[Qing Chuan] Gongdou system of black lotus

After the August Palace Banquet, the Forbidden City became much calmer.

Perhaps it was because of the killing spree in the Changchun Palace that time, the maids and eunuchs shrank their heads like frightened quails, not daring to find trouble. idea.

In the golden autumn of September, sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, which is a good season to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

When Qianlong walked into the Changchun Palace, he saw Gu Qianqian instructing everyone to hit sweet-scented osmanthus in the yard. Clusters of small yellow flowers were hanging high on the treetops. With a thin layer.

"What are you doing again?" Qianlong looked curiously and amusedly at Gu Qianqian standing on the steps and directing everyone.

Gu Qianqian smiled and lifted the corner of her skirt, walked down the steps, and said to Qianlong: "I'm hunting osmanthus, the osmanthus blooms best these days, if you don't take advantage of this time to knock down the osmanthus, the taste will be worse. "

"Do you want to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake?" Qianlong stretched out his hand and scratched Gu Qianqian's nose, jokingly said.

"Exactly. If you don't eat sweet-scented osmanthus cakes in the golden autumn of September, it feels like something is missing." Gu Qianqian took Qianlong's hand affectionately, and said with a smile, "Besides, there are many sweet-scented osmanthus that I want to bring. Make sweet-scented osmanthus tea."

Qianlong couldn't help laughing, and said: "Since you want to hit sweet-scented osmanthus, you have to hit it in the morning. If you hit it now, it will get twice the result with half the effort."

Gu Qianqian showed a look of astonishment, and asked in puzzlement: "Why do you have to call in the morning?"

Qianlong looked up at the sweet-scented osmanthus trees, and said: "There is dew on the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in the morning. After all, they are heavy. Once they are beaten, they will come down. When the sun rises, the dew will dry up, and the flowers will be light. It is not easy to beat them down." gone."

"No wonder." Gu Qianqian suddenly realized, "The concubine said why it took so long to get so much. It turned out that the time was wrong." She turned her head and said to Xiao Zhuzi and others: "Stop beating, wait Call again tomorrow morning."

"Yes." Everyone agreed.

Qianlong and Gu Qianqian went into the house together, Xiao Zhuzi and others in the yard quickly collected the poles, packed up the osmanthus flowers on the ground and sent them to the small kitchen to make osmanthus cakes.

"Long Live Lord is going to Changchun Palace again?" Concubine Chun bit her lower lip, looking straight at Eunuch An in front of her.

Sweat broke out on the tip of Eunuch An's nose, "That's what the father-in-law of the Hall of Mental Cultivation said."

Concubine Chun looked at the cold chicken soup on the table, bit her lower lip fiercely with her teeth, and was short of breath. She cooked a cup of chicken soup today and sent it to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Thinking of her, I never thought that this chicken soup would not even be able to enter the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but Lord Long Live went to the Changchun Palace to be in love with that woman Concubine Xian!

The same pregnancy, the same concubine position, how can Concubine Xian be so domineering and monopolize the love of Long Live Lord?

But on her side, Lord Long Live seldom intervened.

As the saying goes, don't worry about the few, but the unevenness. The jealousy in Concubine Chun's heart has turned into a poisonous fire, spreading in her body, and there is a flickering light under her eyes.

That night, in the middle of the night.

The Forbidden City was quiet, and Qianlong was sleeping with Gu Qianqian in his arms. When the two were sleeping soundly, Qianlong suddenly heard a voice coming from outside. He woke up from his sleep and asked in a calm voice, "Who is talking outside?"

As soon as he made a sound, the voices outside suddenly fell silent.

Afterwards, Li Yu's voice came from the door: "Long Live Lord, Eunuch An from Jingren Palace came to report that the Pure Concubine Empress is terrified."

Qianlong frowned, and was about to say something when Gu Qianqian opened his eyes in his arms. At first, his eyes were still sleepy, but after blinking a few times, he woke up.

"You continue to sleep." Qianlong patted Gu Qianqian on the shoulder, lifted the quilt, and sat up.

Although he seldom went to Jingren Palace, but Concubine Chun was pregnant with a dragon seed, and now that she was dying, Qianlong naturally had to take it to heart, so he had to go there anyway.

"The concubine can't sleep either, why don't you go and have a look with the Lord Long Live." Gu Qianqian said with a smile.

Qianlong thought about it for a while, and it didn't matter, so he acquiesced in her getting up and changing clothes.

When the two came out, An Hou was stunned, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, let alone stop Concubine Xian from following along.

When Qianlong and Gu Qianqian arrived at Jingren Palace, Jingren Palace was brightly lit, many candles were lit in the room, Concubine Chun was sitting on the bed, her face was pale, her eyes were red, noble Qi Jia and noble Suo Chuo Luo were comforting her, Her words were soft and earnest, but Concubine Chun didn't hear a word.

This afternoon, because she heard that Lord Long Live had gone to Changchun Palace, Concubine Chun was overwhelmed with jealousy, so she came up with a way to pretend to be pitiful to win favor.

She was impatiently listening to nobleman Qi Jia's words, when she heard a familiar voice, "I heard that you have a nightmare."

Concubine Chun raised her head in surprise. When she saw Gu Qianqian behind Qianlong, the smile on her face froze, but she still managed to show a smile, and she was about to stand up and salute when she lifted the quilt.

"You don't need to be too polite." Qianlong stretched out his hand and pushed Concubine Chun back, his eyes sized Concubine Chun up and down, his face was a little ugly, but it could be seen that there was nothing serious, which made Qianlong feel a little relieved tone.

"The concubine shouldn't have disturbed the Long Live Lord, but the concubine had a dream just now, and that dream was so terrifying that the concubine was too frightened." Concubine Chun said with reddened eyes.

