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The queen's voice was very simple: "It's the concubine Nian who suddenly fell ill and passed out this morning."

The queen mother immediately frowned: "Did the imperial doctor see it? What should I say?"

"Going to see it, the imperial physician in Juxiyuan came back and said that Nian concubine had caught a cold when the autumn rain suddenly turned cold a few days ago. She had prescribed medicine earlier, but for some reason, she took the medicine Like a stone cow entering the sea, it doesn't get better, and today it suddenly fainted for some reason."

From the unadorned two "I don't know why and why", Jiang Heng could hear the empress's dissatisfaction with someone looking for trouble for her during a very busy time.

In particular, it was an old enemy who was looking for trouble for her, which made the queen even more impatient, and she didn't cover it up for Nian at all, and she almost said that she deliberately picked time and troubled others.

If it were another time, would the empress still use it to return to the empress dowager?I must tell the imperial physician on my own, 'If you have a cold, treat it well and slowly, and the disease may go away like a thread. '

But at this time, it is impossible not to make a back and forth.

Next month, the emperor will reward the three armies and meet with the Mongolian prince, and it will be the month when the Golden Festival and the Longevity Festival coincide - such a period of great joy, the palace has always been closed for a short time even the Punishment Department.

There will be no more open and aboveboard punishments.

Just like Jiang Heng’s original passage in the Red Mansion: On Mother Jia’s birthday, Sister Feng only tied up two wives who neglected her master, and Madam Xing and Madam Wang took turns to teach them and punish them, and they had to stagger the day.Although Mrs. Xing took the opportunity to vent her anger, it can also be seen that this kind of customary rule: only show favors during the wedding period, and do not punish others.

Of course, the rules in the palace will never be so loose. If there are palace people who have made a big mistake in the palace rules, although the Department of Punishment will not hit the board openly, they will quietly send them to the An Le Hall, making people as quiet as snowflakes quietly disappeared.

But that is aimed at the palace people, and the concubine is the main position, so you can't turn a blind eye.

She wants to rush to something to happen this month, so that she can kill the queen mother who is looking forward to her youngest son's triumphant reunion.

Sure enough, after listening to the Queen's words, the Queen Mother's face was frosted, and she said directly: "Presumptuous! Ask the imperial doctor to treat it, even if the ginseng is hanging, I will hang it until the next year to seek death and life! After this year, who cares about her Live or die!"

Jiang Heng could even think of Concubine Nian's heartfelt voice: Hey, I'm just trying to find fault with you, anyway, I'm not happy, so it's best not to be happy.Why do you spend a lot of money outside, I am alone in a lonely city, and I still want to be sensible so as not to trouble you.

Nianshi is a person who has dealt with the empress dowager and empress a lot, so he knows how to make them unhappy.

As for what will happen to him this time, Nian Shi, who is somewhat paranoid in his bones, no longer cares.

Jiang Heng also sighed a little: The Nian family is really good at embarrassing people. The empress dowager who has not moved for a few years, who moves as soon as she moves, is extremely uncomfortable.Like a fishbone, even if it will be taken out eventually, the person who gets stuck in the throat must be unable to eat.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager was annoyed for a while, and she also knew that the concubine Ji Nian was very powerful, she might really dare to die.The most important thing is that the emperor is not yet in the palace, and the empress dowager has always been able to see but not understand her son's relationship.

I'm really not sure, if Nian concubine suddenly disappears, what will be the emperor's reaction when he comes back.

In short, it will definitely cast a shadow over such great joy.

The Empress Dowager picked up the string of Buddhist beads she put down when she was holding her grandson, and after a moment of irritability, she said to the Empress: "Empress, please take care of it, and keep her safe. Don't tell her to make trouble this year, especially this month." Come."

The queen had no choice but to agree angrily.She had expected that the result would not be very good in the matter of going back and forth with the Queen Mother today, and as expected, this burden fell on her - no, the Queen Mother naturally puts the current Fourteenth Lord first in her heart, and she doesn't want to add any bad luck to this moment.

So it fell on her to get rid of the bad luck.

Nian is really the evil star in her life!

The queen resigned very listlessly.Jiang Heng looked at it with sympathy, alas, this is too miserable for the empress.

The queen mother was not in the mood to talk much here, so she sent Jiang Heng a task and asked her to take the sixth elder brother back first, and told her that the emperor was not in the Old Summer Palace, and the palace people everywhere would inevitably feel a little more relaxed. Patrol the gate day and night.

Jiang Heng responded and went back to prepare to complete the task she took over.

