Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2453 Seven Volumes 157

Every year during the Lantern Festival, the entire royal family moves from the Forbidden City to the Old Summer Palace to celebrate the festival.

Yongqi's family also moved from Zhaoxiang's residence in the Forbidden City to Zhaoxiang's residence inside the gate of Fuyuan in Yuanmingyuan.

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, according to the usual practice, the emperor accompanied the empress dowager to watch a play in Tongyuan and served meals in person.

A group of female relatives accompanied the empress dowager to watch a play in the main building, and the royal family and princes waited in the podium of the hatchback. The whole family gathered together and enjoyed themselves happily.

Wanxi was sitting in the seat, she felt that the eyes of all the female relatives were always cast from far and near.

Wanxi didn't think much about it at first, after all, the emperor had just appointed Xiaoqi and Lawang to marry him, and the ten-year-old Lawang was named the heir of Prince Chaoyong. After a few glances, it makes sense.

Till Yurui also felt a little uncomfortable, and leaned over and said softly, "Sister... there seems to be something wrong with their eyes today."

Wanxi gently squeezed Yurui's hand to show comfort.

Wanxi herself raised her eyes to look around, rechecked everyone's expressions, and asked softly, "From your point of view, what's wrong with them?"

Yu Rui bit her lip, "Now when our seventh princess and the seventh concubine are getting married, if they look at my sister a little more and envy her good fortune, that's fine; but how do I feel, Are they staring at me too?"

Wanxi also squinted her eyes.That's right, just now when she raised her eyes to confirm that moment, she suddenly had the same feeling as Yu Rui.

What can Zi Yurui do now?

Wanxi instructed softly, "Since you are staring at you, it is not your own business, maybe it is also your mother's family's business. Your Ama and uncle were in the previous court, and I didn't hear anything happened; then I guess, maybe Ying There may be a story on Yuan's side. When today's drama is over, you ask someone to inquire about it."

That night Yurui came to answer Wanxi, with a look of joy and melancholy on her face.

Wanxi asked, "What happened?"

Yurui sighed and said, "Sister's guess is right, something is wrong with Yingyuan——Yingyuan vomited several times while watching a play today, and she called the imperial doctor to see her, only to find out that she was two months pregnant. "

Wanxi was also a little surprised, but then she smiled and clapped her hands lightly, "That's a good thing. Yingyuan is also a hard-working girl. The pain of losing two sons in a row is not something ordinary people can bear. Besides, she is still young." Little, I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it."

"However, she is really lucky. Every time she loses a child, she will soon have another child."

Wanxi raised her eyes and stared at Yurui, "From this matter, it can also prove that Yongqi and Yingyuan are really in love. Even because of this matter, I am willing to believe that the child Yongqi has a good conscience. If Concubine Yu is a sensible mother, as long as she guides her well, Yong Qi still has a chance to turn around."

Yu Rui just sighed deeply, "Why don't I hope so? Anyway, he is Yingyuan's husband, and just because of Yingyuan, I would like to hope that he will still be the smart and generous fifth elder brother."

"It's just that we all know who Concubine Yu is; then it's hard to say whether the fifth elder brother will be able to turn around. So Zi Yingyuan has another child now, and I really don't know what to be happy for her. Instead, I have to take care of her instead."

Wanxi nodded, "But since it's Yingyuan's happy event, and those clan relatives Fujin are staring at you like that, then there's no need to worry."
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It's just that Wanxi and Yurui didn't know that after today's show ended, Qingzao actually had the same question as them.

Qing Zao also found that those clan members Fujin also seemed to be staring at her from time to time.

But it just so happened that her Ama Yin Jishan had just submitted a memorial to invite the emperor to tour the south again in the 30th year of Qianlong, so Qing Zao also thought that those people were staring at her because of this.

After all, the biggest blemish on her Ama Yin Jishan's reputation all her life came from the "flattery" she showed when she was receiving the emperor's southern tour.However, why did Ama take the initiative to flatter her this year? It is not difficult for Qingzao to think that Ama is also for the eighth elder brother, so Qingzao has made up his mind, not afraid of the gaze of those people, and said in his heart, "If you want to Look at my jokes, just watch them, and you won’t lose a piece of meat.”