Qianlong frowned and asked, "What dream?"

"The concubine dare not say it." Concubine Chun shook her head with a pitiful look.

Gu Qianqian saw it in her eyes, and a smile flickered across her lips, and she put it in front of her to play this kind of trick that she was tired of playing.

"Pure concubine, don't be afraid, this dream is all fake, just tell it." Gu Qianqian smiled gently.

Qianlong nodded in agreement: "Yes, Concubine Xian is right, it will make you feel much more comfortable when you tell about your dream."

Concubine Chun secretly gritted her teeth, she was wary and apprehensive about Gu Qianqian's arrival, but she couldn't back down when things got to this point, not to mention she was not afraid of Concubine Xian, she was pregnant, who was more noble than whom, she pursed her lips , Said: "The concubine dreamed that what happened to Concubine Xian's sister that day happened to the concubine. The concubine was alone and helpless in the dream, and she was really scared."

When she said this, the hand under the quilt ruthlessly grabbed her thigh, and tears fell from the pain.

Qianlong was silent for a moment, and his tone softened, "Don't think too much, this dream won't happen."

"The concubine also knows," sobbed Concubine Chun, "but the concubine was afraid that if it really happened, the concubine just closed her eyes and remembered that scene, and the concubine was too scared to sleep."

"How can this be possible." The nobleman Sochoro's face was full of concern, "You are pregnant now, so what's the matter if you haven't slept all night?"

When she said this, she looked at Gu Qianqian.

Concubine Chun lowered her head and sighed helplessly, "If I really want to think about that scene again, I would rather not sleep."

Qianlong had a troubled expression on his face, his palms and backs were full of flesh, no matter if it was Concubine Xian or Concubine Chun, all his children were in his stomach, and he valued the children in Concubine Xian's belly, but that didn't mean he really didn't care about Concubine Chun's children Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed over to see Concubine Chun in the middle of the night.

Gu Qianqian smiled, and she gently sat down beside Concubine Chun, and said in an affectionate tone: "Look, concubine Chun, it's not difficult for Sister Chunfei to fall asleep, as long as there is someone by her side, Sister Chunfei will surely You can feel a little more at ease.”

Concubine Chun secretly raised her heart, and looked at Gu Qianqian with obvious vigilance in her eyes. With Concubine Xian's temper, how could she easily hand over Lord Long Live to others? He said: "Sister Concubine Xian, don't make fun of me. I know that Lord Long Live is going to Changchun Palace to accompany you tonight. I won't make things difficult for you. It's just a nightmare. Maybe you can get better later. gone."

There was a look of relief on Qianlong's face, these few words of Concubine Chun were very considerate and pleasant to listen to.

Gu Qianqian sneered secretly in her heart, if she really didn't want to embarrass her, why bother to send someone to Changchun Palace to report the news in the middle of the night, pretending and standing up, trying to step on her to create a considerate image of herself, then she had to ask her first.

"Sister Chunfei, you don't like to listen to concubines. What you say seems to be that concubines monopolize the Lord Long Live." Gu Qianqian said with a smile, her tone sounded like she was joking, but the meaning inside was Very harsh.

She turned her head and said to Qianlong: "Long Live Lord, I'm afraid you will have to sleep alone tonight."

Both Qianlong and Concubine Chun were stunned. Before they could figure out what Gu Qianqian meant, they heard Gu Qianqian say: "Sister Chunfei, since you dare not sleep alone, I will sleep with you tonight. Maybe we haven't slept enough for a long time, I think back when we were in the mansion, we sisters slept together quite often."

what? !

Sleep with Concubine Xian!

Concubine Chun's scalp suddenly went numb, her heart was full of resistance, she refused without even thinking about it, she would rather have nightmares all night than sleep with Concubine Xian.

But Qianlong didn't notice her thoughts at all, not only nodded happily in agreement, but also said with a smile: "I thought you two had a bad relationship before, but now that you are in harmony, I feel relieved."

"What is the Lord Long Live talking about?" Gu Qianqian said coquettishly, "The concubine and Sister Chunfei have been friends for many years, how can they have a bad relationship? Isn't it, Sister Chunfei?"

Concubine Chun was about to vomit blood in her heart, but now that Qianlong was here, she couldn't refute it, and had to cooperate with Concubine Xian to sing a good show of sisters' harmony, "Yes, Concubine Chen and Concubine Xian's sister have always had a very good relationship. "

"Then I will bother Sister Chunfei tonight, does Sister have a new mattress here?" Gu Qianqian blinked and asked.

Concubine Chun nodded stiffly.

Gu Qianqian turned her head to Du Juan with a smile and said, "You guys go back and run around and fetch some things for me."

"Yes, ma'am." Du Juan and others replied with suppressed smiles.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Qianlong's expression eased, "In this case, I will go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation tonight, Concubine Xian and Concubine Chun, please take care of me."

"Long Live Lord, go slowly." Gu Qianqian bowed her knees and saluted, watching Qianlong leave.

Noble Qi Jia and Noble Suo Chuo Luo have not dared to say a word since just now.

After Gu Qianqian stood up, she glanced at them with a smile on her face, "If the two nobles don't leave, is it because they want to stay together tonight and hold a candle night talk?"

"Your maidservant will take my leave now." Qi Jia and nobleman both trembled, said hastily, and ran away as if oiling the soles of their feet after saluting.

Gu Qianqian lazily sat down on the bed and looked at Concubine Chun with a smile, "Sister Concubine Chun, are you happy that Concubine Chen will sleep with you tonight?"

The anger in Concubine Chun's eyes was almost so intense that she could spit it out.