[Strategy of Yanxi Palace] Another year of spring

The previous war broke out again, and the emperor in the harem discovered Mrs. Wen Shu's last letter, which made the emperor feel very anxious recently.Especially the matter in the harem directly affected the legitimacy of his throne. If it was revealed, the entire Qing Dynasty would be shaken.

Fortunately, there are two generals on the front line, Fu Heng and Zhao Hui, who are currently controlling the situation of Huo Lan's troops, and there is no need for the capital to worry too much for the time being, which gave the emperor a chance to breathe.

Ying Luo also breathed a sigh of relief.Although she said a lot of treasonous things in a hurry that day, she didn't really want to live anymore. Seeing that the Queen and Concubine Shu began to receive great favor from then on, she had to be prepared to face the hostility of the palace. , but these two major events attracted the emperor's attention, and for the time being, not many people noticed the weird atmosphere between her and the emperor.

These days, she started to please the Queen Mother in order to please the Queen Mother, and frequently entered and exited Shoukang Palace.After the incident of Wen Shu appeared, there were fewer concubines in the Empress Dowager's palace, and there was no second person who went to serve her every day like Yingluo. When they came out of Shoukang Palace, they would unconsciously breathe a sigh of relief.

Mingyu was a little puzzled, but Yingluo just smiled wryly when she asked.After all, Mrs. Wen Shu's matter is the top secret of the court. Most of the court ladies only heard some words vaguely. The concubines know more, so they know how much weight is in that fluffy letter.

But the Empress Dowager, who was estranged from the emperor on the surface, still smiled every day. Even though she was sick in bed, Yingluo's gaze made Yingluo a little apprehensive every time.

It is said that the women in this palace have cultivated a heart like a snake and a bottomless city, so as the most honorable and oldest victor in this palace, what kind of face is hidden behind the empress dowager's benevolent eyebrows? ?

Yingluo thought about herself, and thought of the words "feeding snakes with her body" for no reason.Even if Mr. Qing turned his back on her, he still couldn't let her get rid of the pimple between her brows.

She can also be considered a scheming woman, but compared with the queen mother, her skills are really immature, so she has no thought and courage to play tricks in front of the queen mother, and is obedient and obedient as if she is an obedient pawn of the queen mother.

She has indeed learned a lot these days.The atmosphere in the palace was getting worse, but it hadn't had any substantial impact on the high-ranking nobles. At this time, the Empress Dowager announced that she would go to the Old Summer Palace to recuperate.

This move of taking advance as retreat was too far-sighted, and won the emperor's heart before all the turmoil in the palace was brewing.Yingluo sat in the carriage, watched the old woman in front of her stop talking, put down the tea in her hand, and sighed.

"The emperor is still too soft-hearted. He shouldn't have chased out of Beijing like this before the truth came to light. After today, how should the people in Beijing discuss? How should the ministers of the court think? Only do things according to your heart, as the emperor , is really too capricious."

After finishing speaking, she gave Yingluo a indulgent and helpless smile, as if she was really an old woman who was worried about her children and grandchildren.

Yingluo sat stiffly in place, listening to the sound of guards surrounding the eunuchs of the House of Internal Affairs and the carriage, as well as the sound of the emperor humbly begging outside.

"The Ai family took you to the Old Summer Palace like this, and I feel a little sorry for you. You are a good concubine, and the emperor likes you very much. Taking you away like this, the emperor doesn't know how to complain about the Ai family. What about Concubine Ling? Are you willing? You can still go back on your word now."

Yingluo twitched the corners of her lips: "The Empress Dowager thinks highly of Yingluo. The emperor has already hated his concubines to the extreme. Thanks to the Empress Dowager who still thinks about Yingluo, these days are more of a blessing. Now she is taking Yingluo away from the queen and Shu in the palace. Concubine's sharpness, it's too late for my concubine to be grateful, besides, my concubine is quite familiar with the Old Summer Palace, so it's more convenient for me to serve you."

The smile on the Empress Dowager's face deepened, and she said: "Hey, it would be great if you understand."

Yingluo lowered her head meekly.

What happened to the Qian family was indeed done by the Empress Dowager, this smile explained everything.Yingluo was so shocked that she lost her words, as if she had just understood the situation in the Forbidden City until now.

In the end, the emperor still failed to invite the queen mother back to the palace.In the 17th year of Qianlong, the Empress Dowager and her concubine retreated to the Old Summer Palace. The two giants in the palace temporarily withdrew from the battle. The concubines in the inner palace saw the opportunity and became active. Suddenly, a hundred flowers bloomed.

