At the end of March, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, and the peach and willow green in the Cining Garden are a vibrant scene, and the warm spring breeze is mixed with the fragrance of flowers, which is extraordinarily comfortable and pleasant. At this moment, Empress Dowager Jiang is surrounded by a group of palace ladies, wandering around in Cining Garden, the two princesses Yongfu and Yongchun, as well as the first queen and two concubines of Jiajing, are accompanied by them, everyone is talking and laughing, and the atmosphere is very harmonious, at least on the surface.

Because the practice of the "Taoist Temple" has not yet been transformed, so Princess Yongfu is still living in Cining Palace, at this time wearing a plain spring shirt, because of the perennial practice of yoga figure, it looks extraordinarily enchanting, pleasing to the eye, all the palace ladies can not help but secretly envy when they see it. Princess Yongfu is a superb beauty, her shaved hair in August last year has now grown back, with short black hair that reaches her ears, bright eyes, her eyebrows are like a painting, her nose and mouth are not in general beauty, it is precisely that if you want to compare West Lake to Xizi, it is always appropriate to wear light makeup and heavy makeup.

Empress Dowager Jiang was obviously in a good mood, her face kept smiling, and she looked radiant. The good news in the north is frequent, and Concubine De is pregnant again, and she has spent the first three months safely, if there is no accident, she will be able to hold her grandson in October, no wonder Empress Dowager Jiang is so happy.

At this time, everyone walked near a pavilion, and Empress Dowager Jiang said, "Let's go to the pavilion and sit and rest for a while." ”

Princess Yongchun was prosperous, and hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, we have only been shopping for half a stick of incense, and we are tired there, let's walk for a while, and it is not too late to rest when we get to the Huxin Pavilion!" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang glanced at Yongchun and said, "You are not tired, but what can you do if you are tired of your sister-in-law." ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at Concubine De, who was only three months pregnant and had not yet shown her belly, but she was held by two palace maids, walking carefully, and one hand was still protecting her abdomen, giving people the feeling that she was about to give birth.

"Queen Mother, Erchen is not tired!" Concubine De smiled slightly under the attention of everyone, and her heart was very useful, since she was pregnant with the dragon species, her treatment has risen in a straight line, and everyone takes care of her like a treasure, this feeling makes her very proud.

Empress Dowager Jiang said solemnly: "If you are not tired, you have to take a rest, although it has been three months, but you can't take it lightly, if you sweat and feel cold, it's terrible." ”

"The Queen Mother is right, then let's rest!" Concubine De nodded, and then took the lead into the pavilion with the support of the palace maid.

A trace of imperceptible jealousy and anger flashed in Queen Wu's eyes, originally in terms of identity and status, she should have gone first, but even the Queen Mother let Concubine De, and she, the queen, naturally had to stand back, no matter how unhappy she was, she had to hold back, who made her queen's stomach not angry.

Concubine Shu's eyes flashed a trace of sadness, she was pregnant before, but then she had a miscarriage, and she never got pregnant after that, it is estimated that the miscarriage hurt her body, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to get pregnant again in this life. Princess Yongfu next to her reached out and held Concubine Shu's hand, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, let's go into the pavilion too!" ”

Concubine Shu's heart warmed, smiled and nodded, and Princess Yongfu joined hands in the pavilion and sat down, but she secretly sighed in her heart, Princess Yongfu is beautiful and empathetic, such a good woman in the show of wisdom is born but has a bad fate, looking at the door and widows, and finally can only become a monk and practice, and accompany the ancient Buddha of the green lantern for a lifetime, in contrast, in fact, she is much happier than her, at least the emperor still loves her, and Princess Yongfu is destined to die alone.

Everyone sat down in the pavilion, their own palace maids and eunuchs on the table to open all kinds of melon and fruit cakes for everyone to eat, Concubine De loves to eat melon seeds, grabbed a handful of poops and snorted, a happy and complacent appearance, Queen Wu was even more unhappy when she saw this, however, the yellow-haired girl of the year is now much more mature, and the city government is getting deeper and deeper, although she is unhappy in her heart, but the surface is quiet, and she also took the initiative to peel an orange for Concubine De, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't patronize and eat melon seeds, eating more fruit is good for the fetus." ”

"Thank you, Queen!" Concubine Decheng took the orange in fear, but she was secretly proud in her heart, and suddenly her hand "slipped", and the orange fell to the ground, and she quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, my sister didn't hold it steady for a while." ”

Empress Wu's complexion changed, but she returned to normal in an instant, and said with a smile: "It's okay! After saying that, he peeled another orange and handed it to Concubine De.

