Yongzheng period

There are people from Kunning Palace to take care of and serve, only the nobleman and the eighth elder brother can't squeeze in Kunning Palace too.Daiyu originally wanted to arrange her in the Yanxi Palace, but in the end, Concubine Duan took Liu and her elder brother back to Jingyang Palace on the grounds that the Lord of Yanxi Palace is seriously ill.

Yongzheng acquiesced in Liu's going to Jingyang Palace, and issued a clear decree to allow him to raise the eighth elder brother alone as a "noble person", which immediately dispelled the enthusiasm of a group of people for the custody of the eighth elder brother.

On the second day after Mrs. Liu returned to the palace, she brought her eighth elder brother to the Changchun Palace to pay her respects. Her expression was respectful and polite, and her words were impeccable. She was completely different from the little promise who relied on weakness to win sympathy and pity back then.

"My concubine, Liu Shi of Jingyang Palace, has met the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine, Jin An."

"Hongzhan has seen Hui'eniang."

Eighth Prince is the same age as Liu Gege, only three years old, and looks very round.Daiyu saw that his birth was a celebration, so she ordered Chunxian to fetch a longevity lock, and hung it on his chest with her own hands, and said with a smile, "This is a meeting gift prepared by Hui Erniang for Hongzhan, Hongzhan likes it?"

Hongzhan blinked ignorantly, children naturally cannot resist shiny things, and immediately said softly, "Hongzhan likes Hui'eniang's gift!"

His little appearance was so cute that everyone in the room burst into laughter.Mrs. Liu said from the sidelines, "The concubine, on behalf of Hong, thanks the imperial concubine and empress for the reward."

"It's okay, it's just a small thing." Daiyu waved her hand, "This palace of longevity lock was originally given to Xiaojiu, but the emperor specially gave it to the other side. Today, I donated it to the eighth elder brother. It's also reasonable."

Mrs. Liu was quite patient, she answered "Yes" and continued to wait, Daiyu saw that she was so emotional about the changes in the world, she only said a few more words, "As a concubine in the harem, you should be cautious in your words and deeds" and stopped talking. , and seeing that she was wearing very plain clothes, he couldn't help asking her, "I see that my sister has nothing to wear, but there are still things that I haven't bought in time?"

Liu said, "The empress is seriously ill, and the concubines are only following the palace rules. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has not withheld the status of the concubines. Isn't the imperial concubine not a rich and beautiful thing?"

Daiyu listened to her words and thought about Ulanara's current appearance, so she could only sigh, "My sister has a heart."

——It's just that poor people are always pitiful.

In the late spring, as if in order to cope with the continuous rainy scenery at this time, after the queen returned to the palace in critical condition, the queen mother also fell ill again.

【67】

The Compassion Ning Palace spoke softly, and a few arm-thick candlesticks cast a dim yellow light on the bed curtain.During the day, the Empress Dowager dismissed the concubines who came to serve the sick, and there was no one else in the palace except the two maids sleeping outside the screen, and even Zhu Xi was nowhere to be found.

Fortunately, the guards around the Palace of Compassion and Ning have not been replaced. The inner eunuch who guards the gate saw Noble Wu Ya coming alone, and only let her in as if she was a member of the Empress Dowager's family who was worried about the Empress Dowager's safety.

Noble Wu Ya calmed down his frantic heartbeat, stopped the little eunuch's movement of going inside to report, and said in a low voice, "And there is no need to go inside to report, so as not to disturb the Queen Mother's rest. The Lord just came to have a look, and left in a quarter of an hour. After saying that, he pushed open the door very lightly, and walked into the hall with a pale expression.

The Empress Dowager was sleeping, her eye sockets were sunken, her temples were mottled, and her breathing was shallow.Without Zhuxi, the two little maids could not be in charge, thinking that as a member of the empress dowager's family, Wuya nobleman could not harm the queen mother's heart, so Wuya nobleman found an excuse to send them out.At this moment, there were only two of them left in the inner hall, nobleman Wu Ya stepped forward to tuck the quilt for the Queen Mother, and at the same time called softly, "Grandmother...?"

It seems that because of the serious illness, the queen mother just moved her eyelids, and there was no other response—there were many candle shadows in the room, and Wu Yagui was staring at the old and weak queen mother on the sick bed with a gloomy expression for a while, the queen mother's indifference, Scenes of the family's abandonment, the illusion of past glory and broken dreams came to her mind—she couldn't help but have a very bold and vicious idea in her heart like a demon.

Nobleman Wu Ya managed to regain his composure, pulled out a handkerchief from his cuff, and threw it into the basin filled with water with shaking hands: There is a criminal law of killing people without leaving traces in the prison, "Kaijiaguan", the jailer only needs to Cover the prisoner's face layer by layer with yellow paper soaked in water, and when the fifth sheet is used, the person will not move.

The Empress Dowager is seriously ill now, and her breathing must be weak. Naturally, there is no yellow paper on Wu Yagui's body that can be wetted, but at the age of the Empress Dowager, and she is sleeping soundly, a woven silk handkerchief with extremely poor air permeability - presumably only needs to be wrapped on the Pressing his mouth and nose on his face, he will lose consciousness in a while.

Noble Wu Ya twisted the handkerchief happily, and when she put the handkerchief on the Queen Mother's forehead in a ecstasy, the Queen Mother who was supposed to be asleep suddenly opened her cloudy eyes, grabbed her right wrist, and said every word He said very slowly, "It's you...how are you here?!"