Qing Guiren, who had hardly changed her status in the palace for many years, was promoted to Qing Concubine, and Concubine Shu also got her wish and became pregnant. Under the care of her elder sister, Mrs. Fucha, she gave birth to her tenth elder brother safely. The queen will also go into labor, and the harem is thriving.

In April, the queen's delivery date was approaching, the inner palace was under martial law, and the supervision of entry and exit was extremely strict.The east and west six palaces are seen as the same as iron barrels, and the Yikun palace even loses a layer of skin when a mosquito flies in. It really shows the superb management of the six palaces by Queen Nala. Compared with Queen Xiaoxian, there are rewards and punishments. The speed is thunderous.

The entrance of the palace is very tight, and basically all people who are not in the palace are forbidden to enter the palace.The guarding guards obeyed the orders of Yikun Palace, and including the clan Fujin, they were not allowed to enter or leave.

Sixth elder brother went to Yuanmingyuan with concubine Ling and the queen mother, and the date of return has not yet been determined.Now that none of the elder brothers in the palace is born, the queen naturally has the highest expectations for the child in her womb, and is very nervous.

As the day approached the palace ban, a carriage suddenly arrived at the gate of the palace.A well-dressed maid helped a female relative out of the carriage.She was slender and tall, wearing a blue cloak and hiding her face under the hood.

Another maid followed the master silently with her head down.

The maid in Manchu costume showed the token to the guard at the gate. The guard looked carefully and saw the family crest of the Fucha clan, but did not order to open the gate.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Fucha, it's already the time of the palace ban. Besides, the empress is about to give birth, and the palace has banned the servants from entering the palace."

"This is a letter from the Empress Dowager sent from the Old Summer Palace in a hurry! The Empress Dowager thinks that matters are urgent, and the fourth wife of Fucha is allowed to enter the palace tonight. Are you going to resist the order of the Empress Dowager?"

Ruyi took out a letter from her sleeve, held it in both hands and handed it over, with a stern look on her face.

The guard was stunned for a moment, took it and opened it, and saw that it was indeed printed with the empress dowager's seal, so he bowed and saluted: "I don't dare."

"Then why don't you open the palace gate and let people go?"

Although the guard respectfully returned the letter, he didn't intend to move his body to make way.

"It's just that the empress has already issued an order. Unless the emperor gives an order, no irrelevant people are allowed to enter the palace. The empress rules the six palaces. Without her consent, the servant has no right to let you in."

Ruyi flushed with anger: "It's the Empress Dowager, don't you even listen to the Empress Dowager now?"

"Okay." The person protected by her said, a cold and tense voice came out from the hood, it sounded very young, but full of majesty, "Managing the harem is the empress's responsibility. There's nothing wrong with Yuri."

She took a step forward, stretched out a pair of jade-white hands from inside the cloak, and took off the hood, revealing a face that is also beautiful in the night.

"The wife of Fucha Fu Heng, Duke Zhongyong, asked to enter the palace with the yellow vest bestowed by the emperor. If it is not enough, there is also a dragon pendant bestowed by the emperor himself."

She opened the palm of her right hand to the guard, who was shocked when he saw what was in her palm, and quickly knelt down, kneeling on the ground with the guards around the palace gate.

No one dared to stop, the palace gate opened, and the master and servant hurried in.

Shi Chun tightly held the jade pendant in her hand, the dragon-shaped concave-convex carving hurt her palm a little.

Last night, sister Nalan Chunxue's personal maid ran into the gate of Fucha's house in a mess.The court lady, who is proficient in water skills, came out of the city from the river in the palace, and ran back to the capital without any delay, and found Fucha's house, just to seek help from her sister for the young lady who followed into the palace, or was she ashamed of her heart My master is looking for a little comfort that is not available in the lonely and cold palace.

When Shichun sent people to rush out of Beijing to look for the Empress Dowager in Yuanmingyuan, her hands were shaking. She sat all night last night, and finally waited until the servants from Yuanmingyuan came back before entering the palace before today's confinement.

Looking at it now, fortunately she was careful, the queen guarded the palace so tightly, even the queen mother's orders would not be so useful when she was not in the capital, if she hadn't sent people to Lingfei to find Yong Cong, if he wants the jade pendant given to him by the emperor, I'm afraid it will be a waste of time today.

