After transforming into An Lingrong, he became the King of Juan and was crowned the Sixth Palace.

The emperor's illness lingered for a hundred days, and when he completely recovered, it was already the time when the wind and load were lifted lightly in June.

And An Lingrong's status has risen sharply because of her dedicated service to the sick.

When the flowers were fragrant, better news came from Jingren Palace. The queen, who was no longer young, was finally pregnant again.

This joy was no small matter. Since the queen's son died in infancy, the emperor and the queen had longed for a legitimate son for many years.

Now that she was pregnant suddenly, she was naturally overjoyed. There were singing, dancing and banquets in the palace for several days, and the princes and nobles were invited to toast to congratulate her.

In this way, Concubine Xin was envious.

"I knew that by serving the emperor this time, the queen would be favored again, but I didn't expect that she would have a child so soon."

She paused and sighed, "The Queen is pregnant. The Emperor is so happy, so we must go to congratulate her."

Mei Zhuang raised her slender and charming phoenix eyes and said coldly: "Why bother to join in the fun? What does it have to do with me that the queen is pregnant? I'm not really happy, so I don't need to pretend to congratulate her!"

An Lingrong smiled sweetly: "The congratulations are out of affection, not sincere. If you don't go, you will always be suspected of being jealous of the queen's pregnancy."

Mei Zhuang raised his eyebrows and said with disapproval, "I never cared about these false feelings, but now I am more cautious."

An Lingrong's smile was dampened by the drizzle, giving it a slightly chilly feel.

"After many years of ups and downs, it is naturally beneficial to know how to go with the flow."

Meizhuang was depressed for a moment: "It's the same, it can be seen that he is in trouble."

Xin Bin said softly: "In the palace, there are many people we don't like, but we still have to get along, and we have to leave some room for each other."

Caiyue also mused: "I have wronged you, your Majesty, I never like it..."

Mei Zhuang hurriedly covered her mouth as she spoke, looked around alertly, shook her head solemnly and said: "You want to talk about palace affairs with passion, but the parrot in front does not dare to say anything.

It's good to be outspoken, but it can also hurt yourself! Be careful what you say, be careful what you say! "

Caiyue's lips hung like a crescent moon floating before dawn, and after a long while she said in a low voice: "I know."

An Lingrong looked at her with a smile and said, "Fortunately, Sister Mei likes this girl Caiyue's temperament, but no matter how much she likes her, the emperor is not the only one in the palace."

She paused briefly and said, "It is a happy event for the Queen to be pregnant."

However, over there, the queen was pregnant in middle age and was particularly careful.

In addition to all the meals being cooked individually in the small kitchen, several of the most respected doctors from the hospital were also invited to take turns serving him three times a day.

At this time, Dr. Shu, who was taking the Queen's pulse, didn't look very good-looking and just kept silent.

The Queen's heart sank day by day, and she couldn't help but ask: "If Imperial Physician Shu has anything to say, you might as well say it directly."

Doctor Shu looked solemn and said, "The Queen is very happy to be pregnant this time. Judging from the fetal appearance, there is a high probability that she will be a prince."

The queen was overjoyed: "So, I have to thank Dr. Shu very much."

As she said this, the queen winked.

She also didn't expect that by pretending to be cool and getting some medicine from the folk, she could actually ask about the special pregnancy medicine in Xiangfang.

And she has also seen this pregnancy medicine. It doesn't hurt the body very much. If you rely on the medicine to hang on, it should be no big deal.

The nun who was serving the queen next to her brought out a box of silver. Doctor Shu stood up in panic and said, "I don't dare, I don't dare."

It's just that, Queen, although your fetal condition is good, your pulse..."

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Slippery and weak, my pulse is as thin as silk, I'm afraid..."

The queen was startled and said quickly: "If the imperial doctor has something to say, you might as well say it directly."

Although she knew that her health was not good and there was a cold air in the palace, she had tried her best to smoke moxa and acupuncture these days, and after recuperating for a period of time, she dared to sleep with the emperor.

When sleeping together, she also specially used some charming spices, the purpose of which was to have a child of her own.

Fucha, who was infected with the disease, is no longer useful.

Dr. Shu kowtowed and said, "Wei Chen deserves to die. Forgive Wei Chen for bluntly saying that the Queen is no longer at the best age to conceive, and she was overly worried about the death of her eldest brother. She has been mentally exhausted for these years, resulting in a weak constitution."

Although Weichen has been taking medicine to induce pregnancy for you, before you got pregnant, you had been working day and night, so you were overworked, so the timing of getting pregnant was not right, so..."

The queen's heart tightened, and her face became more and more ugly: "So what? If you just tell me, can you keep the prince?"

Doctor Shu hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "Yes, it can.

But the Queen is now four months pregnant. According to Wei Chen, the mother's body is too weak to protect the fetus. Wei Chen..."