Compared with the empress, Jiang Heng received a much simpler task: responsible for welcoming and taking care of Concubine Liang who was about to come to Yuanmingyuan.

This was the order of the emperor before his departure, ordering the palace general Dowager Liang to also be sent to the Old Summer Palace, so that she can meet Prince Lian at that time.

Counting the itinerary, Prince Lian will come back later, so he probably will go directly to the Old Summer Palace to celebrate the Longevity Festival.

This was the first time Jiang Heng met the legendary Concubine Liang face to face alone.

In the past, it was New Year's Eve, and when we went to meet the concubines with the queen, we would greet them together. Concubine Liang always sat quietly among the concubines, almost never speaking.

Originally, the relationship between the emperor and Prince Lian was extremely bad. Concubine Liang was a thoughtful person, and she was very worried about her son, so she was always depressed and sad. In the two years since the emperor took the throne, she was even a little sick.However, as soon as Prince Lian went to Annan, Concubine Liang let go of her worries about her son's safety, and at the same time worried about Hongwang, the only grandson in Beijing, who had no one to take care of her, but struggled to recover gradually.

Compared with the Empress Dowager's intermittent worship to Buddha, this one is really the devout demeanor cultivated by year-round worship to Buddha.

Even if she came back to Yuanmingyuan to see her son, she deliberately dressed to match the nobleness of a concubine, but she still had a kind of innocence, and she always carried the faint fragrance of incense sticks on her body for a long time.

A beauty is a beauty even when she grows old.

From her current facial features, Jiang Heng can still see some of the beauty that so surprised Lord Kangxi back then, even after knowing that she was Xin Zheku's sinner, he wanted to love her more.

It's just that Lord Kangxi has too many pets, and they are not worth much, so she can't save her life, and most of them depend on herself.

This meeting will come to Yuanmingyuan, Concubine Liang lives in Beiyuan Mountain Village, which is the most secluded and uninhabited in the north, which is exactly what she wants.

When Jiang Heng came to pay a visit and asked Concubine Dowager if she had any utensils that needed to be added, Concubine Liang only smiled and said: "Everything here is very good, thanks to Concubine Concubine for taking care of it."

He asked her to sit down again, and impatiently asked her how she spent the Longevity Festival, when Prince Lian would enter Beijing, and whether Fujin would come back with her, etc.

Jiang Hengfan knew about it, and told Concubine Liang in detail.

Seeing that the concubine was always full of ideas, Jiang Heng smiled and said: "When Prince Lian comes back, the empress can ask as many questions as she wants. The emperor specially chose the northernmost Beiyuan mountain village for the empress dowager to live in, just for the sake of Lian. If the prince enters the garden to pay his respects, he can go directly to the north gate, so as not to worry about meeting the other concubines in the garden."

Concubine Liang Amitabha, once, only praised Lord Long Live for her kindness and kindness.

This is really true.

Everyone knows that Lord Kangxi's heirs are famous, but they don't want the harem to be more famous!After all, the number of people in the harem is much larger than the number of heirs left by Lord Kangxi.

Concubine Liang was able to survive in Lord Kangxi's harem with such a background, she was a person with a clear mind.

She knew very well what was going on in the past few years when her son was at odds with the emperor, Concubine Liang was so worried that she thought her son would at least be imprisoned.I really didn't expect that the emperor would come up with the idea of ​​sending Prince Lian to Annan, which can be regarded as a warning to the people in the court that the emperor should not commit any disobedience lightly (after all, Prince Lian is still a younger brother by blood, and changing someone to Annan is a real exile, not a crime. Do something), and it can be regarded as giving Prince Lian a way out.

Therefore, Concubine Liang's praise of the emperor's benevolence was dug out of her heart.

After all, Master Kangxi's own father can't treat Ba Ye's son like this.

She was grateful for the emperor's magnanimity in her heart, and she liked Jiang Heng even more. At this time, she said: "I didn't have the opportunity to sit down and talk to you before. After all, it's not good for a person like me to seek you out so as not to cause you trouble." She The tone is very gentle and considerate, which makes people feel at ease: "So I have never had time to thank you in the future. In the past two years, you have given me a lot of things from Annan, and everything is very satisfactory."

After Jiang Heng became a noble concubine, the empress handed over the duties of the concubines to her—if it was said that when she was promoted to concubine, it was the first time that she participated in a group meeting of high-ranking concubines in the harem, and she was able to attend all major events in the harem. Decided, then the imperial concubine is really going to take away a piece of work to contract.