There are only a few lamps hanging in front of Chengqian Palace, the shadows of the lamps are dim, and there seems to be a dark monster dormant inside the gate, showing a strong mystery and bleakness in the already dark Forbidden City.

Among the six east and west palaces, there are not a few palaces like this.The places that the Holy Majesty does not favor are the shadows in this palace, but such shadows have never appeared in the Chengqian Palace in the past, at least, they have never shrouded Yehenara's head.

Shi Chun looked up at the palace, his eyes narrowed as if being stung.

The Yehenala family was deeply favored by the Qing Dynasty for a hundred years, and they seemed to be full of flowers, but now, Yehenala's power in the middle of the dynasty has not been as good as before. Even the only concubine of the Yehenara family in this dynasty has never been really valued.

She walked in, the courtyard was bleak, the palace people were driven into the room by the collapsed master, and they dared not show their faces easily, the guarding maids in front of the main hall hurriedly raised the curtain.

"You are finally here. Meiyi's method is really too risky. Today, I have been waiting with my heart in my heart."

The big palace maid next to Concubine Shu came up to meet her, touched Shi Chunfu's lower body, and then looked at the palace maid behind Shi Chun who followed her back to the palace with her head down, and was relieved.

Shi Chun didn't say much, took off the cloak and handed it to her, and asked directly: "Where is your empress?"

Meixiang sighed, looked carefully at the inner hall, and pointed: "Your Majesty has been lying on the bed and hasn't gone down to the ground. It's been almost a day and she hasn't entered anything. This time the blow was too big, Madam, look It's a bit ruthless to be disheartened."

Shi Chun twitched the corner of his mouth, no matter how Mei Xiang looked at it, he felt that arc was cold and ironic.

She didn't say anything to the maids, leaving a few of them alone, and walked into the inner hall alone.Layers upon layers of curtains were placed on the Babu bed inlaid with gold and jade, and many decorations inside were missing, most likely because Concubine Shu had smashed it.

When Shi Chun lifted the curtain, there was a pale woman lying on the bed inside, staring at the bed curtain with distracted eyes, there were still some tear stains on her face, nothing in her eyes, white and fluffy.

Shi Chun snorted, she was not unfamiliar with this state, but it really seemed like a scene from many years ago had reappeared.Smiling and smiling, the corners of her mouth couldn't be drawn back. At this moment, the woman whose eyes fell on the tent also turned her head around.

"Young Madam." Chunxue seemed a little surprised, but quickly disappeared the fluctuations on her face, and returned to her calm look. Now it seemed that nothing could attract her attention, so she turned her head back again.

"What do you look like now?" Shi Chun scolded, and sat on the edge of the bed, but gently stroked the hair of the person on the bed.

Nalan Chunxue let her touch her, her eyelashes trembled, and she sighed silently.

There was silence.

"There will be, there will always be." Shi Chun said, his voice was a little harsh, but firm.

Chunxue sighed and smiled: "Oh, ma'am, why do you need to comfort me? What's wrong with Xiao Shi? Xiao Shi was protected so well by you, how white and healthy she was when she was born, I was so happy. It's been so many years , The emperor finally saw me, and finally there was a crying and laughing child in my empty Chengqian Palace, this is really something I never imagined."

She raised her eyes to look at Shichun who was bending over, her black eyes reflected Shichun's white face, she said softly: "When I was in the mansion back then, I was always afraid to enter the palace with you. Everyone around you is a foil. Erniang persuaded me to give up, but I was unwilling. I wanted to enter the palace to be a concubine since I was a child, wear the best clothes, wear the most expensive jewelry, and let all the sisters bow their heads in front of me Come on, so later on, you didn’t want to enter the palace no matter what. I was only happy when I heard it, but I never thought about why you didn’t want to. Now that I understand, it’s already too late. I’ve been stuck here for a long time, and I can’t get out anymore gone."

She closed her eyes and looked away: "But I still look forward to it. I look forward to being seen by the emperor. When this day finally comes, I look forward to more. When the imperial doctor said that I was pregnant, God knows I'm so happy, but I'm so scared, I'm so worried that he won't survive, I'm so worried that he will disappear inexplicably like Brother Jiu. So I beg you to enter the palace to take care of me, and I beg you to manage Chengqian Palace for me. You protect me and my child, he was so strong when he was born. Although the emperor did not come, I am satisfied."

