This palace comes back in this life, only to be Nian Shilan

Chapter 159 The Queen Won't Let Her Die So Easily

"By the way, Songzhi, remember to give each palace maid in the Yikun Palace a packet of cold-resistant tonic during the winter." Concubine Hua was thinking of releasing a batch of palace maids in a few years.

"Yes, I understand. Please sleep well, Madam."

In fact, it was not a tonic for keeping out the cold, but a medicine for warming the uterus and replenishing the blood that Concubine Hua specially asked Wei Lin to prepare.

All the palace maids in this palace have been accompanying her in inhaling Huanyi incense for so many years. If they leave the palace at the age of 25, get married, but cannot have children, they will inevitably be despised by their husband's family. Hua Fei still has to try to regulate their bodies.

If it really doesn't work, when they are released from the palace, we can only give them more silver as compensation.

"Remember to drink more yourself," Concubine Hua reminded again.

"Yes, don't worry, Miss." Songzhi was happy that Concubine Hua cared about her and couldn't help but call her Miss Hua.

I haven't heard this title for a long time, Miss.

Perhaps it was the imagination evoked by this title that Concubine Hua really dreamed of the scene in the Nian Mansion before she got married.

At that time, my elder brother had just married my sister-in-law. He was only a Jinshi and did not have a proper official position. Our family did not live as wealthy as we do now.

But Hua Fei felt that those days were so sweet. When her brother came back from outside, he would bring a bag of chestnuts in his arms for herself and her sister-in-law to eat in the winter.

It was a snowy winter day. My sister-in-law was sewing on the couch with her pregnant belly, while I was trying on the hairpin in my brother and sister-in-law's makeup box in their room.

Little Songzhi was with her at that time, trying on one piece by herself. Songzhi would carefully take one and put it back to Madam Nian, fearing that her little master would damage the precious jewelry.

At that time, my sister-in-law looked at herself in the dressing mirror and said, "My sister is such a beauty, who will marry such a handsome boy in the future?"

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After waking up from a dream, Concubine Hua's pillow was wet.

Songzhi, who was making the bed for Concubine Hua, discovered the wet mark on the embroidered pillow.

"My lady, did you have a nightmare last night?"

The hand holding the jade hairpin paused.

"No, it was a beautiful dream."

After finishing her makeup, Concubine Hua quietly lit three incense sticks to Maitreya Buddha, and then resumed her lazy and arrogant attitude.

Sitting at the desk, Concubine Hua wrote a letter to her sister-in-law, slowly recounting the dream she had yesterday. She sealed the letter, gave it to Zhou Ninghai to take out, and then she leisurely flipped through the storybook.

It snowed in the Forbidden City and then melted.

Speaking of which, Concubine Hui had already celebrated her double full moon, and Zhusheng had been staying by Shen Meiyu's side to serve her. The Empress Dowager tacitly gave Zhusheng to Shen Meiyu.

Now Caiyue and Caixing both obey Zhusheng's instructions, and Cunju Hall is peaceful.

Because it was too peaceful, some people in Xianfu Palace began to feel uneasy.

The Empress Dowager issued an imperial decree to confer the title of Consort Hui on Consort Hui, so why is the enthronement ceremony still being delayed?

Could it be that the emperor disagrees? After all, Hui Guiren only gave birth to a princess.

Rumors just float around.

Finally, when Xiao Xiazi and the eunuch next to them were gossiping in the corner, the emperor overheard them.

The emperor already felt that he had let Shen Meizhuang down, and now he couldn't go back on his word.

It was just that she had other uses for the position of concubine, so she had delayed asking the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare for the ceremony.

Now that the rumors have reached his ears, the emperor can only find an excuse to cover it up.

That day, the emperor made a special trip to Xianfu Palace and had a grand meal with Concubine Jing and Shen Meizhuang.

The emperor weighed the importance of his two daughters again before clearing his throat and speaking.

