There is a long way to go before returning the pearl

Eleven has been busy looking for Yongzheng recently. For several days, he left the palace at dawn and returned to the palace late at night. Today, he was free. Thinking that he hadn't seen the queen for a long time, he wanted to visit her. He Shen followed behind him, "I heard that Fifteen was ill, and the imperial concubine wanted to see it, but the empress did not agree."

"What's more, Concubine Ling is not the type to let it go."

"Fifth elder brother has entered the palace. He went to the emperor first, and came out sullenly. Now, he should go to the queen." There are not many people in Heshen, but Eleven is already the prince. , Where there is no one to install him, even if there is any trouble in the palace, he can't escape his eyes.

"Oh, that's good, I really miss Fifth Brother, brother, the necessary cultivation of feelings is still necessary." When Yong Xing mentioned the word 'feeling', his expression was playful, and He Shen looked at him like that, He knew that he missed Fifth Prince today.

The queen opened her eyes and reacted for a while, "Nurse Rong."

Nanny Rong came to the queen's bed and helped her up, "Madam, this old slave has already arranged meals."

"Yeah." The queen allowed Nanny Rong to change her clothes, "How is Brother Fifteen, is he better?"

Nanny Rong quickly helped her change her clothes, and put on the headgear for her, "My lady, Elder Brother Fifteen is better now, my lady should worry about herself."

"Oh, what happened?"

"Your Majesty, just after you fell asleep, the concubine Ling came to pay her respects before dawn. The servant sent her away in fear of disturbing her rest."

The queen snorted coldly, "Don't worry about her."

Nanny Rong paused her hand, thought again and again, and said, "Mother, the concubine still insists on seeing Elder Brother Fifteen. At that time, the slaves did not ask anyone to bring Elder Brother Fifteen. He just took the medicine, and the imperial physician Asked to rest more, the old slave did not agree."

The queen looked at herself in the mirror, reached out to touch the tiara, and was very satisfied, "Brother Fifteen is a child of this palace, if she wants to see it, I have to agree to it."

"The old servant is afraid that she will go to eye drops again, and it will be bad for the emperor to misunderstand the empress." After all, Rong Momo was still worried about Qianlong's trouble with the empress.

"Let's pass on the meal." After the queen said these three words, she didn't say anything else. She was the emperor's bedside person. She could see the emperor's changes most clearly. Although she couldn't guess the emperor's mind, she was the emperor's favorite. Who, she knows, although the emperor doesn't come here often, and he doesn't look good towards her, but after all, her twelfth elder brother is the emperor's favorite, eleven is the prince, and the concubine Ling values ​​it... The fifth elder brother has already moved out of the palace, and in this situation, as long as he doesn't make a big mistake, the emperor will not embarrass him. I understand, the empress is more calm, and doesn't take the matter that Nanny Rong is worried about at all.

Seeing that the Empress didn't care, Mother Rong didn't say anything, Chuan Shan came in and waited on Bu Cai.

"The imperial concubine is here."

The eunuch's voice fell, and the empress lost her good mood for eating, so she put down her chopsticks, "This concubine will pick her time." The empress stood up, "Remove."

Mother Rong saw that she had only eaten a few mouthfuls, and she also complained in her heart that Concubine Ling didn't wink, she didn't come sooner or later, but she came at this time, hmph, uneasy and kind.

The queen went to the main hall without rushing, sat on the top seat, and ordered the concubine to salute, "The concubine sees the empress, the empress is auspicious."

"Well, get up." The queen asked her to get up, and then stopped talking, she wanted to see what Lingfei came to her for the second time.

Concubine Ling smiled, "The concubine got up early today, and came to pay her respects to the empress. Unfortunately, the concubine hadn't gotten up yet, and the concubine was concerned about this, so I came to visit again."

"I have been taking care of Fifteen last night, and I didn't go to bed until early this morning. The concubine Ling came late any day, so why did she come early today by coincidence."

Concubine Ling rubbed the handkerchief in her hand, this empress must have become smarter, in the past whenever she provoked her, she would be furious and punish herself. "Alas..." Concubine Ling sighed faintly, "It's all due to the concubine's poor health. The emperor loves the concubine and raises Shiwu in Jingyang Palace, which makes the empress suffer."

The empress was taking care of the fifteen nights, she was tired, she hadn't had a good meal, and she was in a bad mood, and she didn't want to go around here with Lingfei, "As a empress, I should take care of the prince, and I should be troubled."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Ling expressed her position in a hurry, "Your Majesty, this concubine is in good health, and I can share my worries for you now."

When the queen heard this, she laughed. The relationship came for fifteen, and she didn't want to be clear about it, "I appreciate the kindness. As long as the concubine Ling stays in her palace well, if you don't cause trouble to me, you are helping me."

After being told by the queen, if the concubine Ling could bear it, it would not be her, she knelt down on the ground, "Mother, what did the concubine do wrong, the empress wants to put the concubine under house arrest."

Poorly asked, she was dropping a few golden beans, and the queen dismissed her when she saw her pretending to be weak. , don’t even think about it.”

"Your Majesty..." Concubine Ling suddenly yelled, unknowingly thinking that the Queen had done something to her.

"Shut up, I'm tired, you can kneel down."

