"Mother, what's the matter with you? What's wrong?" Seeing Ma Guan suddenly stop, Qiao Yun's expression changed several times, a little frightened.

Ma Guan came back to his senses, shook his head, and said, "It's nothing, don't spread the word about what happened today."

"Yes." The two replied, still feeling that there was something wrong with it.

Back at Yonghe Palace, Ma Guan promised Wei that she would not have to worry about the child.Wei promised that Concubine Duan hadn't repented, so he was relieved.

Ma Guan returned to her room and thought about this matter carefully, but the more she thought about it, the more confused she became.

If this matter is told to the emperor, concubine Duan will die, and even her adulterer will die along with her.Concubine Duan has a decent relationship with her, she really can't bear to see Concubine Duan go on this path.

But if you don't say it, and violate your conscience, then you're cuckolding the emperor.Besides, once the matter is found out by the emperor, she, who is in charge of the harem, will also be implicated.

"Could it be that the imperial doctor made a wrong diagnosis, maybe she's already two months pregnant?" She thought deceivingly.

On the second day, she asked Qiaoyun to invite the steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and in the name of inspection, she got the booklet recording the concubine Kuishui and the servants.

Turning to the information of Concubine Duan, I found that the two bedtime attendants were in a safe period, and the possibility of pregnancy was very small.And not long ago, there was a record of Kuishui, obviously, Concubine Duan lied.

Now it is almost certain that Concubine Duan really cheated.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager's birthday was approaching, she could only put this matter aside for the time being, and wait until her birthday passed before she could think of a solution.

As everyone knows, when she was investigating Concubine Duan, Concubine Duan also made progress.

In the apse, all the maids and eunuchs were sent out, some were cleaning in the front yard, and some went out to play, leaving only the two big maids of honor Duanfei guarding the door of the apse.

In the hall, however, it was greasy and crooked, and the concubine Duan's charming laughter sounded from time to time.

It took a while for Concubine Duan to stand up from the man's arms, and then arrange her clothes and hair bun.

"You can stop messing around. The imperial doctor said that I have been pregnant for one and a half months. During this period, I need to have a good pregnancy." Concubine Duan looked at the man in front of her. He was five or six points similar to the emperor, but younger than the emperor. Also more understanding style.

"One and a half months?" The man raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "It seems that this king is still very good. After only a few times of hard work, there will be a harvest. But, it won't be seen by others, right?"

"Probably not. I have also been summoned twice in the past two months." Concubine Duan was still a little apprehensive when she said this: "At present, only Sister De Concubine knows about this matter, and I have asked her not to speak out."

"Depin is a wonderful person." The man suddenly touched his left arm, where Depin had shot an arrow...

No, the arrow didn't actually hit him, he was hiding behind the wolf, and he picked up the arrow and poked himself in the arm.

Only in this way can Debi feel guilty towards him so that he can approach him next time.

After returning to the palace for more than two months, he was going crazy thinking about Concubine De, so he found a chance to hook up with Concubine Shangduan, because this woman was not favored and stayed in Jingyang Palace, a bleak place like a cold palace all day long.They see each other from time to time and do not arouse suspicion.

In addition, the Empress Dowager is going to hold a birthday banquet recently, and the palace is full of fish and dragons, so it doesn't matter if he enters the palace a few more times.

Now that Concubine Duan is pregnant with his child, why not let him manipulate her?Prince Gong smiled triumphantly, this woman has always been just his pawn.

Concubine Duan was a little unhappy, but thinking that she was pregnant and could no longer hang out with Prince Gong, it might be better to just break up like this.

She is already pregnant, as long as this matter is not exposed, she will not have to envy others in the future, and she will not have to raise the child that Wei promised.

"My lord, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve you in the future. After all, we have different identities. If we have too close contacts, it would be bad if someone finds out. This is a serious crime of beheading."

"The great crime of beheading?" Prince Gong smiled disdainfully: "Since I knew it was a serious crime of beheading, why did I throw myself into my arms before? She is really a heartless woman. She has a child of this king. Just kick this king away."

"That's not what I meant, besides, it was you, the prince, who showed courtesy and approached me repeatedly at that time." Concubine Duan was a little angry, what Prince Gong said was really ugly.

"Forget it, since you want to kick this king away, it's not good for this king to rely on you all the time. How about this, as long as you create an opportunity for this king to meet with concubine De, this king will grant your wish." Prince Gong Finally, she showed her fangs, and approached De concubine quietly through Duan concubine!

Concubine Duan's complexion changed slightly. If she did this, wouldn't it reveal that she had an affair with Prince Gong?At that time, Concubine De will definitely become suspicious, suspecting that her child belongs to Prince Gong.

This handle must not fall into Debi's hands, not anyone else.

"My lord, is this going too far? You want me to be in danger?" She felt chills for a while, and felt that she had misjudged this man. Perhaps from the very beginning, she was regarded by him as a springboard to get close to De Concubine.

"What's so excessive? You got this king yourself, so you don't care about your sisters?" Prince Gong caressed her cheek and said with a playful smile: "Or, do you want me to tell you about it?" Go out? An obedient woman is beautiful, so please don't try to disobey me."

