[Qing Chuan] Gongdou system of black lotus

The next day.

Gu Qianqian got up on time as usual, Qianlong left early in the morning, and she was also used to Qianlong not disturbing her sleep when she got up, washing and dressing, and just when she was about to eat, she heard Guizhi from outside reporting: "Mother, Ning Chang is here You are welcome."

Gu Qianqian's hand that was about to move the chopsticks stopped, and her face showed a little embarrassed look. She was used to monopolizing the entire Changchun Palace by herself, and she really forgot that Ning Chang was there now.

"Let her come in." Gu Qianqian instructed, she glanced down at the table, and when she saw a pair of bowls and chopsticks already placed on the table, she gave Du Juan an appreciative look, and Du Juan showed a smile in her eyes.

"Chang Zai Ning pays his respects to the empress." After Ning Chang entered the room, he bowed his knees and saluted.

She obviously dressed up today with care, her clothes are simple but stylish, well-regulated, at first glance it looks like nothing, but the more you look at it, the more comfortable it becomes, no fault can be found.

"You came just in time." Gu Qianqian smiled and greeted her to get up, "I am having breakfast, you can accompany me to eat some."

"Yes." Ning Changzai agreed quickly, and did not refuse foolishly.

If you can eat something to cushion your stomach before asking for peace, unless you are a fool who has learned the rules and his brain is rigid, no one will refuse. After all, this is going to the Yikun Palace and the Compassionate Ning Palace. During this process, except for tea, there is nothing to eat.

Now that it’s summer, the days are getting hotter day by day. For breakfast today, the imperial dining room sent refreshing and delicious cold noodles. This kind of cold noodles is very strong. The soup base is seafood soup made from fish and shrimp , with crispy shredded cucumber, shredded radish, and tender fried eggs, Ning Chang wanted to eat a few mouthfuls to fill his stomach, but unknowingly ate a bowl of cold noodles.

She looked at the clean bottom of the bowl, her ears were flushed, and she showed a bit of embarrassment.

Gu Qianqian considerately pretended not to see her embarrassment, and said, "Let's use some lip balm, and then go say hello."

Ning Chang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and thanked him kindly.

There were a lot of people paying their respects today. When they arrived at Yikun Palace, Gu Qianqian and Ning Changzai were not the last ones to come. After waiting for a while, they went to the Compassion Palace to pay their respects together.

The Empress Dowager got up early today, and not long after everyone arrived, she came out with a smile all over her face. After everyone saluted, she said with a smile: "Get up."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Everyone said in unison.

The Empress Dowager's eyes swept over everyone, and her gaze stopped on Ning Chang who was standing behind Gu Qianqian. Like Ning Chang, who has just entered the palace and has not been favored, today in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, she can't even sit. None, they can only follow behind the palace lords and empresses.

"There are a lot of new faces here today, and the Ai family really likes every one of them." The Queen Mother said with a smile.

She sent a message, and the concubine Gao Guifei, who was the empress dowager's favorite, cheered her up: "Your Majesty, there are so many younger sisters in the palace now, your Majesty, please don't forget your concubines."

Surprised looks flashed across the faces of several newcomers, they were astonished that Concubine Gao spoke so recklessly in front of the Queen Mother.

But everyone in the harem has long been used to it, and even if they don't listen to the Empress Dowager and Concubine Gao perform such a show, they may not be used to it.

"What you said, Aijia forgets that no one can forget you, otherwise this Palace of Compassion and Ning will make you fall into trouble." The Queen Mother really said something with a smile, and the Queen listened to it with a gentle smile.

After talking and laughing with Concubine Gao, the Empress Dowager turned her eyes away and landed on the newcomers who came to pay their respects for the first time today. She waved at Mr. Suozhuoluo and said, "Come in, let Aijia take a good look at it." Look."

The nobleman Suo Chuo Luo stepped forward, his cheeks were flushed, "Your Honor, Suo Chuo Luo, has seen the Empress Dowager."

