Zhen Huan and colleagues Mi Wan Ling Xin

After waking up, she kept crying and fussing, saying that her baby was framed and died.All the time, the palace was full of chaos, and the chickens and dogs were restless.

It became clear within three days that Concubine Tian had eaten the Ruyi Cake brought by Concubine Cui, and the Ruyi Cake was mixed with oleander pollen, which was poisonous.

Concubine Cui hanged herself in her palace after discovering that the incident had been revealed.The eldest son of the emperor was raised by the queen.

Kill two birds with one stone, kill two birds with one stone, what a good strategy!Zhu Yixiu was really scheming, and he couldn't easily offend him.

The smart man speaks out, the stupid man shoots, and whoever wants the stupid man is tricked out by the smart man until there is nothing left.

058. fetal fall

On the seventh day of June, in hot weather, Xuan Ling and the queen went out of the palace to pray for rain, and everyone saw them off outside the gate of the palace, seeing the brigade winding away.Mrs. Xi Hua suddenly laughed softly: "This time I pray that only the empress of the harem will accompany the emperor. I am afraid that she will not only ask for rain in the sky, but also ask for a prince, so that the empress will be satisfied."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Mrs. Xi Hua said such disrespectful words, no one dared to say a word.Under the shining white sun, everything was silent.

She suddenly turned her head to look at Zhen Huan, her exquisite face was still flawless under the scorching sun.She is really beautiful and strong enough.She looked at her with a half-smile, and continued the topic just now: "Concubine Guan Gui, what do you think?"

Zhen Huan reacted quickly and said neither humble nor overbearing: "If the queen is really pregnant, it will be a happy event for Da Zhou, and the wife will be happy too, won't she?"

She smiled: "Of course. I think your concubine will be happy too."

Zhen Huan looked at her calmly: "The empress is the mother of the world, and naturally no one will be unhappy about it except those with ulterior motives."

She raised her sleeve to cover the sun, narrowed her eyes slightly, and seemed to be talking to herself: "Your articulation is getting better." She didn't say any more, but her eyes silently and sharply brushed across her cheeks, sharp and subtle. pain.In the end, her eyes fell on Zhen Huanwei's lower abdomen, with a complicated and confused expression.

Xuan Ling and the queen's first provocation after they left the palace disappeared without a sound.

Madam Xihua's hostility towards Zhen Huan is well known.

The group of people dispersed separately, Gu Mi walked to Zhen Huan's side, and suddenly smelled a quiet fragrance, sooth gum?

"Why did my sister still use spices during pregnancy?"

"Ah? My sister misunderstood. What I used was not spices, but healing glue, which was given to me by Ling Rong."

A just right smile appeared on Gu Mi's face, and with a clear voice, she said, "Sister, the more beautiful something is, the more poisonous it is." After finishing speaking, she ignored Zhen Huan's probing eyes, took the hand of the servant and went back to the Hall of Yilan Watch two baby bumps go.

With Xuan Ling not in the palace, the women had no targets to fight for, so they had to be calm if they wanted to.But some people are born restless.

This day, Gu Mi had just returned from Yining Palace to Yilan Hall after serving the Empress Dowager, so she left her two daughters at the Empress Dowager's place, allowing her to have fun with her grandchildren, and she could also take a day off.Before Gu Mi had time to take a breath, a deacon next to Mrs. Xihua came to deliver the message. He was courteous, but with no expression on his face, he said dumbly: "To pass on Mrs. Xihua's words, please Ming Zhaoyuan Mixiu Palace will listen to the matter together."

"Listen to matters together? So all the concubines are going?"

"Go back to your mother, yes."

"Okay, let me change my clothes for a while."

No matter how fast you go, it's still too late.When her sedan chair and Zhen Huan's sedan chair arrived at Mixiu Palace at the same time, Gu Mi knew something was wrong.

Mrs. Xihua's Mixiu Palace is magnificent, with multiple golden animal spines, and the beams and columns are all painted with auspicious patterns of the green luan soaring to the sky.

The two greeted each other, "Sister Wan doesn't seem to be looking very well today."

"It's just that the heat is unbearable, it's not a problem."

"In this way, my sister can rest assured." While speaking, he had arrived at the main hall of Mixiu Palace.

There are huge ice sculptures in the hall, which are as cool as water.The purple gold lily cauldron beside the main hall is burning with unknown spices, the fragrance is sweet and soft, it makes people feel drunk, it only makes people soft and crisp in their bones, and it is indescribably comfortable.Mrs. Xihua was sitting on the seat, her long beaded hair was hanging down her cheeks, she was shaking the lacquered peony multicolored fan in her hand, her eyes seemed to be half-open, but the delicately painted distant mountain eyebrows were extremely dazzling .The late arrival of the two of them made the already stagnant atmosphere even more rigid. After hearing the reason for their late arrival, Mrs. Xi Hua did not make things difficult for them and asked them to sit down.Letting it go so easily is really disturbing.

After saying a few words, when it was time for snacks, everyone relaxed a little, An Lingrong suddenly asked: "Madam's palace smells so good, what kind of spices are used?"

Mrs. Xihua's brows and eyes were full of pride, and she said: "An Meiren's nose is good! This is the spice that the emperor ordered someone to prepare carefully for this palace, called 'Huan Yixiang', and only one person in the harem is using it. I want to come to you I haven't seen it before."

Speaking of such words in public, everyone would be somewhat embarrassed and jealous, but with a status as noble as her, they would naturally ignore it.