The threatening words made Concubine Duan's face completely changed. She never expected that the man who was affectionate just now would treat her like this in a blink of an eye.

She thought that the other party was really bewildered by her beauty, but she didn't want the other party to just deliberately play with her feelings.

Concubine Duan clenched her fists, feeling remorse for the first time, she shouldn't have been tempted to do such a thing!

"Debi won't take a fancy to you, so stop wishful thinking." Her eyes were cold, and she even laughed.

De concubine is the emperor's favorite concubine, and she is also extremely rational and intelligent, even the emperor cannot let her give her heart.Prince Gong's wish to take down Concubine De is probably wishful thinking.

Thinking of this, Concubine Duan felt a sense of revenge.

"Whether she likes me or not has nothing to do with you. You just need to obediently create opportunities for me to meet her in private." Prince Gong frowned slightly, a little displeased with Concubine Duan's ridicule.

Concubine Duan sneered and said, "Do you think you can threaten Ben Gong? If this matter gets out, Ben Gong will die and you will not live!"

"Oh? Do you think this prince would be stupid enough to involve himself?" Prince Gong sneered, and suddenly slapped Concubine Duan on the face.

Concubine Duan immediately screamed, the slap was so powerful that she staggered and almost fell to the ground.

"How dare you do something to me?!" Concubine Duan covered her cheek, feeling the burning pain, she stared at Prince Gong in disbelief, is this man crazy?

"So what if I do it to you? You're just a slut who can't bear to be lonely! At that time, the king will find a few guards to take the blame. Hmph, if the emperor knows that you hang out with a few guards, will he pick you off?" Head! Want to involve this king? What a dream."

Prince Gong sneered, this woman is really stupid, every time he comes here he wears the eunuch's attire, really think he can catch him?

It's not too easy to buy a few guards to work for yourself.

She is different, she is still pregnant with a child, once she is found out and her day does not match with the bedtime, just wait for her head to fall to the ground.

Concubine Duan was completely stunned and staggered, she didn't expect Prince Gong to be so heartless.

That's right, even if someone identifies him, as long as a guard comes forward to take the blame, the emperor will probably not do anything to Prince Gong.

But what should she do?

At this moment, Concubine Duan was really anxious, she realized that she had been fooled.This man is deliberately having sex with her, deliberately making her suspicious, so as to threaten him.

"What exactly do you want?" Concubine Duan cried out in a broken voice.

"Isn't what I said just now clear enough? As long as you obediently obey what I say, I will let you go and give you a child for nothing." Seeing her resignation, Prince Gong laughed contentedly.

Concubine Duan shook her head in fear, she didn't want to do this, she didn't want to do such a thing.

Once this is done, Debi will definitely suspect her, and she will also be in danger at that time.

"This king has thought of it. It will be on the fifth day of next month. At that time, the empress dowager's birthday banquet will be attended by princes, ministers, princes and concubines. There will be a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and no one will pay attention to you. At that time, you will bring the concubine De to the garden of Ningshou Palace. It's nothing to do with you. I promise that I will never bother you again after this time, nor will I mention your matter to anyone, how about it?"

Prince Gong raised Concubine Duan's chin with two fingers, and said with a light smile: "It is said that a husband and wife can be loved for a hundred days, and we have also been a husband and wife for a long time. How can this king be so unfeeling to you?"

Concubine Duan broke away from his hand in fear, her eyes frightened: "I beg you to let me go, can you let me go..."

"Okay, as long as you accomplish this, the king will let you go."

"Do not……"

"Don't reject me, or you won't be able to bear the consequences."

Concubine Duan burst into tears, she really regretted it, she shouldn't be greedy for momentary pleasure, otherwise she wouldn't have fallen into such a situation.

……

November is here, and the empress dowager's fortieth birthday has finally arrived.

On this day, Kangxi stopped even the morning court, and went to Ningshou Palace early in the morning to pay respects to the Empress Dowager.

Although his relationship with the empress dowager is not as close as that of the empress dowager, he is still very respectful, and he will always go to invite Ann every three to five days.

Ningshou Palace is very festively decorated today, the House of Internal Affairs has spent a lot of effort on the decoration, and even pasted the Chinese characters of longevity on the doors and windows.

Ma Juan even invited an imperial opera troupe to sing on the high stage that was built. The empress dowager likes this besides paying homage to the Buddha.

"Greetings to the empress dowager, the empress dowager is a thousand years old!" Starting from the noble concubine, the empresses came forward to salute and greet one by one, even some small promises came.

Concubine Niu was also pardoned, and she can come out for a day today.

The seven concubines, including Ma Guan, lined up behind the concubine, and after them came the nobleman, Chang Zai and Xu.

The empress dowager was dressed in court clothes today, she looked dignified and peaceful, she waved her hands with a smile and said: "Pingshen, everyone has a heart, give me a seat."

On both sides of her were the Empress Dowager and Kangxi, and the concubines could only sit next to each other.

On the left side are imperial concubines, concubines Hui, concubines Rong and concubines Xi, while on the right are concubines Mayu, concubines Yi, concubines Duan and concubines Niu.