The queen mother looked her up and down, nodded slightly, and said: "She is a good girl, look at this, did you read at home?"

"I've only read "The Commandments of Women", and I don't read much of the others." The nobleman Sochoro replied after consideration.

The Empress Dowager's eyes showed satisfaction, and she praised endlessly, "Okay, okay, the most important thing for us girls is to read this "Women's Precepts". It doesn't matter if you don't read the other books, but you will change your temperament after reading it."

Gu Qianqian's complexion was as usual, and she sneered in her heart. The empress dowager was not from a high family background, and she only read this "Women's Commandment", so she naturally hoped that others would do the same.A book like "The Commandments of Women" should be completely burned if there is a chance.

"Yes, my concubine thinks so too." The nobleman Suo Chuoluo replied obediently while restraining his joy.

The queen mother nodded at her, nobleman Sochoro stepped back, and the queen mother ordered nobleman Qijia to come forward. Compared with nobleman Suotuoluo, she was more enthusiastic about nobleman Qijia, and even praised nobleman Qijia for his grandeur and generosity. , Praise that noble Qi Jia so much that his tail will go to the sky.

When it was Ning Chang's turn, the smile on the Empress Dowager's face obviously faded a little.

Ning Chang was clenching the veil in her hand. When choosing Concubine Xian, she had already anticipated today, so she didn't behave too embarrassingly.The Queen Mother looked Ning Changzai up and down, the more she looked, the deeper her frown became.

At this moment, not only the Queen Mother is looking at Ning Chang's presence, the Queen and others are also looking at her openly.This is the rule in this palace, it's not allowed to look down and look up, but if you look up and down, you can feel free.

Don't say it's just a permanent presence, even a concubine, here, I have to let these masters and wives watch.

However, the more people looked at it, the more confused they became.

They had guessed what kind of people Concubine Xian would recruit before, and everyone had guessed it, but they hadn't guessed that Concubine Xian would actually pick someone like Ning Yurou.In fact, Ning Changzai's appearance is not ugly, he is quite handsome, and he can be regarded as a beauty outside, but in the palace where even the maids are somewhat beautiful, Ning Changzai's appearance is just Some are not enough.

Such an ordinary woman, what did Concubine Xian choose her for?

Could it be to set off yourself?Thinking of this, the Queen secretly shook her head in her heart. It shouldn't be so. Concubine Xian would not be such a stupid person who would waste a quota in vain just to find a foil. Even a noble concubine would not do such a stupid thing.

Ning Chang's scalp was numb from being scrutinized by everyone, she muttered to herself, it is understandable for the Queen Mother to scrutinize her, what are other empresses looking at her for?

"It looks like an honest person." The queen mother casually took a sip of the glazed tea cup and said, "In the future, I will do my best to serve the Lord Long Live, be careful in every way, and don't do things you shouldn't do."

Compared with the words of encouragement and praise to other nobles just now, these words seem particularly inhumane and indifferent.

Ning Chang had expected it long ago, but he still couldn't help showing embarrassment on his face, and said: "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your reminder."

"Return to your seat." The queen mother waved her hand and said in a leisurely manner.

Ning Chang was full of grievances, said yes, and retreated behind Gu Qianqian.

This time it took a little longer to greet you, and it was almost noon when I returned to the Changchun Palace from the Compassionate Ning Palace. Du Juan and others brought tea. After Gu Qianqian took a sip of the tea to moisten her mouth, she comforted Ning Changzai: " You don't have to worry about today's matter, the Empress Dowager doesn't like me, if you get close to me, she will naturally hate the house and don't like you."

"The concubine understands, thank you for your consolation." Ning Chang said with a forced smile.

Gu Qianqian saw that she was still a little bit wronged, so she didn't say much. Today is just the beginning of this kind of thing. If Ning Yurou can't even bear this setback, then she is really delusional.