He gritted his teeth as if he had made up his mind, "Weichen plans to take an injection to protect the mother's pregnancy."

The queen was frightened all over her body, and she felt dizzy in front of her eyes.

As someone who had given birth, she naturally knew that if she needed an injection to protect the fetus, she would be in danger of miscarriage.

But compared to burning moxa, it is much better.

Thinking of the emperor's favor and the family's glory, the queen's hands were filled with greasy cold sweat, and she reluctantly held the maid's hands to support her body.

After sitting firmly, the queen tried her best to maintain her composure and said: "Since the fetus can be saved, everything depends on Imperial Physician Laoshu. As for the Emperor..."

Imperial Physician Shu has been serving in the palace for a long time, so he is so tactful and aware of things: "The humble minister will conceal it for the empress, so that the emperor can rest assured."

The queen shook her head decisively and said: "No! I am not trying to reassure the emperor. You must let the emperor know how hard it is for me to be pregnant with your legitimate son.

Even if you want to get an acupuncture, the Emperor must be by your side to accompany me.

The emperor must see my hard work with his own eyes, and then the emperor will feel even more pity for me. "

During this year, there was a happy event that Zhen Huan gave birth to Princess Longyue for the emperor, and it was especially lively because of the queen's pregnancy.

The queen herself took refuge in Jingren Palace and rarely participated in the important events of the inner court. When the concubines went to visit, they often saw the queen lying quietly on the couch, taking various anti-fetal decoctions.

The imperial doctors stood aside with nervous and respectful expressions.

On this day, the Queen Mother returned from visiting the Queen and burned incense in Shoukang Palace and sat in meditation.

Zhuxi held up a Lotus Sutra for the Queen Mother to recite. The Queen Mother read a few paragraphs and smiled.

"Just now I saw the queen's cautious look. It seems that this child is really important to her."

Zhuxi wore a blue satin round-patterned Ruyi-breasted waistcoat, paired with an ivory robe, and her hair was pulled up in a flat square with gilt copper patterns. It was as light as a cigarette in the Queen Mother's Palace.

She said with a respectful look on her face: "Without a child in the palace, you are completely helpless. The queen is already old, so it is really not easy to be pregnant again."

The Queen Mother nodded and said: "Of course it's not easy.

The Aijia privately asked Dr. Shu whether such moxibustion could keep the child alive until term.

Doctor Shu told the Ai family that they would be lucky to survive nine months. After all, she can't compare to Concubine Hui and Concubine Wan. She has a good figure at first glance. "

Zhu Xi was a little worried: "The queen is too old. If the child is less than a month old, it will be weak in the womb."

The Queen Mother concentrated for a moment and smiled to herself.

Zhu Xi hesitated for a moment, then added a pot of incense tablets for the Queen Mother without saying anything.

The Queen Mother plucked the small stem on the gilt enamel flower and bird hand stove, and sighed softly: "It's not the same as the child who came out of her own belly, so the Ai family didn't bother to mention the Queen.

In fact, since she wanted to use moxibustion to protect the fetus and to guard against others, she could keep her face quiet and use some hands and feet when she was about to give birth to a premature baby to get rid of the person she wanted to get rid of.

It's just that she only wants to win the emperor's affection through her legitimate son, so she is more tender. "

Zhu Xi said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is far-sighted, how can the Queen compare with you.

Besides, the Queen Mother doesn't like anyone to be dominant, so whether it's the Queen or Concubine An, you should just turn a blind eye.

After all, our hope for the future lies in Concubine Hui. "

Seeing that there was a sliced ​​pear on the table, the Queen Mother took a piece and ate it slowly: "Concubine Wan and Concubine Chun are just fine. Concubine Hui is really favored by the emperor."

"The Queen Mother has chosen thousands of people, how can that be bad?"

Zhu Xi hesitated slightly, "But in the past few years, Imperial Physician Shu has often hinted, and the servants have also paid attention to it. Every time the emperor lets Concubine Hui sleep, he takes the medicine to induce pregnancy, saying that he hopes to have children soon, but the servants think that the medicine is not powerful. Enemy."

The Queen Mother smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter whether the enemy is right or not. At best, the emperor is wary of her being a noble girl, and at worst, he is wary of the Ai family."

Zhu took a deep breath and said immediately: "That doesn't look like it."

The Queen Mother's smile was faint, like the swaying shadows of flowers outside the window.

"Our emperor is very thoughtful."

Zhu Xi lowered his eyebrows and said, "Of course it's because of you, the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother smiled and shook her head: "Aijia, you can ignore everything, just pay attention to one thing."

Her expression slowly calmed down, taking on a hint of indescribable sadness.

"This is the future of Ai's mother's family..."

Under the heavy gold and fine clothes, the Queen Mother's aging figure looked thin and overwhelmed.

Zhu Xi felt a hint of comfort and said kindly: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I will definitely do it.