The concubine Ling shed tears as soon as she said she wanted to. Looking at the queen, she cried very sadly, "Your Majesty, it's all the concubine's fault. If your majesty is angry, just punish the concubine. I beg your empress to spare fifteen. After all, he is still a concubine." My child, Madam, please..."

The queen was baffled by her crying, what was her fault, why did she spare fifteen, what did she do, why she didn't know.

Yongqi sneaked in quietly, and before seeing the queen, she heard Lingfei's heart-piercing voice, and was startled, why spare Shiwu?What is the empress going to do, the fifteenth brother is still a child, how could she do this.

Before he could think clearly, his body had already moved, and suddenly he rushed in and shouted at the queen, "Your empress, why are you so bad, the fifteenth brother is still a child, why doesn't he let him go, you are not worthy of being a queen at all. "

Before the empress could react to Lingfei's crying and talking, she was startled by the sudden appearance of Yongqi, "Yongqi, what did you say?"

Yongqi stood beside Lingfei, ignored the queen's question, and gently comforted Lingfei, "Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as I am here, the Empress will not hurt the fifteenth brother." Yongqi looked at Lingfei firmly. .

The concubine Ling hated her to death. She said that the queen is not worthy of being a queen. If she said that the queen is not worthy of being a queen, he dared to say that he should not be implicated by him. His mind turned quickly, and there was, "Five Brother, why are you here, hurry up and salute the queen."

"Salt, fifth brother, do you still think of the queen as the queen?" The sudden voice came, and Lingfei suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

Yongxing stepped in one step, walked gracefully to the middle of the main hall, and saluted the queen, "My child greets the queen mother, the queen mother is auspicious."

Seeing him coming, the Queen's anger disappeared a little, and she waved to Yong Xing with a smile, "Yong Xing is here, soon to be with Empress Empress, I haven't seen you for several days."

Yong Xing didn't listen to the queen and went to her, instead he glanced at the concubine Ling on the ground, and didn't salute, he is now the crown prince, he doesn't need to salute anyone except the emperor, queen mother and empress.

Yong Xing looked at Yong Qi, "Hehe... I haven't seen Fifth Brother for a few days, and Fifth Brother is becoming more and more like Little Swallow."

Lingfei's head hangs lower and lower, wishing to get into the ground, Yong Xing's words are definitely mocking Yong Qi, who doesn't know that Little Yanzi is a wild girl, comparing her with Yong Qi is naked insult.

Yong Qi opened her mouth to say something, "You..."

"I..." Yongxing stretched out his finger and pointed at himself, "What's wrong with me, fifth brother should make it clear, my younger brother doesn't know why fifth brother has such great abilities, he can be rude when he sees the queen mother, and he can even claim The Empress is not worthy of being a queen."

I gave Yong Qi every sentence of impoliteness, and did not give Yong Qi any chance to refute, "Still, Fifth Brother has a candidate who is suitable to be a queen in his heart. Who is it? Is it the concubine Ling or someone else."

"I..." Under Yong Xing's imposing manner, Yong Qi opened her mouth, but didn't say a word.

Yong Xing sneered, turned around, and stopped asking him, "Emperor Niang, let the concubine speak unrestrainedly, frame the Queen's Niang, and the fifth brother is not polite when he sees the Queen's Niang, this is unfilial, suspecting the Empress, this For being unfaithful, such an unfaithful and unfilial person, Huang Erniang has to be punished severely to wake up the world, otherwise, self-righteous things question Huang Erniang every day, and it is not against the sky."

The empress looked at Yong Xing with satisfaction, in the past, the empress would at best punish those who committed crimes by copying the palace rules, and put them in confinement. She is a queen in her eyes.Since Yong Xing wants to help her set the rules, why doesn't he agree with him, "Then how do you think about the punishment?"

Yong Xing did not expect that the Queen would throw the problem to himself and let him decide. Since the Queen Mother trusted him, he was not polite, and thought for a while, "Concubine Ling is from Huang Ama, and the child doesn't know how to deal with it. However, the boy thinks that the concubine Ling is not suitable to be a concubine now, as for the fifth elder brother, let the guards beat you fifty." Yong Xing's move sounds like fifty is not too much, but he used to be a eunuch , Where is the strength, now let the guards, but not let him shed his skin.

"Okay, let's do as you said, come and pull Yong Qi down."

Yongqi panicked, "Empress, you can't hit me, you can't..." The guards ignored his struggle and pulled him down.

As for the concubine Ling, she was kneeling at the moment, scolding Yongxuan in her heart, she managed to climb to the concubine position, and she actually wanted to demote her to be a concubine. ?”

Yong Xing looked at her condescendingly, "What you just said, you won't forget it so quickly, the prince just said that, Huang Ama doesn't know if she is reluctant, and don't think too much, ten Fifth brother, you can only stay in Jingyang Palace forever." This was his last warning.

Concubine Ling was frightened by Yongxuan's eyes, so cold sweat broke out all over her body, she could only stare at him blankly, unable to say a word, she was praying in her heart that the emperor would not lower her to be a concubine.

"Okay, let's go back. It's okay to pray for the fifteenth." The queen finally issued an ultimatum, and the concubine left in confusion. Why did it become like this, and why the fifteenth couldn't live with herself.

Concubine Ling was thinking on the road, but she didn't know that Wu Shulai was waiting for her in Yanxi Palace with the emperor's imperial decree.