It's just that when she returned to her own palace, when she thought about it, she still couldn't help but feel like a ghost.

Before going to bed at night, she whispered this to Yongxuan.Yongxuan took her hand and comforted her softly, "...Maybe they don't do anything about the father-in-law, but they are wondering that we will get married soon, but we don't have children yet."

In such a school as Yongxuan, Qingzao felt sad again, turned around, covered his face with the corner of the quilt, and quietly shed tears.

Yongxuan also blamed herself, propped herself up and grabbed Qingzao's shoulders, comforting her softly, "I don't allow them to talk about you, I will say it tomorrow, because I don't want to have children. Because of my leg, I am afraid of life The children who come out will go like me again, and suffer the same grievances as I did before!"

Qingzao felt distressed, turned around and hugged Yongxuan.

"My brother, don't say that, I'm not sad about this. My body is already broken, and I have already prepared in my heart. Even if they want to see my jokes, I will let them go." That's all. After all, it's not my own fault, after all, the heavens have eyes, and sooner or later they will punish the evildoer!"

Qing Zao nestled her cheeks into Yongxuan's arms, and she burst into tears, "I just feel bad that my elder brother refuses to listen to me, and refuses to accept the official girls in the house early. Otherwise, elder brother will I'm afraid the son already has an heir."

Yongxuan frowned, and didn't start, "There is no need to say these words. If it is destined to have no children, then it will be my children and grandchildren."

Qingzao bit her lip lightly.

Even if elder brother refused to speak directly, how could she not understand that because elder brother refused to take concubines, she still couldn't forget Cui Huan?
But that Cui Huan is also a fierce woman, even if she tried to persuade her personally, she would not give in.

The more Cui Huan behaved like this, the more Qing Zao felt fond of her.This further proves that the girl Cuihuan has a noble heart.
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The next day, the emperor gave the princes and kings a banquet in the "Fengsan Selfless Hall".

Even at this banquet, Yongxuan also noticed that there was something wrong with the eyes of the kings.

He recalled what Qing Zao said last night, although he was somewhat prepared in his heart, he felt that something was wrong.

——Women are born with a long tongue, and they are willing to talk about these things with their mother-in-law, but these are brothers, uncles, nephews, a bunch of old men, so they want to chew their tongues?

But if it wasn't for this matter, what would the kings be looking at him with their eyes overtly and secretly?

Emerging anxiety, the banquet is also unwilling to eat.

Seeing Prince Yi Hongxiao getting up and leaving the banquet, Yongxuan hurriedly followed.

When the two uncles and nephews arrived at the place where they carried people, Yongxuan hurriedly bowed to Hong Xiao, "...Uncle Yi Wang, save my nephew quickly. My nephew is about to be overwhelmed by the charades at the banquet today."

Hong Xiao looked around and sighed softly, "Before you married Fujin, did you ever have an affair with an official woman?"

Yongxuan's heart skipped a beat.

Why is this being publicized again?

Although Yong Xuan wants to protect Cui Huan, Hong Xiao is not an outsider. If he wants to understand the consequences of the previous relationship at this moment, he can no longer hide it from Hong Xiao.

Yongxuan bowed deeply, "To tell you the truth, Uncle Wang, my nephew did love an official woman. I don't know what Uncle Wang heard?"

Hong Xiao sighed, "It is said that even though you are married, you still refuse to forget your love for that official woman, so you have never really married Fujin, so the days of getting married are not short, and there is still no man and half woman go."

Yongxuan's ears buzzed.

"Where did Uncle Wang hear this?"

Hong Xiao also sighed, "Didn't my side Fujin and your mother's cousin Jin hear it from those women?"