The emperor loves to send to her all the rare fruits and even local clothes sent by Annan.

Jiang Heng didn't forget to share a share and put it in Concubine Liang's share.

Concubine Liang doesn't necessarily like to eat sour dried mangoes, let alone shoot rubber balls and wear Annan women's clothes, but she loves these things very much. Son of these things.

Relying on these Annan things, she spent many nights missing her son very much.Therefore, I have always had a great affection for the imperial concubine who sent these things.At this moment, it was rare for the two of them to have a chance to talk alone, Concubine Liang took out a palm-sized flat box that she had prepared long ago: "The concubine must accept this little thing."

Jiang Heng has seen a lot of good things since he entered the palace, but what Concubine Liang took out was indeed a very beautiful and rare jasper bracelet, which was placed in the box. Change is like a circle of fresh clear water flowing.

Jiang Heng hurriedly refused in the name of the precious gift from the late emperor.

Concubine Liang shook her head and insisted: "Since the first emperor rewarded it, I had no choice but to keep it and never show it to anyone. Whether the noble concubine wants to take it out or keep it as a dowry for the princess, in short, it is my heart to accept it."

The age at which she was bestowed with this bracelet in private was the time when the late emperor loved her the most.

Now that she is giving away the most precious jewelry around her, Concubine Liang doesn't feel nostalgia at all, she just feels relaxed.

Not long after he came out of Beiyuan Mountain Village, Jiang Heng met Xue Ya at the beginning.

Xue Ya's eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Heng, and she hurriedly stepped forward to bless her: "My servant followed the path of Beiyuan Mountain Village all the way to find him, and I saw the imperial concubine."

Jiang Heng followed her to the Empress's Concubine Hall.

Today she went to see Concubine Liang, and they had a very happy conversation, but the empress was more unlucky and had to go to see Concubine Nian in person.The imperial doctor said everything in official language, so the queen had no choice but to go to see if the concubine Nian was really sick, or if she was just looking for faults.

It was a very unpleasant meeting for the Queen.

As soon as Jiang Heng entered the room, he smelled an exceptionally cool and strong mint smell, which was the queen's usual refreshing ointment.

"Sit down." It's also a comparison to show the effect, and thanks to the "Nian Guifei" in the past, the Queen's attitude towards Jiang Heng is very relaxed now.I feel that as a queen, it is not easy for her subordinates to have a concubine who is easy to get along with.

Jiang Heng sat down and asked, "Your Majesty went to visit, how is Nian Concubine's health?"

The queen shook her head: "I'm sick to some extent, but it's just a symptom of being hot and cold outside, and it's deliberate to slander people if I make such a fuss and look for death."

"My palace is gone, so good things have been said and all bad things have been said." The good words are concubine Huyou. It has been several years since your mistake and omission. Transform your life, maybe the emperor will let you out as soon as he is in a good mood, so why bother again.

The bad words were threatening Nian's concubine and said, "There are still many Nian's family members who are alive outside. You think you can't survive here in the secluded place of Yuanmingyuan. It doesn't matter if you fight to the death, but you have to think about it. Your clan members outside Still want to live.

It can be said that it is both soft and hard, even coaxing and deceiving.

Jiang Heng asked curiously, "How did Concubine Nian react?"

The empress sighed: "At first she just didn't talk, but later she said a word, 'If you want me to take medicine to get over this illness...'"

Jiang Heng suddenly had a very bad premonition when he was listening, and sure enough, the empress was also a little embarrassed and embarrassed: "She will not give up until she sees you."

Jiang Heng: ...I felt that the queen was unlucky for two days, and it turned out that I was the unlucky one.

In fact, Nianshi's original words were: "Your Majesty, don't waste your time talking. We have been together for many years. Who doesn't know who? I want to see the one who is now the imperial concubine! Talk to her 'what's on my mind' before I agree." If you are calm, you are willing to let the imperial doctor treat your illness! If your empress refuses to respond to me, let the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepare the coffin!"

"I also know that I'm only taking advantage of your heart when I die, but empress, do you dare to ask me to die now? Do you dare to ask me to die on the Longevity Day, which is the emperor's favorite day? Our Long Live Lord doesn't rub his eyes Sha, the more happy the event is, the more it must be complete everywhere, so there must be such a loophole... You said that after he came back, if he heard that I died suddenly, how would he feel, and how would outsiders talk about you as a queen?"

