palace at the latest in September. Your Majesty said that although there are post stations and residences in the capital, but You can't let those beautiful girls celebrate the New Year by themselves. So His Majesty moved the date forward to July, but it's time to start busy again."

Baoqin smiled and said: "Your Majesty is blessed."

There were several aunts in Jingyang Palace, but Zhou Quanzheng, the chief eunuch, was an acquaintance when she entered the palace with the piano.

When he was in Jingyang Palace earlier, Zhou Quanzheng didn't feel sorry for her, and it was a lot of convenience, so he also gave some rewards to those who hold the piano during the New Year and festivals. Anyway, no one knew about it, and they thought he had gone the way of the queen mother .

Even the emperor thought so. On the night when the former crown prince forced the palace, didn't the queen mother stay in the Jingyang Palace all night?

The queen mother left, but she left these people and concubines to take good care of them.

Shulan faintly revealed what His Majesty meant, there will be more people entering this time, at least every palace has to be occupied, so Baoqin specially kept an eye out for Zhong Cui, who is temporarily unoccupied next door to Jingyang Palace. The palace has also been cleaned up according to the occupancy standards of Xiunu. Anyway, there are many idlers in the palace, so I'm afraid it will be too late.

On the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, when Xiu Nu entered the palace for the first time, she was given a physical examination by the maids and eunuchs.It was time for the concubines to appear in the second round.

On July [-]th, Shulan took the only three remaining concubines in the palace to fill the scene, and a group of four sat in the Qin'an Hall in the imperial garden, and started the second round of the five-day beauty contest.