Spring apricots around the palace wall

Chapter 13
The Fengyi Palace was quiet as usual.

The queen's heart couldn't be settled, so she asked people to take out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and transcribe the verses that were pleasant and nourishing.

The maids wiped the vases beside them and packed up their things, all very lightly.

The Junjiao flower inserted in the vase looked like it had fallen. The bright red petals were dark and withered. Mammy Li was about to throw it away when the queen suddenly asked, "It's been ten days since Concubine Ruan has been gone."

Mammy Li moved for a while, then inserted Jun Jiao Hua back, and said, "Yeah, it's time to go to Huainan."

The queen patiently finished writing the words, put down the ink pen, stood up, rubbed her slightly sore waist, and walked outside the hall.

For the past ten days, the weather has been good, the sky is sunny every day, and the warm sun shines on the body, which is very comfortable.It's just that she was not in the mood to go out. The concubines came to greet her every day, and Concubine Shu would always stay and talk with her for a while.

Although Concubine Shu is carefree, she is not stupid at all. She picks up interesting things to tell her, and she sometimes laughs along with her, but she always looks worried and not relaxed.

She frequently asked about Huainan's letter, and it was ten days when news came over there. What they can find out now is all about ten days ago.

Standing outside, the maids prepared dinner.

Mammy Li skillfully served her dishes, and the queen smelled the fragrance of the vegetables and glanced at the sumptuous dishes, but she had no appetite.

"Niangniang, the emperor will come over later, would you like a drink?" Li Mammy suggested in a low voice.

The queen understands what she means and drinks some wine to cheer her up, otherwise she will always get along with Xuan Wei bluntly.

Then she had to get herself completely drunk, otherwise, when she was half-drunk and half-awake, she hated Xuan Wei the most.

She also remembered what Concubine Ruan said to her in the Taiji Hall that day.

"Niangniang, the emperor would not allow you to go, but I can. I will take the empress's words to the adults, and persuade the adults to cherish their lives. But I am not completely sure that I can survive this difficulty with the adults and Mrs. Yu. ."

"If I can't come back, I will dare to ask the Empress for a few things. Please, please watch for me to see Taiwei Xu and Concubine Ying Gui completely overthrown. In addition, please give birth to the Crown Prince and become the Emperor in the future. The Empress is also the Empress Dowager. , there must be the ability to protect the country of Liulou."

The Queen also knew that Concubine Ruan seldom mentioned her homeland, but all she thought about was the comprehensiveness of the country of Liulou.

For the sake of the building, instigating the friendship between the emperor and Taiwei Xu, step by step, the emperor was fed up with the domineering Concubine Yinggui, and made the emperor see the arrogant Taiwei Xu as a thorn in his side.

At that time, Concubine Ruan knelt down beside her and said calmly, "My mother has promised a thousand dollars, I believe it."

With a single promise, Concubine Ruan entrusted the future of the building.

The queen felt that Concubine Ruan looked at herself highly, even if she was willing to fulfill her promise and do her best to protect the country of Loulou, but she was not sure whether she would one day reach the point where she could not protect herself.

The queen retracted her thoughts and said to Mammy Li, "Go get the bar."

Maybe it's time to give birth to a crown prince and have some initiative, otherwise, do you have to be led away in this life?Even rescuing his parents had to fake someone else's hands.

Since she took the initiative to find the emperor once, and before she drank the soup, the emperor came to her every day, and he never went to other concubines, and he didn't even mention the pregnant Ye Guiren.

As soon as this dish was served, the emperor came.

The emperor's face was radiant, and his steps were full of joy. He sat down at the table, smiled and said to the queen, "I have good news for you."

The queen thought that it had only been ten days, and it was impossible for Ruan Concubine to come back, and it was also impossible for her parents to be safe from the epidemic. What else could be considered good news?
With a dignified smile, she asked in coordination, "What's a good thing?"

"Xu Chengzhang's old man was suspended for investigation, and he was still thinking about hitting the building, so he contacted a group of courtiers privately. After discussing it, the group of courtiers sold him off, and jointly made a memorial."

Taiwei Xu was born in a military general. He was heroic on the battlefield and had great military exploits, but he did not have much of an official mind.

When was this, Concubine Ruan went to the epidemic city with her medical skills. It was too unwise for him to dare to draw people to her mind when the courtiers were full of praise for her.

The courtiers will also see the wind and steer the rudder. Recently, Taiwei Xu was suspended and the imperial concubine was left out in the cold. Naturally, they understood the situation and knew what to do at this time to please the emperor.

After hearing the news, the queen was indeed a little at ease, but this matter was not a big deal. These memorials looked festive, and they were just expressions of loyalty, and they could not give Taiwei Xu a substantive blow.

She asked, "How is the investigation into the fact that Taiwei Xu embezzled army salaries and made false accounts?"

The emperor said: "Before Concubine Ruan comes back, there will be results. The evidence is conclusive. The amount of military salaries involved is still being calculated. If it reaches a certain amount, it is not an exaggeration to copy it."

The queen finally smiled, she filled herself with wine, and poured a glass for the emperor.

The emperor picked up the glass and said with great interest: "I want to know what Concubine Ruan said to you that day, you can figure it out."

Ganjiu entered her throat, and the queen smiled and said, "She said that the emperor did not allow me to go to Huainan because he was reluctant to bear me, and advised me to cherish the emperor's sincerity. After all, the emperor was reluctant to bear, and I was the only one."

Who can't make up shit?She couldn't tell him that she promised Concubine Ruan to give birth to a crown prince to consolidate her position, all for the sake of the country?

After hearing these words, the emperor said with some moving expression: "Ruan Concubine said it well, I am reluctant to bear, you are the only one."

The queen really couldn't hold back, and the conditioned reflex vomited.

It was already very embarrassing for her to say those hypocritical words, but now listening to him speak such rude words, her ears could not bear it.

She didn't doubt that Xuan Wei really liked her, but his liking was like a child's liking a plaything.

Seeing her nauseated, the emperor rejoiced: "You won't be... an imperial physician! Quickly pass on the imperial physician!"

The queen waved her hand, "It's only been a few days, it's impossible, it's just that the wine irritated the throat, it's fine."

The emperor thought it too. It was only a few days, and even if he was pregnant, he didn't respond so quickly.

He glanced at her slender waist with burning eyes, and squeezed it, "At the beginning of the day, when I learned that you didn't use Bizi soup that day, I thought about the name of our direct prince."

"Oh." The queen refills herself with wine.

The emperor held her waist with both hands, carried her over and let her sit on his lap and wrapped him in his arms.

"My name is Xuanji, the one who continues the past and the future, the one who inherits, how about that?"

The queen understands what he is implying to herself, which is to encourage her to actively conceive, and to give birth to him will allow him to inherit the throne.The direct prince, Yu Qingyu Li is the prince, unless the empress has no prince, or the direct prince has committed an unforgivable crime, then it is his turn to fight for other princes, so the empress is not too happy.

As far as the name goes, it's pretty normal.

(End of this chapter)