The person who really knows best is the enemy, and Nian Shi strangled the Queen's pain point to death.She really couldn't accept this Wanshou Festival, when the previous dynasty was complete and grand, and when the emperor left an emperor's achievements in the annals of history, the harem under her jurisdiction made such a big mistake.

Nianshi's tone and attitude of trying to manipulate you made the queen so angry that she really wanted to ask someone to carry the coffin on the spot, push Nianshi in and smash the coffin nails on the coffin and finish it off.

Jiang Heng saw that the queen's face was a little purple, so he knew how annoyed the queen was this time.

So she got up and said with a smile: "Since the concubine Nian misses my concubine so much, I'll just go over to comfort her. Don't get angry, madam. I'm going to be very busy in the future, and I have to preside over the overall situation." .”

Hearing this sentence, the queen felt: Look, people are more deadly than others, and they are all noble concubines, why there is so much difference, how can the current noble concubine speak so nicely!

The empress breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a little embarrassed: the empress dowager had entrusted her to handle this matter, but now she had to let the imperial concubine go for a walk—seeing that Nian was so mean to her for a while, she just Knowing that Nian has nothing to fear, with her hatred for Jiang Heng, she doesn't know what kind of verbal attacks she will receive from Nian's concubine.

The queen felt that Jiang Heng was really wronged.

I was also even more afraid that Nian would go crazy and do something violent, so he told Jiang Heng: "Take more palace people there...Jiao Jin, the deputy chief eunuch who the emperor stayed in Jiuzhou Qingyan, asked him to go with you. .”

Jiang Heng smiled and said: "Okay, Madam, don't worry, the concubine must wear absolute defense, and will not go to the meeting alone."

The queen was amused by Jiang Heng: "The storyteller is not as eloquent as you, so go ahead, if you want to appease Nian, I will hold a banquet for you later."

Jiang Heng saw that the queen's complexion had improved, so he left the Tongle Academy.

As soon as she went out, Qiu Xue's face changed, she was as anxious as the empress just now, turning red and purple: "Your Majesty, this is a hot potato! It's useless for the empress to go to favor and power, you go, how can I appease Nianshi? Is it possible to bear the humiliation and tell her to humiliate her to calm her down?"

Jiang Heng nodded: "Maybe she had this idea from the very beginning." Years passed, Nian felt more and more hopeless that the emperor would release her, and the possibility of letting her retire in this secluded place in the Old Summer Palace became more and more likely.

If it continues like this, Nian is afraid that he will never have the chance to see that hateful Guerjia who caused her to lose her imperial concubine position.

In Nian's heart, if it weren't for Jiang Heng's disrespect at the birthday banquet that year, she wouldn't be annoyed by her superiors for a moment and do the wrong thing of giving the emperor wine as a gift. Even without this person, Nian felt that she would still be a noble concubine , the family will still be the first-class mansion of the impressive.

After all, if people are always regretting, it is too painful to hate their own mistakes, and it will be much easier to find someone to resent.

This is the best opportunity, Nian is betting that no one will call her 'violent death' as ​​soon as the emperor leaves Beijing, so why not humiliate the old enemy for the last time now, what are you waiting for?

For Nian, being mean to the queen is an appetizer, and the main course will come later.

Jiang Heng could almost imagine that at this moment, Nian Shi would be working hard on the manuscript, just waiting for him to pass by.

"It's actually good." Jiang Heng turned his head and smiled at Qiu Xue: "I also have some regrets. I didn't have much chance to communicate with the former imperial concubine Nian except at the birthday banquet."

At that time, the status of the two people was still too far apart, and they were not equal.The imperial concubine got annoyed and issued an order to evict the guests. Jiang Heng was afraid of suffering immediate losses, so he had to run away quickly.

This time, there is no need to rush to retreat.

Everyone can open up and talk.

Jiang Heng ordered Qiu Xue to invite people in person after he returned to the Tan Tan Dang Mansion.

When Nanny Yu saw Qiu Xue go out with a sullen face, she couldn't help but wonder what was going on.

Instead, Jiang Heng put the matter aside and took care of his own affairs first: "Qiu Shuang, let me have a look at the apprenticeship gift list prepared for the sixth elder brother's enlightenment master."

Before leaving, the emperor mentioned that although he was not in the garden for the birthday of Sixth Brother, he had already prepared a birthday gift for his son.

"I know that you can't be bothered by the sixth elder brother, so I hired a good enlightenment teacher for him, and I will come to live in this other garden near the Old Summer Palace in October."

From the emperor's "please" word, Jiang Heng knew that this enlightenment master must not be a young Hanlin who was randomly picked from the Imperial Academy to teach the prince to read.