Different from other people's guesses, Gu Qianqian chose Ning Yurou because she was smart enough and knew how to get along with people. The former is not difficult, but the latter is not.

When she was in charge of the draft, Gu Qianqian watched the batch of talented girls with cold eyes. Among the many talented girls, what she looked at was not their looks, but their scheming. Those who were left behind for re-election will not look bad. In this case, whether they can survive in the harem in the future will only depend on scheming.

This Ning Chang's family background is the lowest level among the crowd, but she can make the other three beautiful girls in the same room treat her as a best friend, and can also make the three beautiful girls take the initiative to help her. It's her job to have this kind of means. If you don't keep this kind of person to yourself, leaving it to others will be a future trouble.

However, it is too early to tell now, the fate of these people in the future depends on themselves.

Gu Qianqian is not worried that Ning Yurou will not be able to get out, because Ning Yurou will soon find out that if she is not favored, then she does not even have the right to be made things difficult for the Queen Mother.General elections are held every three years, but small elections are held every year, and there are newcomers in the harem every year.In this harem, after entering the palace, no one cares about them, and there are countless promises.

Such constant presence and promises are not even qualified to be cannon fodder for the master and empress.

Gu Qianqian casually said a few words to Ning Yurou and sent her away.

Ning Yurou's mood is very complicated, but now there are other people in the palace who are more complicated than her.

"It hurts, it hurts so much, it hurts to death..." In the back hall of Xianfu Palace, in a small room, a plainly dressed Xu Xu was lying on the bed trembling with her eyes closed, and the maids who served her were terrified. Get pale.

"Promise, why don't we go and invite the imperial physician!" A younger court lady hurriedly said.

After she said this, she turned around and was about to run out, but was grabbed by the promise.

That promise was so painful that he almost passed his breath at this time, but he was still holding on to the maid's hand, "Hongye, don't go!"

"But you are in such pain now!" The little maid's face was full of worry, and the Chen promise she followed was the kind of promise Gu Qianqian said that no one would care about after entering the palace. In terms of luck, she was lucky enough to be favored by Qianlong in the first two months. Although it was only once, this Chen promised to conceive in one go.

And this Chen promised that it should be reported immediately, but she didn't.

This person is ambitious, especially the women who enter the palace. Chen promised to be unknown for many years. Another surprise that was overdue for many years was given to her, making her pregnant with a dragon seed.She knew that her future depended on this child. If she could give birth to a prince, she would be able to move up a position. Even if she gave birth to Ge Ge, she could at least get some rewards.She also understands that no matter whether the child is a prince or Ge Ge, they can only be raised under the names of other concubines, but she doesn't care, and even wishes for it.No matter who raises her child, it will inevitably benefit her in the future.

Therefore, Chen promised to keep it secret and not report it, which was not difficult for her.A promise like hers doesn't even have a green card, and the respect room doesn't even remember whether her sunflower water has arrived or not.

Chen promised that in private, he also had someone secretly make anti-abortion pills outside and take them.

It was fine for the first two months, but when she woke up this morning, she felt that something was wrong, and there was a faint pain in her lower body. At first, she thought it was an illusion, but then it became more and more painful, so painful that she couldn't help screaming.

"That doesn't work either. If you invite an imperial physician, this matter will be exposed." Chen promised to breathe and breathe, trying to suppress the severe pain.

"Then promise, you can't bear it like this. If something goes wrong with you like this, none of us can afford it." The other maid was so frightened that she couldn't choose what to say.

If this dragon species is gone, all of their servants, including Chen Xu, will die.

When Chen promised to hear it, her complexion became even uglier, but she had to admit that it made sense. She leaned back on the chair, gasped for a while, only to feel more and more pain, and finally said: "Hongye, go to Yikun Palace to see the empress, Let the empress decide this matter."

Now that I can't hide it anymore, I can only find the queen. At least if the queen takes a fancy to the child in her belly, the child will achieve a lot in the future.

