Seeing that it was getting late, Jin Xi came over with a lantern. An Lingrong waved to Hongli and walked slowly back to the palace together.

Hongli was happy after seeing everything, laughing and joking, holding An Lingrong's hand and talking.

An Lingrong promised, but while she was thinking intently in her heart, she heard sobbing coming from behind the rockery.

The sound was so soft that one mistakenly thought it was the long chirping of a spring bird.

An Lingrong remained calm and said casually, "Hongli, come back quickly. Don't go to the rockery to catch birds!"

The crying over there stopped immediately, and An Lingrong signaled Hongli to be silent.

Within a moment, a woman who looked like a palace maid came out of the rockery.

An Lingrong let go of Hongli's hand, and Hongli immediately understood, pretending to run to catch the bird, and bumped into the woman.

The palace maid raised her head and was about to scold him. When she saw An Lingrong following Hongli, she hurriedly restrained her arrogance and said to the two of them: "Concubine An, may you be blessed with peace and prosperity."

An Lingrong smiled and said: "I am naturally a blessing to you, but Huanbi, why are you uneasy?"

The wind lantern in Jinxi's hand illuminated Huanbi's crying face, and she asked doubtfully: "My eyes are crying like peach, what's wrong?"

Huanbi touched her face subconsciously, put on a smile, and said loudly: "It's too late for me to be happy to serve my young master. What's the point of being uneasy? I'm just homesick, and I just cry occasionally."

An Lingrong knew that she was unwilling to tell the truth and did not want to talk to her, so she said: "When you serve Sister Wan, you must be careful and don't go back with tears on your face."

She smiled, murderously and heart-wrenchingly.

"It's just that, after all, Sister Wan loves you and Liu Zhu so much, so naturally she won't be unhappy when she sees your tears."

Huanbi had her face upturned without any fear, but after hearing this sentence, she lowered her face for some reason.

Huanbi had a gloomy look on her face, but she said firmly: "Of course my little master loves me and understands me."

With that said, he left in a hurry without regard to etiquette.

Jin Xi frowned and said: "Miss Huanbi is not young yet, but she is so irritable in her work. Fortunately, she met the empress. What if she is a concubine, a rich and noble person..."

"Huanbi is somewhat smart and thoughtful, but not much. He still needs more practice and practice."

After saying that, An Lingrong held her hand and was about to stand up and leave when she suddenly saw bright lights ahead, dozens of lanterns shining like dark red and light yellow stars, dimly lit up.

An Lingrong raised her face, and Jin Xi immediately ran forward and came back a moment later: "My lord, something happened to Yin Changzai, and the Emperor is on his way."

This night, Yin Chang was not at peace in the palace, and he didn't know what was going on all night long.

Everyone in the Sixth Palace was astonished. They inquired privately but couldn't find anything.

When she got up in the morning, she didn't know what happened to Yin Chang there. An Lingrong was thinking that the concubine was going to Jingren Palace to pay her respects today, so she freshened up early and passed the sedan chair outside.

Concubine Xiangli always used a chariot sedan when going out, but it was still cool in the early summer morning, so An Lingrong held the hands of Jin Xi and Bao Juan and went out slowly.

Just after crossing the long street, I looked at the early sun, which was as clear as gold. The golden sunlight fell on the glazed tiles, as if there were a pool of golden waves floating on it.

An Lingrong was greedy for the beauty of the day, and after walking a few steps, she saw Xin Bin walking in front of her, looking at her with a smile.

After Xinbin saluted, she said sweetly: "I haven't seen Concubine An for a few days, and she looks better and better."

Baojuan still liked Xinbin, so with a sweet smile on her face, she said, "My Majesty, I really like everything I see these days. Maybe it's because I have Brother Si by my side."

Hearing this, Concubine Xin just smiled as usual, stretched out her hand to stroke a cold emerald jasper pearl hairpin on her bun, and said with envy: "Concubine An is so lucky that even my concubine can't catch up with her. But I heard that yesterday, from the Imperial Hospital, The imperial doctors have all gone to where Yin Chang is, Concubine An?"

An Lingrong looked as usual and said calmly: "There are no concubines in the harem who are not sick. I guess something happened and alerted the emperor and the people in the Imperial Hospital."

Xin Bin thought she had said something wrong and was about to explain a few more words when she saw a chariot sedan coming out of the diagonal thorn and almost hitting her.

Xinbin stumbled, the bottom of the flower pot tilted, and she almost fell out.

Fortunately, Jinxi and Baojuan helped him quickly. Although he was fine, the jade hairpin on his bun slipped and fell to pieces.

The chariot sedan bumped into someone. He acted as if nothing had happened. He turned to the corner gate and passed by without paying any attention to who he bumped into or whether the bump was serious.