Hong Xiao and Yong Xuan are more than twenty years apart, they are uncles and nephews, but they have a very good relationship.Apart from their similar temperaments, they are both capable of writing and poetry, and they are both famous officials; before Yongxuan and Yin Jishan's family got married, there was another relationship, that is, Hongxiao's side Fujin Jin family, but Shujiahuang The imperial concubine's uncle Chang Ming's daughter, so Yong Xuan can be regarded as the double nephew of Hong Xiao's inner and outer relatives.

Yongxuan took a deep breath, "Auntie, she heard it from the family members Fujin?"

Hong Xiao rolled up his cuffs, "These wives' tongues are of course the women's talking. But the bad thing is, there are no women in any house, so the men in every family have heard this from the pillow. They don't have the face to ask you face to face, so they just stare at you."

Yongxuan clenched his fists, "Can Uncle Wang and Auntie trace back to the source and know the origin of these words?"

Hong Xiao sighed and shook his head, "Don't you know about those women? Once something spreads, it will be embellished many times, and it will be impossible to trace the source."

A sentence, even if it is only relayed by one person, it will change its appearance; what's more, there may be dozens of people in the middle, so naturally there is no way to find the original appearance of the sentence.

Hong Xiao stared at Yongxuan, "Instead of going to the root cause of this matter, you should concentrate on thinking about what you should do next. After all, you have an affair with an official woman. It can be big, or it can be small.”

Yongxuan raised her eyes quietly, "Auntie, did you hear who that official girl is?"

Hong Xiao stroked his sleeves again, "Naturally, these words came suddenly at this time, since it is the time when flowers are blooming and the fire is cooking in the palace."

Yongxuan closed her eyes.He understood that Cui Huan's identity had been exposed.

Seeing Yongxuan's expression, Hong Xiao also sighed, "It is said that the official women in the palace are not comfortable in the room, it is already a family style. Not to mention that today's Rui nobles are entrusted by official women, even the imperial concubine herself She is also the official daughter of Empress Xiaoxian... In addition, I heard that there is an official girl who has left the palace, and in Huangling Village, she even lives with an eunuch."

Yong Xuan staggered in shock.

"...They can even say such vicious words?"

Back then when Erniu and Mao Tuan'er left the palace, Yongxuan was still young and lived in seclusion, so he didn't know much about it.At this moment, it sounded like someone was deliberately pouring dirty water into Ling Guifei's palace.

Hong Xiao narrowed his eyes, "No wind, no waves. When your aunt told me this, she just wanted me to help you, so don't let you suffer a big loss this time. I also asked someone to inquire about Ling Guifei's palace. Let’s go back to the past—I heard that there was indeed an official woman who went out of the palace with the eunuch.”

"Speaking of which, the official woman is the woman in charge of the imperial concubine Ling's palace, and the eunuch is the chief eunuch in the imperial concubine Ling's palace. They are all indispensable people around the imperial concubine Ling, but suddenly they are in the right year, so They went out of the palace inexplicably; moreover, the two of them really walked together."

Yongxuan was too shocked to speak.

Hong Xiao patted Yongxuan on the shoulder, "I'm afraid this time's matter is not small. Since everyone knows about it, it shows that the person who arranged it behind the scenes has deliberately planned. You have to be careful, so that the noble concubine Don’t be careless over there.”
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The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is originally the Lantern Festival, when the moon is round and people are round.

The emperor enshrined the empress dowager, and led the harem, princes and grandchildren and ministers to watch the fire show in the "high mountains and long rivers".

But the emperor left the meeting halfway, and asked Gao Yuncong to announce Yongxuan into the inner hall to speak alone.

Wanxi vaguely saw it, and before she could recover, Qing Zao had rushed over in a panic.

Against the gorgeous background of fire boxes exploding in the night sky one by one, Qing Zao's hands were as cold as ice, holding Wanxi's hand, and carefully recounted what Yongxuan had heard.

Wanxi took a deep breath and slowly sat upright in the colorful night.

The matter between Yongxuan and Cuihuan was torn apart again, and if she thought it wasn't too surprising, what Wanxi couldn't accept was that the matter between Erniu and Mao Tuaner was brought up again for no reason!
The two of them have been out of the palace for these years, and the two of them could have lived quietly together for the rest of their lives, but why would someone still deliberately mention the two of them, and insist on using them as weapons to attack her? !