An Lingrong smiled lightly, bowed his head and said: "My concubine is shallow, not as well-informed as madam."

After a few gossips, the concubines of the Sixth Palace remained silent again, quietly listening to her detailing the affairs of the palace.

"The matter of Concubine Tian and Xiaoyue has committed suicide in fear of guilt, and I don't want to bring up the old matter again. But from this incident, it can be seen that there are many people with ulterior motives in this palace. Moreover, there have been a lot of quarrels and fights among the palace ladies and eunuchs recently. It's lawless. It's time for the palace to clean up."

Although Concubine Jing also has the right to assist the Six Palaces, but Mrs. Xihua can't get in a word when she can't stop talking.Everyone listened like this, Mrs. Xi Hua just stroked her smooth and slender nails like water onion, and changed the subject lightly: "You can really be proud of being pampered when you are pregnant." As she spoke, she glanced sideways at Zhen Huan , the voice rose sharply, becoming sharp and harsh: "Concubine Guangui, are you guilty?!"

Zhen Huan didn't want to listen to her at all, but she was stunned when she suddenly spoke so harshly.Standing up and bowing her head, she said, "Madam is so angry, I don't know what's wrong? But please tell Madam."

Mrs. Xihua's eyebrows and eyes suddenly showed a gloomy look, and she shouted: "Today, the concubines and concubines gathered in Mixiu Palace to listen to the affairs. Ming Zhaoyuan has to serve the queen mother to take care of the emperor's concubine. It is understandable that she was late. Wangui concubine Zhen But Shi came late for no reason, didn't see the palace, and didn't kneel down!"

Gu Mi knew in her heart that Murong Shilan didn't punish her because she was concerned about the Gu family and because she hated Zhen Huan.

Zhen Huan was about to distinguish, but remembered the empress and Xuan Ling's instructions, so she could not bear the anger for a while, and knelt down slowly.

However, Mrs. Xihua's anger did not dissipate, and she became more and more severe: "If you are so disrespectful now, what will happen if you really give birth to an emperor's heir? Doesn't it mean that the harem will follow your surname Zhen!"

Zhen Huan didn't want to be tolerant, she lowered her head slightly, her posture was humble, but she didn't give in an inch: "Madam is angry, but I have to say it. When Concubine Concubine is pregnant, the emperor and queen must take good care of her. This is not for Concubine Cui, It is for the sake of the ancestral temple. The concubine is not late for no reason. Even if the concubine offends me today, there are the empress dowager and the emperor, and the empress is the emperor’s heir and aunt. The madam’s saying that the harem follows Zhen’s surname is really frightening to the concubine.”

Mrs. Xihua's well-groomed face tightened after hearing this, her eyebrows were like the daisies of distant mountains, and her pair of phoenix eyes made her domineering, not angry and majestic.Her breathing quickened slightly, and the fan in her hand slammed heavily on the armrest of the seat with a "click", causing everyone to look at each other in shock, and hurriedly straightened up and sat down.Concubine Jing hurriedly smoothed things over, no matter what, she was also known as an assistant to the Sixth Palace, and she would not be able to get rid of the responsibility if something happened in the palace: "Madam is thirsty after talking about it for a long time, why don't we just drink a cup of tea and rest. Guan As for your concubine, let her get up and talk too."

Mrs. Xihua ignored her, just stared at Zhen Huan, and finally said every word: "Women put women's morality first, and the noble concubine Zhen's flattery and flirtatious words, the following offenses, and disrespect to the palace..." Her thin and bright red eyes Tightly pursing her lips, she said angrily, "Punish him to kneel outside Mixiu Palace and recite "The Commandments for Women" as a lesson."

Concubine Jing hurriedly said: "Ma'am, the sun is very hot outside, and the granite is hard, how can you make your concubine kneel there?"

An Lingrong, who was far behind, also pleaded: "Madam calm down, please forgive my sister for the sake of your concubine's pregnancy, if there is anything wrong, the emperor and the queen will probably blame the lady when they return. "An Lingrong's voice was damaged, and such pleading and begging seemed even more pitiful, but Mrs. Xihua was furious: "The palace rules are not strict, of course they must be rectified, even if the emperor and queen are present, the concubine is the best example." , could it be that you are using the emperor and empress to blackmail the palace?"

An Lingrong was so frightened that his face was full of tears, he didn't dare to speak again, so he kowtowed incessantly.

Fang Chunyi also couldn't stand it anymore and got up and knelt down to intercede: "Madam please calm down, don't punish sister Wan and little nephew, if you want to punish, just punish me!"

Mrs. Xihua said angrily: "Okay, Concubine Chun will kneel with Concubine Guangui." Fang Chunyi was promoted to the fifth rank concubine during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Fang Chunyi didn't dare to refute, she just knelt down and wept.

Gu Mi also persuaded: "Madam calm down, my concubine looks at Sister Guan's complexion not very well today, and the sun outside is very venomous, for the sake of the emperor's heir, why not wait until the emperor and queen return to the palace to report the matter before making a decision?"

Mrs. Xihua was furious, and turned her head to stare at Gu Mi: "If the palace rules are not strict, it is natural to rectify them, even if the emperor and queen are here. Ming Zhaoyuan, I see that the queen mother loves you and you are the one between the two emperor concubines. I only forgive you for the sake of my mother, but it doesn't mean you can contradict me! Concubine Wan Gui's fetal gas is stable in the fourth month of pregnancy, so it's no big deal to kneel!"