Baojuan groaned, hurriedly knelt down and picked up the jade hairpin, and said anxiously: "It's a pity that such a treasure is broken like this..."

Before she finished speaking, Xin Bin patted her chest in shock, and then said angrily: "Baojuan, Jin Xi, have you seen clearly who that person is?"

The sharp-eyed An Lingrong carefully mapped the figure of the concubine in the palace and thought: "The image on the back is always there, but the clothes don't look like her."

When Xinbin heard that the person who almost hit her just now was Yin Changzai, she became furious and her eyes were filled with hatred.

"This Yin Changzai is getting more and more arrogant and unreasonable. She doesn't even know how to bow when she sees me and my wife. Fortunately, her father is still the boss of the previous dynasty!"

An Lingrong took Xin Bin's hand and signaled her to calm down her anger first, saying, "Please be careful, don't let the rest of the crowd make you angry."

Hearing this, Xin Bin suppressed her anger and forced a smile, "But this is a reward from the emperor..."

"I still have some in my palace. If you don't mind, you can just go to my palace later and pick a few to take away. Why bother fighting with Yin Chang?"

At this time, Xin Bin was completely free of worries and went with An Lingrong to pay her respects to the queen.

When An Lingrong and Concubine Xin arrived, all the concubines were already there.

She went in and sat down according to her position, and the queen smiled and said to Concubine Xin: "What's wrong with you today? Your hair is a little loose, and your face doesn't look good."

An Lingrong glanced at her, and Baojuan said hurriedly: "I just came from the long street. I don't know who's car came out and bumped Xinpin. She was almost twisted, and even the jade hairpin that the emperor rewarded was broken."

Concubine Xin stood up hurriedly and said: "I came to see the Queen in such a hurry. I was really afraid that I would miss the time to greet you. Please forgive me."

The queen said gently: "What's the big deal? Are you okay? Didn't the people following you see clearly who hit you?"

Jin Xi said: "This slave looks in a daze because the sound is always there."

Yin Changzai was not surprised at all, but smiled as brightly as lotus dew: "I was rash just now. I almost bumped into Xin Bin. I was really disrespectful." Yes, how did you escape like a gust of wind just now?"

Yin Changzai smiled brightly, stroking her cheeks and said: "I wanted to stop and apologize to you, Xinbin, but I have an important matter that I have to report to the queen first, so I have no choice but to apologize to Xinbin. As for the jade hairpin gifted by the emperor, you can go to the concubine's palace and pick whatever you like. It doesn't matter if I pay you two or three."

Hearing that she was so arrogant, Xin Bin couldn't help but feel a little angry in her pink face like a lotus.

"The Yonghe Palace was noisy all night last night, and today you are rude again. Even if the emperor dotes on you, you can't help being like this!"

Yin Changzai turned his face sideways, the corners of his lips curved like a crescent moon, and stood up to respectfully give the Queen a blessing.

"Replying to the Queen, my concubine had constant abdominal pain last night. The emperor sent the imperial doctor to see her, and he found out that I am pregnant. She has been pregnant for two months!"

As soon as these words came out, all four were shocked.

Zhen Huan subconsciously pressed her lower abdomen, feeling a little miserable.

She immediately realized that this was not the time for her to feel sad, and hurriedly held on to the smile on her face, not allowing it to fall.

The queen was still calm, with a smile on her face that couldn't hide the spring sunshine: "Really? It's just that since she is pregnant, why does she have abdominal pain?"

Yin Chang Zaiwei said: "The imperial doctor said that I have a cold constitution, the fetus is hot, and there is some collision. In addition, it is the first child, so abdominal pain is okay. It is also because of this that I have to report to the queen in a hurry. Your Majesty, that’s why I didn’t dare to stay even after I collided with Concubine Xin.”

After saying this, she knelt down and saluted Concubine Xin, saying over tea: "Please, Concubine Xin, please forgive me for this."

Although Yin Changzai wanted to bend her knees, her movements were extremely slow. Xinbin knew what she meant and had no reason to vent her anger. She waved her hand and said, "You are pregnant, so be careful. If you bump into something, be careful and lose this." Blessing.”

Yin Changzai's eyes were slightly provocative, and he looked at Xin Bin and said, "How could I lose this blessing that I got so easily? With Xin Bin's blessing, I will continue to be blessed."

The Queen quickly said: "You are your first child, so you have to be extra careful. I will assign a few more people to serve you later. If you need anything, just come and tell me that it will be hard to conceive in ten months."

She put on a peaceful smile, looked at the concubines below who had no heirs, and said sarcastically, "But this hard work is also a blessing. I also hope that you will have heirs soon."