Noble Wu Ya was so frightened that his heart almost stopped, he trembled for a long while and said, "...I... my concubine... my concubine is here to serve the Empress Dowager...because...because of the daytime The Empress Dowager Li... sent all the sisters away... so the concubines..."

"So...you are so filial?" The queen mother narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at the panicked face of Noble Wu Ya.Her strength is not like that of a seriously ill old man. The strength that restrains nobleman Wu Ya's wrist is vigorous and powerful. Under panic, Wu Ya almost illusioned that her bones were about to be crushed, and her heart was flustered like numbness.

It took a while for the queen mother to let go of her wrist, still staring at her and said coldly, "Then what were you going to do just now?"

"The concubine just saw that the queen mother was not sleeping well, so she wanted to wipe your forehead with a handkerchief." Noble Wu Ya's mind was spinning quickly - looking at this scene, the queen mother is probably pretending to be sick!On the face, he was very obedient, "...the concubine came here this time, not only to serve the sick, but also...it is related to the criminal minister Longkoduo and the queen mother—?"

"Oh?" The queen mother's calm eyes glowed with a cold light, piercing into Wu Ya's skin like a blade, and said slowly with a calm and unhurried momentum, "It seems that you are here to seek refuge with Aijia? You know, let’s talk about it for now.”

*

Because the masters in the palace fell ill one after another, and finally even the queen mother fell ill, Yongzheng had to postpone the entry of the new batch of beautiful women to September, and after a long deliberation, he issued a decree for bestowing marriages: Among them, Li Rongbao's The daughter is married to Prince Heng's second son, Hong Xun, who is the eldest son of Fujin, and Yinqi has no sons. After Yongzheng inquired about Lao Wu's intentions, he made Hongzhang the prince's son.

The marriage of Fucha Langhua, who has attracted the most attention, has been settled, and the daughter of Weng Guotu, another leader of the Fucha family, gave the fourth elder brother as the side Fujin—then the last remaining member of the Fucha family is lost Fucha Yixin, the daughter of Minister E Zhe, everyone knew that she might be the young master who was about to enter the palace.

There are also Huang Yiying, the daughter of Huang Renxi from Zhizhou, and Ayanjueluo Jiahui, the third-class bodyguard from Xiyin, as the fifth elder brother Gege. Although the day of the palace draft girl has been postponed, after a round of marriages, it has been brushed down a lot show girl.The rest of the beautiful women who participated in the palace selection and were likely to be selected, together with their family background and appearance, were listed by the reviewing eunuchs who asked for rewards for their respective masters—most of the reviewing eunuchs were candidates from each palace, and they were the second in Daiyu Palace. The chief is also one of the leading eunuchs in this draft.These eunuchs were ordered by their lords to record those outstanding girls in the book, and the empresses in the palace thought about how to care about these beautiful girls after seeing them in advance. Water is extraordinary.

And the appearance of a beautiful girl in the list of beautiful girls sent to each palace caused waves in the Palace of Compassion and Jingyang—this is a later story.

*

In May, the pomegranate blossoms are everywhere, people from Shangshan Monastery come and go, guests come and go, and many ladies from official families come here to ask for marriage.

There is the sound of wooden fish in the temple, and the incense is lingering endlessly.Zhen Huan and her personal maids, Huanbi and Liuzhu, knelt on a row of futons and looked up along the smoke, only to see Guanyin with kind eyes and kind eyes, smiling at all living beings.Zhen Huan looked respectful, thinking about the selection of the palace in a flurry of thoughts, a little panic and a little anticipation, she couldn't help clasping her hands together, and told the gods about the complicated things in her heart, "Although believers are not as good as men in making achievements, they don't want to let themselves down easily. If you want to marry , must marry the best man in the world. That is...even if a believer can enter the court, she can win the hearts of the people, and she will never leave her head, but I pray for the protection of the Bodhisattva."

"...It is said that the Bodhisattva here is the most effective, and the lady's mind will definitely come true." Huanbi said playfully as she walked out.

"Miss," Liu Zhu said with a lively temperament, "all the other beautiful girls are seeking to be selected, but our young lady is only seeking to lose the election. The Bodhisattva will definitely remember it."

Just as they were talking, a master came towards them, and the three of them hurriedly bowed their bodies and saluted. Zhen Huanyan laughed at Yanyan, and said to Zhu Zhu, "Shh! It is said that making a wish is not effective, let alone putting down the sign, how can it be done?" Say it in public."

——Zhen Huan has always been known as the "Zhuge of the Female High School", and Zhen's father is a third-rank official, and there are not a few officials who have good relations with the DPRK and China.Zhen Huan has been conceited of her talents since she was a child, and she has a lot of arrogance in her heart. She has complicated feelings about the draft and enter the palace, but she doesn't think she can be compared with other beautiful women.

The three masters and servants laughed and laughed, and saw a woman in a lotus root pink dress leading a maidservant through the main entrance with the tip of her eyes, and hurriedly said, "Look, my lord! Isn't that Miss An?!"

Zhen Huan was taken aback when she heard the words, since the Huanbi slammed into her last time, the Zhen'an family had a rift, but they didn't want to meet again here.Thinking of this, Zhen Huan waited at the same place, and waited for An Lingrong to show her kindness before and after, "Sister An also came to offer incense to petition? I heard that your father has been valued by the emperor recently.