"The two people leaned closely together, and the skylight stretched their shadows into long shadows, like thin pieces of paper hanging precariously on the window lattice.

On this day, the wind and snow outside were beginning to settle. The emperor brought An Lingrong and Meizhuang in, rubbed his hands and said, "It's so cold outside, but it's warm here, Queen."

The queen was leaning on the bed to rest, so she just bowed and said, "Hail, Your Majesty."

The emperor wore a home-made lake blue Tianma skin robe with Tuanfu pattern, and a bamboo green dark floral satin pipa-breasted smoked mink mandarin jacket.

Behind them, An Lingrong and Meizhuang were wearing gold and red feather satin cloaks of the same color. They looked like two Zhaojuns on their way out of the country. They were particularly charming.

The Queen ordered people to serve tea and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is in a good mood today, why did you bring your two sisters here?"

The emperor said: "Concubine An likes plum blossoms by nature, and Concubine Hui happened to be there, so I went with them to enjoy the plum blossoms."

The queen smiled slightly, caressing her swollen belly and said calmly: "What Concubine An likes, the emperor has always been thinking about."

An Lingrong smiled brightly: "The emperor is thinking about me, and I am also thinking about the queen."

She called Jin Xi, "Green plums are rare in the palace. I selected the best ones in the plum garden to give this bunch to the empress. I hope the empress can smell the refreshing fragrance of plums and be able to raise her baby with peace of mind."

The queen's eyebrows slightly curved, and she quickly smiled and said: "Concubine An is interested, and I understand her."

After chatting for a while, the queen's maid next to her pursed her lips and smiled and said, "That's all. The queen also made a sachet with her own hands and gave it to the emperor."

The queen glanced at the palace maid with annoyance, and said a little embarrassedly: "I wanted to give it to the emperor in a good time, but I am not strong enough. Please don't dislike it."

The emperor took it from the palace maid: "Is it a sachet containing a peace charm? Made of deer tail down?"

The queen looked at the emperor with some hope and said: "Last autumn, the emperor and his concubines mentioned the old customs outside the customs, and mentioned that when our ancestors first established the empire, the clothing decorations were all made of deer tail down, twisted into thread and sewn on the cuffs.

Instead of being finely embroidered with gold and silver threads like in the palace today.

My concubine has always advocated frugality. I feel that the use of gold and jade in the palace is naturally beautiful, but it is also a bit extravagant. "

The emperor looked at the sachet in his hand. It was indeed made of deer hair without any satin. It was very simple and the same as the one used by the late emperor. He also sighed: "Such things are rare nowadays. It's hard for you to remember me." What I said."

The queen said: "I thought about how longing the emperor was when he talked about it that day, so I specially made a sachet using deer tail down and twisted it into thread.

I hope this will remind the palace that although the national treasury is abundant and the world is prosperous and healthy, the harem should not develop an excessively extravagant atmosphere.

The more peace and wealth we have, the more we should not forget the painstaking efforts of our ancestors to create the foundation! "

There was approval in the emperor's eyes, and a touch of emotion flashed: "What the queen said is true. I will wear the sachet made by the queen with me to show that I will not forget the hard work of my ancestors and the roots."

Meizhuang watched the emperor put the sachet made by the queen on his body, and smiled lightly: "It's a coincidence. I also made a sachet, but now it seems that I won't deliver it to the emperor."

The emperor turned to look at her with a bit of love and pampering.

"Concubine Hui has nothing but a strong temperament."

After hearing the emperor's words, Mei Zhuang took out a yellow ground gold flower and pastel sachet from his sleeve.

An Lingrong looked at it and secretly admired it. The sachet was tied with a yellow rope and decorated with rice beads and coral beads.

The interior of the vessel is glazed with turquoise green, and the outer wall is decorated with patterns of golden curly grass, flowers and twigs.

There are rectangular consecrated lights on the front and back of the belly of the vessel. Inside the consecrated lights are pastel paintings of Western figures entering the treasure, which are colorful and dazzling.

Meizhuang said coldly: "The emperor likes the simplicity of the empress, but this concubine is really too extravagant. It is expected that she will not be able to impress the emperor."

The emperor comforted Meizhuang for a while, and then he was able to coax Meizhuang to peace.

And all of this was in An Lingrong's plan. What she wanted was to let the queen know that pregnancy was nothing, especially that the pregnancy was all planned.

Because Meizhuang and the Queen shared the Emperor's attention, An Lingrong was left indifferent for a long time.

By the time the emperor found out, he had already come out with An Lingrong.

The early wind blew against my face, blowing the soft fine hairs on my cloak, rustling my face. Occasionally, one or two strands flicked into my eyes, which were so sour that they seemed to force tears.

An Lingrong closed her eyes for a moment and said softly: "My family background is not as good as that of the Queen and my sister. I understand that."

The emperor's tone was gentle and deep: "This is why I can indulge in you."

He hugged her and shielded her from the cold wind.