Those below the concubine have no seat, so they can only stand obediently behind.

Concubine Niu just felt very aggrieved sitting here, she should have been in Concubine De's position!

She smiled wryly to herself, what qualifications do she have to compete with Debi now?She has been grounded all the time, and she hasn't seen the emperor for a long time, but the de concubine has the privilege of not kneeling in front of the emperor, and there are such gods as the iron coupon of Danshu.It seems that she has become No.1 in the harem, and even the imperial concubine dare not do it again.

Similar to her thoughts, the imperial concubine was also full of bitterness. After the confinement ended, she stayed quietly in Chengqian Palace, and did not provoke anyone.

After these two groundings, she was also a little scared. What's the use of having a good background?Without the favor of the emperor, everything is in vain.

She knew very well that she couldn't fight against Debi anymore, otherwise she would definitely be the one who suffered.

Ma Guan didn't know what the two of them were thinking, because she had been paying attention to Duanbi, and Duanbi had lowered her eyebrows and looked pleasing to the eye since she came in, and she seemed to have no sense of existence, but she could see that she was absent-minded, and even a little miserable.

This appearance is completely different from the face Luchun/qing I saw a few days ago, what's wrong with Concubine Duan?

After the concubines paid their respects, there were a few little brothers and princesses, and even Yinzhen kowtowed three times on the ground, making the empress dowager grin from ear to ear.

After the little brothers and princesses sat down, the eunuch announced loudly: "Prince Yu is here, and Prince Gong is here."

The two princes stepped into the hall at the same time, saluted and greeted in unison.

When she saw Prince Gong, Ma Guan recalled what happened in the Mulan paddock again. This man was shot by her with an arrow, and his arm seemed to be healed.

Suddenly, he felt a glance towards him, it was Prince Gong.Although the other party smiled, that look made her uncomfortable.

She doesn't like this man.

After the two princes, there were a group of princes and ministers, Fujin, Gege, etc., wave after wave of people. It took nearly an hour, and it was very lively.

After paying their respects, everyone dispersed and only waited for a while to start the banquet.

Ma Guan saw Duanpin standing alone in the corner, stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Is sister alright?"

"It's okay, I just feel a little tired, you know." Concubine Duan smiled, her complexion was a little pale.

"Sister, pay more attention to rest." Ma Guan helped her to sit down beside her, and said a few words of concern.

Not far away, Prince Gong glanced at the two of them from time to time, every time Concubine Duan met his eyes, she would quickly move away, showing struggle.

Ma Guan thought that Prince Gong was looking at her, so she just felt disgusted and didn't pay much attention to it.

"I haven't told Wei to agree to this matter yet. If you don't raise her child by then, I will try to raise it myself. Presumably she will not refuse."

"Sister Debi, I'm the one who's sorry for you." Duanbi smiled bitterly, and said embarrassedly: "I begged you like that at the beginning, but ended up giving up halfway, which made you work hard."

Ma Ju shook his head and said meaningfully: "Sister Duanpin, don't say that, after all, no one can predict what will happen in the future. As long as you think it is right, then do it; if it is wrong, then you must do it in time turn back."

Concubine Duan was taken aback, always feeling that she knew something, for a moment, her heart beat wildly, and her complexion became even paler.

"Sister Duan, what's the matter with you?"

"No, it's nothing." Concubine Duan swallowed, with a gloomy expression.

After about an hour, the empress dowager's birthday banquet officially began.

This banquet is designated as the Longevity Banquet, and there are a total of [-] dishes from the north and the south, which can be described as an unprecedented grand occasion.

At the beginning of the banquet, the tea presented by the court lady was the top-level Lushan cloud.Then there are four dried fruits, four candied fruit, four pastries, and four pickles.After these sixteen dishes, the meat is served.

Then there are appetizers, imperial dishes, soup, etc., all cooked by the most skilled imperial chefs. (Note)

As one after another of delicacies were presented, the atmosphere in the hall became more and more lively, and everyone cheered for the Empress Dowager's birthday.

It was the first time for Ma Yuan to participate in such a grand banquet after being in the palace for so many years. For this birthday banquet, at least tens of 10 taels of silver were spent, which made her feel distressed.

The banquet lasted from noon to night, and even someone like Ma Yuan who didn't drink alcohol felt a little drunk.

The guests have already left one after another, and the concubines have also left together.But Ma Guan couldn't leave, after all, she was also the person in charge of the banquet.

At this moment, Yue Yi, the palace lady next to Duan Concubine, ran over out of breath.

"Miss Debi, it's not good..." Yueyi ran to Ma Guan and reported in a low voice: "My mistress suddenly had a stomachache on the way back. Mistress Debi, you should go and have a look."

"Stomach hurts? Take me to have a look." Ma Guan was startled, and Concubine Duan's stomach hurts. Could it be that drinking today caused her fetal gas?

The author has something to say: Note: These dishes are all from the Longevity Banquet in the Manchu Banquet.

However, I don't know if there is a Longevity Banquet at this time, maybe not yet...

Thank you, dear irrigation nutrient solution: 10 bottles of ultimate happiness lemon tea.

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