"With winter approaching, the palace servants have slowed down their pace in repairing the palace. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the renovation of Chuxiu Palace may not be completed until after the New Year. Considering Jinghe's young age, I thought it would be better to wait until spring to hold the ceremony of conferring the title of concubine and move to a separate palace. Now I'll have to let you and Jingfei share the same space for a while."

The emperor hugged Jinghe Xiang non-stop. Three months later, the flesh on Jinghe's face had become visibly fatter.

"What is the emperor saying? It's just a new child. Isn't the Xianfu Palace big enough for me to live in?" Shen Meizhuang had heard the rumors before.

In addition to the clothes for concubines, the emperor also ordered people to make a set of auspicious clothes for the imperial concubine. It seems that the emperor has not yet decided which concubine to promote to the rank of imperial concubine.

It's not good to have five concubines in one harem, as it goes against the ancestral rules.

"I am also very happy that I can live with Sister Shen for a longer period of time. Wen Yi also can't bear to leave her." Concubine Jing also added.

Before the enthronement ceremony, everything was subject to change. Concubine Jing thought about the hardships Shen Meiyu had endured during her pregnancy and just hoped that this winter would pass quickly.

The emperor was enjoying family happiness in Xianfu Palace and went there several times frequently. When Concubine Li heard about it, she smashed the teacup to pieces again.

Just now, when she went to pay her respects to the Queen, the Queen provoked her: "Even if you have one daughter, it's good, but having two daughters in the same palace is even more incredible."

Concubine Li was angry that she couldn't get pregnant, and she also resented Concubine Hua for not giving Wen Yi to her to raise.

He even resented that Chun Changzai slept with him more often than he did.

Lipin was so nervous that she could not sleep well at night. When she went to bed, she could see three shadows hanging on the dead branches outside the window.

She asked the palace maid who was on night watch to go outside to check. When the maid came back, she said that the branches outside were bare and there was nothing on them.

But she clearly saw three figures.

After sleepless nights, fine wrinkles appeared on Lipin's face and she looked different from before.

Looking anxiously in the dressing mirror, Concubine Li could only secretly take another Xiji Pill.

Only when her face regained some color did Lipin feel a little relieved.

This happened several times, and Lipin's medication dosage became higher and higher.

"Your Majesty, judging from Concubine Li's face, if she continues to use the Xiji Pills, I'm afraid her life will be in danger again." Wei Lin said this when he came to check on Concubine Hua's pulse one day.

"Let her go. The Queen won't let her die easily." Hua Fei's cold tone was as if she was talking about an object.

"Songzhi, where did the emperor go today?"

"Your Majesty, the Emperor went to Xianfu Palace to visit the two princesses."

"Let's go to the warehouse to pick up some small things, and then we can go to Xianfu Palace to have a look."

After being silent for such a long time, Zhen Huan didn't make any movement. Counting the days, it would be in the next two days.

Songzhi responded and accompanied Concubine Hua to Xianfu Palace.

Even at the entrance of the main hall, Concubine Hua could already hear the babbling of the baby in the hall and the laughter coming from the emperor's throat, which was clogged with phlegm and smoke.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. I didn't expect you to be here too."

"Get up, why are you here in Xianfu Palace today?"

Yongzheng felt that Concubine Hua had deliberately come to Xianfu Palace to meet him by chance, and he was secretly delighted.

Looking at Concubine Hua’s gorgeous attire today, it would be nice to go to her Yiku Palace for a nap after lunch.

Hua Fei: Are you thinking of something nice?

"I came to see Jinghe. I haven't seen this child for a long time. I wonder if she has grown up a little bit?"

Wen Yi could already understand what people were saying, and when he saw the adults coming one by one to look for his sister, he reached out to hug her.

As soon as the emperor's eyes fell on Wen Yi who was seeking attention, Xiao Xiazi came in and reported,

"Your Majesty, Xiao Yunzi from Suiyuxuan came and said that Concubine Wan is unconscious."