So Jiang Heng was very careful about this ceremony, and prepared several copies, just waiting for the report from the mysterious master, so that she could present the apprenticeship ceremony according to the identity of the other party.

She had just read the list of gifts, and Qiu Xue had already gone to two places to invite all the people Jiang Heng mentioned on the road.

Rao Yumao's eyesight, seeing the four Jiang Heng invited, he couldn't help being stunned, and couldn't help asking: "What are you going to do, Madam?"

The four that Jiang Heng invited were Jiao Jin, deputy director of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Liu Erqi, deputy director of Jiuzhou Qingyan in the Old Summer Palace, Su Momo, the Department of Punishment, and Yinqiao, one of the current deputy directors in charge of the Old Summer Palace.

Such a luxurious lineup surprised Nanny Yu.

Jiang Heng smiled and explained to the nanny: "Don't worry, it's nothing serious. I'm just ordered by the empress to relieve and comfort the sick concubine."

Nanny Yu: ...Are you sure you don't want to kill the Nian concubine secretly?

The four people who came were all considered to be high-ranking, powerful, and sharp-eyed among the palace people.Some concubines and young masters don't know about the new things in the palace, but they must be aware of them.I also know the news and the inside story about Nian's concubine's sudden 'illness'. Now that she was summoned by the imperial concubine, they all bowed down and waited for orders.

Jiang Heng smiled and said: "I don't need you to do anything, but I'm going to persuade Concubine Nian, and it's enough for you to accompany me as an eye."

Hushan was in the Wangguan, Concubine Xi was as surprised as Nanny Yu: "It doesn't count that the concubine invited the people in front of the imperial court, but she also invited the Department of Punishment?"

She lowered her head and thought for a while, then asked Dongqing to take the money: "Go to the imperial hospital, find the imperial doctor Dong who is a good friend, and ask him to help transcribe the pulse records and prescriptions of the concubine Nian for the past few days." Added another sentence: "And It's best to copy the peace pulse of the concubine Nian for the past two years."

Holly agreed to go.

Jiang Heng came to Qingxia Hall.

Now that the Old Summer Palace has been expanded a lot, and Fuhai is no longer the westernmost point, the concubine Nian and concubine Qi continued to move westward.

The site is farther away from the original main garden of the Old Summer Palace, so far away that even Jiang Heng, who likes to walk, has to use a walking chariot.

Along the way, the autumn scenery is bleak as we go to the west, not like the vicinity of Qingyan in Kyushu where the emperor is. There are many bright chrysanthemums everywhere.

However, in the courtyard of Qingsha Hall, even the desolate autumn scenery is gone, the entire courtyard is bare, with no vegetation or flowers in sight.

The little palace maid came out of the house, shaking like a sieve: "Here, my concubine, my concubine, please greet me, my concubine is not feeling well, so I can't come out to greet you, welcome."

Jiang Heng saw that the little maid was about to die of fright, so he waved his hands and said, "I'm here to visit the sick, so naturally I don't have to come out when the concubine Nian is seriously ill." He asked curiously, "Where is the original tree in the courtyard of the Qingxia Hall?" ?”

It is impossible for the inner courtyard of the Yuanmingyuan to be bare when it is built, not to mention the vegetation and gardens, even the tables, chairs, curtains and curtains have long been matched everywhere.

The little palace maid trembled slightly: It seemed that the imperial concubine was not angry, unlike when the empress came over in the morning, she got angry when she heard that the concubine was not coming out to greet her.

At this time, he quickly replied: "Nian's concubine said that the flowers and trees are disgusting, so she told them to pull them all out."

Qiu Xue was about to raise her eyebrows in the back, everyone in the palace knew that there was a famous small garden in Yonghe Palace, and the concubine here was plucked bare, and she kept saying that the flowers and trees were disgusting, this...

Jiang Heng didn't care, anyway, what the Nian clan pulled out was his own, not Yonghe Palace's.

So step in.

The room was a bit dark, but everyone could see the weird layout inside at first sight.

All the tables and chairs in the main hall of Qingxia Hall were pushed to the corner.In the middle of the room there are only a lot of embroidery frames stretched with various bright silks and satins.

Concubine Nian was holding a pair of large cloth scissors that didn't fit her slender figure, and walked forward in order with a blank expression, "stabbing" and "stabbing" violently cutting satin one by one.

Liebo made an ear-piercing sound.

Jiang Heng suddenly knew why the little maid was so frightened just now.

This scene seems to be a bit hellish.