Yin Chang's eyes flickered slightly, looking at Chun Changzai who had gone to bed, and Zhen Huan who had lost her child, and said in a sweet voice: "Yes, ten months are hard work, I just watched Concubine Qi taking care of her third brother. It took a lot of effort.”

Concubine Qi didn't look well after her name was called, but because Yin Changzai didn't say anything bad about Third Elder Brother, she calmly drank tea without saying anything.

The queen looked around at everyone and said slowly: "Those who have children are certainly happy, but those who don't have no need to worry. The emperor has always been kind and caring to the harem, and sooner or later he will have children of his own."

An Lingrong and Meizhuang looked at each other, silently following this farce, and just followed the crowd and said, "I understand."

The queen's smile continued: "Okay. These are all gossip."

She looked at Yin Changzai and said, "The most important thing now is Yin Changzai's fetus. You must take good care of it and never take it lightly."

Yin Changzai bowed and agreed, and everyone congratulated a few times before leaving.

When everyone had dispersed, Jianqiu peeled off a loquat for the queen and handed it over, saying, "Do you still want people from the imperial hospital to take care of this pregnancy? I think you are the queen's heir to the concubines, and you have The Queen Mother's care is completely..."

The queen raised her eyes and looked at the sunlight that was like gold splashing in the clear blue sky, stretched out her hand to explore the iceberg in the cloisonné basin, and sighed: "Why don't I want to sit back and relax? But the Queen Mother and Concubine An are involved in the affairs of the harem. There are more and more, as you can see from the sound of Changzai, the emperor's concubines and heirs will only become more and more, and this palace will only become more and more old and yellow, and the beauty will fade and the love will fade."

Her eyes lit up, as if a little black firework flashed, "So we have to take extra precautions against everything."

Jian Qiu sighed: "A wise man must have thousands of worries. Your Majesty, I have taken a lot of trouble."

Yin Changzai's pregnancy is her first child since summer is coming.

Although the emperor already had children, he seemed particularly happy.

Although he was worried about the water affairs in the south of the Yangtze River for several days, the emperor stayed in Yinchang to inquire about his welfare when he had free time.

The rare news that night did not bother the emperor anymore, so he went to Yongshou Palace, briefly asked about Hongli's lessons, and then stayed in Anlingrong Pavilion to have dinner together.

The emperor was chatting about the affairs of the previous dynasty, and An Lingrong was not too busy.

She poured a glass of wine into the emperor's cup. The cherry-colored agar liquid condensed in the white jade cup, like a square of fine ruby, glowing.

The emperor smiled and said: "The color of this wine looks very festive."

An Lingrong looked at the emperor's expression and was also happy: "The emperor is in a good mood, so naturally everything he sees is festive."

"Do you think I'm in a good mood?"

An Lingrong smiled and reached out to stroke his eyebrows, each one of which was as black as ink. Looking at him so close, even his eyebrows look so beautiful. "

She chuckled and said, "The emperor is really happy that Yin Changzai is pregnant."

The emperor smiled and shook her hand. He felt that her hand was as cold as a piece of Hetian jade. After holding it for a long time, it gradually became moisturized.

He said loudly: "No matter how happy things are in the harem, it is a trivial matter. Only when happy things happen in the past, I am truly happy."

An Lingrong poured a glass of wine and presented it to the emperor: "The emperor's heart is happy, and this concubine's heart is happy. In order to govern the previous dynasty, the emperor worried day and night, and the amount of thought he spent cannot be understood by others, so this cup, I, my concubine, respect your Majesty.”

The emperor took it but did not drink it. He said with great interest: "Don't you ask me why I am happy?"

An Lingrong lowered her head slightly: "Just like a farmer farming, there are efforts and gains, this is happiness. For other things, I am in the harem, so I should not ask and cannot ask."

The emperor took the wine and drank it with his neck up, his eyes filled with sparkling smiles. He held An Lingrong's hand and said softly: "This is your benefit. If you are a noble person, she must chase after her." I asked, what is the happy matter?"

The calm smile on An Lingrong's lips faded slightly, as if she didn't like the emperor mentioning Zhen Huan in front of her and comparing her with him.

"Sister Wan naturally has the benefits of sister Wan. But the emperor..."

She paused, then said in a soft voice with a hint of stubbornness, "Your Majesty, here, let's not talk about others."

The emperor was startled for a moment, then smiled unconsciously: "I didn't realize that you are still a bit petty."

An Lingrong's smile was as clear and distinct as the water reflecting the moon.

"The emperor's heart is divided into two halves, one is for the former dynasty, and the other is for the harem. Half of the harem's heart is given to the queen mother and princesses, and the other half is given to the concubines and sisters.


Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like