She is not afraid of getting hurt, as long as she stays in the harem for a day, she will face these open and hidden arrows; what she is afraid of is that the two of them will be affected again!
Wanxi's heart surged with anger, but she tried her best to calm down on her face.She patted Qingzao's hand lightly, "Don't be afraid. This time we will face it together, I will never ask you and Yongxuan to carry it alone."
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In the inner hall, Yongxuan knelt down on the ground with a pale face.

The eunuchs were all waiting outside the door, and no one stood aside while the emperor and his son were talking.

But Gao Yuncong couldn't help but still leaned over and listened carefully to the movement inside.

He didn't want to worry about the eighth elder brother, but he heard a name - "Mao Tuan'er".

Gao Yuncong himself was originally just a little eunuch in the imperial mausoleum who was in charge of offering incense every day, it was Mao Tuan'er who discovered his ability and recommended him to the palace.Otherwise, he would have to stay in the imperial mausoleum all his life, never knowing what the prosperity of the palace was like, and even more so, never being lucky enough to serve the emperor.

Therefore, Mao Tuan'er is his "source", and he is involved when talking about Mao Tuan'er.

If something good happens to Grandpa Mao Tuan'er, then he will naturally follow suit; but if something is not good for Grandpa Mao Tuan'er, then he must follow suit.

Fortunately, the emperor asked the eighth elder brother to speak alone, and his words were hidden from others, so he was the only eunuch serving outside the palace, so he asked him to vaguely mention the eighth elder brother's words to Mao Tuan'er, and listen to them Let's go together.

If others listened to it, they might have to draw a question mark in their hearts; but if they listened to it, it would be like a thunderbolt on the top of their head.

Because in Huangling Village, he had seen that Aunt Yuye with his own eyes!
There are people who guard the tombs of the imperial tombs.Among these people are the eunuchs who guard the mausoleum, and there are also officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who guard the mausoleum.These people all lived around the imperial tomb, and over time, such a "village of the imperial tomb" was formed around the imperial tomb.

That Aunt Yuye lived in the Huangling Village, and the Imperial Tomb guarded by Mao Tuan'er was just a stone's throw away.

On days when he was not on duty, Grandpa Mao Tuan'er would leave the imperial mausoleum and return to the village.It is said that he has a house and land in that village, and he is taken care of by a person who knows the cold and the hot... Gao Yun only knew about it since he was young and ran twice for Grandpa Mao Tuan'er to deliver things. That person is Aunt Yuye.

What the eighth elder brother said in front of the emperor is not nonsense, but the truth.As long as the emperor continues to investigate, and he is not the only one who knows, he must be able to find out!
After all, the one guarding the mausoleum is the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.It is that the eunuchs can be of one mind with Grandpa Mao Tuan'er and help Grandpa Mao Tuan'er hide it, but those officials may not be willing.

No, he had to think about it, while the emperor and his clan were still celebrating the Lantern Festival in the Yuanmingyuan, and he was not dealing with official business for the time being, he seized this gap and hurriedly sent the news to Grandpa Mao Tuan'er, calling It's better for them to take precautions earlier.

Gao Yun made up his mind, and immediately walked to the gate, called a young eunuch under his command, and whispered.
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When Gao Yun left the door, the emperor stared at Yongxuan who was kneeling at his feet, and asked quietly, "What's the name of that official woman?"

The matter has come to this point, Yongxuan did not dare to hide anymore, kowtowed on the ground, "Her name is Cuihuan. This name was given by Aunt Ling... Aunt Ling said that Cui is not jade but looks like jade, which is in line with Aunt Ling's palace. The name of the woman in the village happened to be a generation shorter; and because Cui Huan was born with blue hair like clouds, delicate and light, which made my aunt very fond of it, so she was named Cui Huan."