"Yes." A look of joy appeared on Hongye's face, and after agreeing happily, she hurried to Yikun Palace.

It was also because she and Chen promised to be lucky. It was difficult for ordinary maids like them to meet the empress when they arrived at Yikun Palace, but when Hongye arrived, they ran into Madam Liu.

She was also very courageous, so she went straight forward, knelt down in front of Nanny Liu, and explained the matter.

Nanny Liu immediately put aside the Queen's order and led her into Yikun Palace.

After a while, the Empress appeared in Xianfu Palace with Imperial Physician Shen.

The location of this Xianfu Palace is relatively remote, and there are a few promises and a nobleman staying in it. When the nobleman heard that the queen was coming, his face turned pale with fright. Hearing that the queen was going to the apse, he rushed over in a hurry without caring about dressing up.

"Your Majesty Sun has met the empress, and the empress is blessed and safe." As soon as Sun Guiren rushed into the room, he hurriedly saluted the empress.

The queen glanced at her, and frowned, "Get up, I still have something to do here, you go back first, and I will summon you if there is something to do."

Sun Guiren's face was pale, and when he saw Chen Xu who was lying on the bed with the pulse being taken by Imperial Physician Shen, he said yes weakly.

After Sun Guiren retreated, Madam Liu gave Duan Rong a look, and Duan Rong took a few court ladies out to guard the doors and windows.After the door was closed, Empress Fucha frowned, looked at Chen Xu, whose face was covered with cold sweat, and asked Imperial Physician Shen, "How is it? Imperial Physician?"

Imperial physician Shen twisted his beard, shook his head solemnly, retracted his fingers, and said in a low voice: "Empress, this Chen promised that this fetus has signs of miscarriage."

Miscarriage? !When Chen promised to hear this, he almost lost his breath and fainted.

She widened her eyes, and grasped the hand of Imperial Physician Shen with her palm, "Doctor Shen, you are lying to me, aren't you? I dare not do anything these days, how could I have a miscarriage?" When she said this, she suddenly seemed like Thinking of something, he said excitedly: "Did someone poison me? It's Mr. Sun Gui, right!"

The faces of Hongye and the others who were serving at the side turned pale.

The queen glanced at her, her brows furrowed deeper, but she still had this suspicion. On the way here, Nanny Liu had already told her about the situation of Xianfu Palace. Wang Baduo, the people who live here are clearly disfavored nobles, promised, but they often make troubles, Chen promised to have many old enemies with Sun Guiren in the past.

If it was Sun Guiren who made the move, it would not be surprising.

"Well, the miscarriage of a woman may not be tampered with." Imperial Physician Shen shook his head and said, "I promise you that there is no poison in your body. The miscarriage is not because of poisoning, but because you are born weak. If you can nourish your body in time in the early stages of pregnancy, the fetus can still be saved. But you..."

When Imperial Doctor Shen said this, he stopped.

Some words can be said to the end, and if you say more, you will lose face.

However, even if he didn't say anything, everyone in the room knew that the matter of feelings was purely Chen's promise to himself, so people didn't know what to say.If it was harmed by others, then it can still be done, and if it was done by oneself, then it can be...

Chen promised to turn pale, and she covered her mouth in disbelief, unwilling to believe what she had heard.

"No, how is that possible?"

The queen frowned, "Emperor Shen said so, so what could be wrong?!"

She was displeased in her heart, because of what Chen promised to conceal, and also because of what Chen promised, a child who was originally good is now gone.

"No, I don't believe it, Imperial Physician, you prescribe me an anti-fetal medicine, I must keep this child!" Chen promised like a madman, sat up suddenly, grabbed the sleeve of Imperial Physician Shen, and said excitedly.

"This, this..." Imperial Physician Shen was so frightened that his old face turned pale and he was helpless.

The queen's face darkened, and she raised her hand and slapped Chen Ying fiercely.