"How could Xiao Shi die young? But he just died. A wind and cold can kill him. The whole imperial hospital is unanimous. As his mother and concubine, I have nowhere to start. The emperor reprimanded me for being suspicious. , the queen banned my feet, what can I do except shed two tears for my child in my own palace? The queen is about to give birth, and the whole palace revolves around her. My poor little ten died yesterday , Forcibly held down the funeral ceremony for the birth of the son-in-law. My son is also the prince, and he can't even die in a good manner, without even a name, I hate it so much."

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face and wet the pillow.

Elder Brother Ten had a cold the day before yesterday, and he had a fever all night but he didn't get better. He still went last night.The palace was full of joy because the queen was about to give birth. The emperor didn't want to add bad luck at this time, so he suppressed the news of the death of the ten princes.This news was kept very tight, and now the palace is tightly controlled, if Chunxue's maid hadn't sneaked out of the palace to tell Shichun the news, she wouldn't have known about it at all.

Since Concubine Shu became pregnant, Shi Chun often went to the palace to accompany her, and blocked her plots and murders. It was during that time that she truly understood the methods of concubines in the harem, and she felt exhausted every day.After finally giving birth in October, Concubine Shu gave birth to Elder Brother Shi, even if she was surprised and suspicious that the emperor let Chunxue get pregnant, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and feel lucky.

She thought that maybe the emperor's family might not be as suspicious as she thought, and the tiger's venom didn't eat children. What she said in Ama's study room at the beginning might just be her guess. After all, Ye He is in decline now. She threatened her, but she didn't expect that the birth of a child does not mean that the catastrophe is over.

In early spring, it was cold day and night, and if adults slept with the window open at night, they might catch a cold, not to mention that the tenth elder brother was only two months old, so he couldn't hold it.

How can it be prevented like this?People's hearts are inherently hard to guard against. The sky in this palace wants people to die. Who can guard against it?nobody.

Concubine Shu's complexion was pale, she had just confirmed the death of brother ten yesterday, she had a serious illness, and when she woke up, she already looked lifeless.

Nalan Chunxue looked at Shi Chun, sad and sad: "Sister, I'm so cold here."

Many years ago when she watched Chunxue walk into the palace gate, she had this kind of bad premonition.On the day of entering the palace, there were clusters of bright red roses under the vermilion walls, competing for beauty, but cold thorns gleamed under the buds, huddled in the shadows under the palace wall, just like a person in this deep palace. Another beautiful and miserable woman.

She reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her sister's eyes, took off her shoes and socks, sat on the bed, and hugged the pale and emaciated man in her arms: "Good boy, my sister is here with you today."

Shichun lowered his eyes and stroked Chunxue's trembling back again and again. The body under the palm was slender and emaciated, like a skeleton covered in flesh and blood.She thought of the past, of the Nalan Mansion in the past, she didn't like this most innocent and eccentric younger sister, sometimes she even felt that she was too stupid and didn't take care of her sincerely, but after all, she was in a place she didn't know. It's just that the price of maturity is too great and painful to grow into this appearance over time. After this incident, I believe she will never be naive again.

Shichun felt guilty and painful for his arrogance and indifference.The strength of siblings is stronger than she thought, and no one can count on everything forever. This is Nalan Shichun's growth and understanding today.

She spoke, stroked Chunxue's hair, and said softly: "Xue'er, you are the most outstanding Nalan person, always have been."

A person who wants to glorify his family is just a little naive, so he should be played by fate?

Shi Chun murmured: "Nalan's family motto, don't avoid the past, don't be afraid of the future. From now on, live for yourself. At least, in this palace... live happily. Not for others, but for You yourself. Don’t do anything you’re not happy with, and don’t listen to the person who told you to go to the front with tears in your eyes. You should be more arbitrary than anyone else. Ama’eniang doesn’t need you to shine on the lintel, Pingjun Wangfu and Fu The Cha family will protect you, so live happily."

Chunxue, she is not disheartened, but already ashamed.

That night, the Yikun Palace was activated, and before dawn, the queen gave birth to a boy named Yongzheng.

At that time Chunxue had just fallen asleep, Shi Chunjie got off the bed, walked lightly to the door, and glanced in the direction of Yikun Palace.

The red sun is rising, and there are magpies calling on the branches. Everything is a good omen.The birth of Qi He's son, an important minister of the former dynasty, made the emperor roll his eyes with a smile.

Shichun only saw that it was dawn, and a new day had begun, and today was much warmer than yesterday.

When Chunxue wakes up, maybe the winter jasmine will bloom in the yard.

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