The emperor nodded and sighed softly, "You and Qingzao have been married for a long time, and now Qingzao has nothing to do, so I will point you to a few more official women to help you spread out Ye, it's all right. Yongxuan, since this matter has started, I can point out Cui Huan to you! As long as you explain this matter to Qing Zao, don't make her feel uncomfortable in the future. go."

On the contrary, Yongxuan turned pale and shook her head hastily, "Going back to Emperor Ama... Cui Huan is not willing. Qing Zao is virtuous and generous, and has already discussed this matter with Cui Huan, but Cui Huan - already reject."

The emperor also raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Unexpectedly, this girl has a heart, like a girl taught by your aunt Ling's palace!"

Seeing the emperor smile, Yongxuan felt at ease.

Since Huang Ama doesn't care about this matter, then it doesn't matter how the outsiders spread it.
His heart was relieved, and he hurriedly kowtowed to the emperor again, "This matter happened because of my son, and my son didn't want to implicate Cui Huan, let alone anyone in Aunt Ling's palace... Therefore, about Aunt Ling's palace once Yu Ye and Mao Tuan'er, who left the palace, also begged Huang Ama to deal with it properly."

The emperor also sighed slowly, "In February of this year, I will visit the mausoleum as usual. Then I will meet Mao Tuan'er in person. It depends on how he says these words."
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Finally, all these things were arranged, and finally when the emperor was looking at the fire box, he was not at ease, and suddenly called Yongxuan into the inner hall... E Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and finally felt a little more at ease.

She glanced back at Hu Borong who was standing beside her.

Ordinarily, Yingyuan should have come here today, but after all, Yingyuan gave birth to an elder brother for her elder brother, and her status is higher than that of Hu Borong.But this time, because Yingyuan found out that she was two months pregnant, she couldn't come to set the rules, and she couldn't be frightened by the fire box, so she didn't come, but gave Hu Borong the opportunity to come with her.

Thinking of Yingyuan having another child, E Ning felt bad.

This Yingyuan, speaking of it, is somewhat similar to Ling Guifei's blessing.Although he was from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and even though he had lost a child before, he had the ability to keep a man on his feet, and he could conceive a child again soon after losing a child.

Such a blessing, even she, who is the prince's concubine Fujin, does not have it.

She refused to accept, unwilling, but there was nothing she could do.

It was also because of this resentment that she spared no effort in publicizing the matter of Yongxuan and Cuihuan, and even intensified it.

Now the fire is finally going to burn, as long as Narui nobleman is affected, Yingyuan's two-month fetal gas will not be alarmed, she can't do it.
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At this time, Concubine Xin is as proud as E Ning.

Today, because she reported her happiness, she can't watch the fire show, so as not to be alarmed.She was sitting quietly in the bedroom alone, not as lively as the fire drama in the mountains and rivers, but her heart was still full of joy.

The joy of watching a play.

Seeing that someone's heart was about to burst into flames, just thinking about it made her feel happy.

Who said that in this first month, the one who is most in the limelight and the most blazing fire is the noble concubine Ling?How can she, Wei Wanxi, have her daughter get such attention from the emperor, and get such a good son-in-law?
Then she doesn't have much gifts to offer, and she doesn't have to pour cold water on others——she, she has to make a concubine for others, and add fuel to the fire.

She was kind, she added fuel to the fire, didn't she hope that the fire would burn more and more?
Haha, the more I think about it, the more I want to laugh.In the past few months, it was because of this incident that she had a good laugh.

After all, she can't know the secrets of the imperial concubine's palace.Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time for my mother to spend a lot of money to hire all the official women who left the palace to teach her mind?Those old things, her family has good food and drink, bought with real money, can't just rot in her stomach like this, she has to use it when she gets a chance.

Coincidentally, the fifth elder brother couldn't hold back anymore. She had heard that the eighth elder brother's story had spread again, and she knew it must be the fifth elder brother's matter.

Then she simply rides along with the wind, mixes what she knows into it, and spreads it along.

But at that time, someone will pursue it, and they will push it to the fifth elder brother. Who would have thought that she, who is about to give birth, would still have time to do this matter~~
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