This slap directly slapped Chen Ying until the corners of her lips were bleeding, and it also woke her up. She tilted her face, lowered her head, and her temple hair was messy.

"Have you had enough trouble?" The queen withdrew her hand bluntly, narrowing her eyes, "If you hadn't concealed it, how could this happen? Now that the dragon heir can't be saved, your life is unnecessary."

There was a flustered look in Chen Xuying's eyes, and she realized that the seriousness of this matter was not just because of the loss of a child. She quickly got up and cried, "Your Majesty, I know I'm wrong, please hold me high and let me go." Slave and servant go on a horse."

"Let you go?" The queen sneered, "The news of Bengong's arrival here has spread throughout the harem. If there is no reason, people in the harem will definitely become suspicious. Why do you think I let you go? Besides, this matter is You have brought the blame on yourself, it's not that I won't let you off, it's that you're seeking your own death!"

What the queen hates the most is concealing the fact that she is pregnant. Concubine Gao is fine with that. She dares to hide it from her even if she just promises.

Chen promised her face was pale, her lips were purple, her eyes were straight, her whole body was slumped, and she didn't look like she was in high spirits a few days ago. Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly raised her head, "Empress, servant girl This baby is unstoppable, but only we know about it."

The queen raised her eyebrows, showing a thoughtful look, "What do you want to say?"

Chen promised to be ruthless, and now she has no other way out. Chen promised to be a knife in the mother's hand and help the mother to eradicate dissidents. Although this fetus has signs of miscarriage, it is still Keep it, as long as it is used properly, it will definitely help the empress get rid of a formidable enemy."

Hongye and the others opened their mouths wide, looking at Chen in disbelief and agreeing.

They had served Chen Xuying for many years, and they never thought that one day Chen Xuying would be able to come up with such a poisonous plan.

This trick is really ruthless and ruthless.If other people knew that they would not be able to keep their baby, they would be sad if they didn't get it right. Chen promised to think of using this child to harm others, so people really don't know what to say.

The Queen stared fixedly at Chen Xu, she was a little surprised that Chen Xu could do this.

To be honest, this was beyond her expectation.

Still, it seems like a good idea.The queen's eyes fell on Chen Xu's abdomen, a child, there will be many concubines in this palace who will be tempted.

The more the queen thought about it, the more she felt that this was a good idea. Her eyes flickered, and she looked at Imperial Doctor Shen and the others.

As the judge of the imperial hospital, Imperial Physician Shen didn't understand what the empress meant, so he quickly said, "Empress empress, today the servant just promised that it was a happy pulse."

"The servants and the others only know that they promise to have a body of more than two months." Hongye and the others hastily expressed their position, for fear that they would be a step too late and be misunderstood by the empress, and if they were silenced at that time, they would really have nowhere to cry.

"Okay." The queen said indifferently, "Don't spread a single word about today's affairs. If you say half a word, I will kill your whole family."

She said this lightly, but no one would doubt the truth of this sentence.

For the empress, to destroy someone else's family is just a matter of one sentence.

Chen promised to follow suit and gave the others a warning look. The queen looked at her with a gentle smile on her face. She turned around and said to Mammy Liu, "Mommy, go and invite Mrs. Sun to come in."

……

"Pregnant? Chen promised?" When Gu Qianqian heard the news, her head was full of question marks. Who is this Chen promised.

"It's Chen Xu from Xianfu Palace. I heard that he was favored two months ago." Xiao Zhuzi said in a low voice.

Gu Qianqian didn't have the slightest impression, she just pinched her fingers and calculated, two months ago, so to speak, the month is almost three months, this is really deep enough, "Then why did it suddenly come out?"

"It is said that Chen promised someone to go to Yikun Palace to report to the Empress." Xiao Zhuzi continued.

Gu Qianqian rolled her eyes and showed interest. Could it be that she wants the queen to recognize this child?Chen promised that he wouldn't be so ambitious, "Prepare a gift, and let's join in the fun."

"Cha." Xiao Zhuzi said.

When Gu Qianqian and her group arrived, the Xianfu Palace, which used to be sparsely populated in the past, was already full of people. Since the imperial concubine gave birth, there has been no good news in the harem. Some people say behind the scenes that it is the resentment of the child who disappeared, but Well, those who spread such rumors disappeared without a trace within a few days, so not many people dared to mention it.The imperial concubine is not as favored as before, but it is more than enough to take care of several people.

However, now that Chen promises to be pregnant, this rumor can be completely dispelled.

"Sun Guiren, you are really careless. Chen promised to be pregnant for so long, why did you only find out now?" Gao Guifei scolded Sun Guiren unceremoniously.

That Sun Guiren stood there, his body trembling slightly, his delicate face was bloodless, he looked really pitiful.

However, no one spoke for her at this moment.Even though everyone knew that Chen promised to hide the pregnancy this time, Sun Guiren was not at fault, but Chen promised to be pregnant now, so he couldn't be scolded, so Sun Guiren became the punching bag.

"Is it the concubine? The concubine is guilty." Sun Guiren said with a pale face.

"Since you are convicted, what are you doing here, go outside and kneel." Concubine Gao said.

Sun Guiren's body trembled, he clasped his hanging hands tightly, bit his lower lip, said yes with red eyes, and really went out to the corridor and knelt down.

Gu Qianqian saw this scene as soon as she came, and there was a thoughtful expression on her face, as if she didn't see it, she walked straight over, followed by Ning Chang, who lowered her head, and didn't even dare to say extra words.

"Concubine Xian..." Seeing Gu Qianqian coming, Chen promised to get up and salute while lying on the bed.

Gu Qianqian hurriedly took a step forward, pressing her shoulders to let her lie down, with a decent smile on her face, "You don't need to be so polite, you are pregnant, and it's good to lie down, how is your body?"

"Your maidservant is not feeling well, just now Imperial Physician Shen has prescribed fertility medicine." Chen promised in a low voice, looking like a timid and cowardly person.

Gu Qianqian looked at it, and nodded her head in peace of mind, "Then I can rest assured. Imperial physician Shen is highly skilled in medicine, and the prescriptions he prescribed will definitely be effective. If you have a good baby, I will be happy for you if you give birth to a son and a half in the future." .”

Chen promised to listen to this, with a shy and grateful expression on his face, "Thank you, Concubine Xian."

The concubine beside them was talking harmoniously, but she felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart. As soon as she knew that Chen Xuying was pregnant, she rushed over in a hurry. The purpose was nothing but for the child in Chen Xuying's belly.Concubine Gao had a miscarriage before, and the imperial doctor had checked her pulse, and she had to take good care of her body to conceive, but after more than a year, her health showed no signs of improvement. I can't get pregnant anymore.She was shocked and angry, but she didn't dare to expose the matter.But now, Chen's promised pregnancy gave her hope.

Chen promised that his status was so low that even if he had children, he would not be able to raise them.And Concubine Gao happened to be able to adopt this child.

On the way here, she had already figured it out, she was going to decide on the child Chen promised!

"Sister Concubine Xian, what gift are you preparing for Chen Xu?" Concubine Gao looked at Gu Qianqian with a half-smile and asked, with guard in her eyes.To say that the person who is most likely to compete with her for the child here is Concubine Xian.If Concubine Xian asks for this child, Concubine Gao is really not sure that she can adopt this child.

Therefore, Concubine Gao should start with Chen Ying, and let Chen agree to offer to raise the child for her.

That being the case, she had to make Chen promise to realize that she was the best choice.

Gu Qianqian heard the hostility in Concubine Gao's words, she paused, and said with a smile: "It's just some materials. After you promise to be pregnant, your body shape will definitely change. The materials I sent you can just make Chen promise to make a few Clothes worn when the moon is old."

It is said that there are several bodies, but in fact there are eight bolts of material, which is enough to make ten pieces.