Concubine De thanked her and took it, this time she held it steady, broke a petal and put it in her mouth to eat it deliciously, and her heart was also delicious, and she secretly said, I think that the concubine was not less angry with Queen Wu at the beginning, but now Queen Wu is going to turn around and slap the concubine, hey, sure enough, the mother is expensive by her son, the ancients did not deceive me, and the concubine must give birth to a son this time!

"What kind of incense powder does Sister Queen use? It smells so good! Concubine De asked while snorting while eating oranges.

Empress Wu finally established the image of a virtuous daughter-in-law in front of the Queen Mother, so she could only endure her unhappiness and smile: "It was brought back from Suzhou by the elder brother of the palace, if my sister likes it, I will send you a set back." ”

"Hey, it turned out that Uncle Guo gave it to the queen, why is my sister embarrassed to ask for it!"

"It's okay, anyway, my brother brought a lot back from Suzhou this time, and he will let him send a few more sets back to the palace."

"Hehe, then thank you Sister Queen!"

Empress Dowager Jiang couldn't help but show her approval when she heard this, the queen she picked for the emperor was really not bad, knowledgeable and courteous, gentle and courteous, and even more rare was that she was open-minded and had the demeanor of a mother, but it was a pity that she ...... The stomach is not very aggressive. Princess Yongfu glanced at Queen Wu thoughtfully, as far as she knew, Queen Wu was not a generous person, but people can change, and the queen has changed a lot in the past two years, maybe she has really grown.

At this time, Concubine De, who had finished "greetings" with Empress Wu, suddenly said: "At this hour, the emperor should have already gone down to court." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang looked at the height of the sun, nodded and said: "It's time for the emperor to go down to the court, come here, go to the front to inquire, if the emperor is in court, let him come to Cining Palace to have lunch together." ”

Concubine De was overjoyed when she heard this, since she was pregnant, the emperor would come to the court almost every day to ask for warmth, but in the past three days, the emperor has not appeared unusually, so she deliberately made a premise in the queen, and the queen mother really responded.

About half an hour later, the eunuch sent by the Empress Dowager Jiang to inquire about the news came back to report: "Empress Dowager, the dynasty ended an hour ago, and it is said that the emperor left the city and went to the west of Beijing. ”

Empress Dowager Jiang couldn't help frowning and said, "The emperor is going to play again?" ”

A trace of jealousy flashed in Empress Wu's eyes and said: "It is estimated that I went to the Shenji Camp, and the palace heard that the emperor went to the Shenji Camp after the court in the past two days!" ”

"Didn't the Shenji Battalion follow Xu Jin's Northern Expedition, what did the emperor do when he went to the Shenji Battalion?" Empress Dowager Jiang said curiously.

Concubine De pursed her lips and said: "The Queen Mother doesn't know, Yasukuni's righteous sister He Zhi'er is messing around in the arsenal of the Shenji Battalion, and the emperor must have been involved!" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang's face suddenly sank.

Seeing this, Concubine De continued to add fuel to the fire and said: "The Duke of Yasukuni is too indulgent to this righteous sister of his, he tested mines in the Taiye Pool before and caused the emperor to fall into the water, fortunately the emperor is fine, this time I don't know what to do in the weapons field of the Shenji Battalion, if it hurts the emperor, it will be terrible!" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang's face became even more ugly when she heard this, she had already trained the emperor and Xu Jin in person about the test of mines in Taiye Pool, and forbade He Zhi'er to do things in the war bureau again.

Seeing this, Princess Yongfu hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, as far as her daughter knows, He Zhi'er is not a fool, her attainments in making weapons can be at the level of a master craftsman, and even the leaders of the Ordnance Bureau and the War Bureau are ashamed of themselves!" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang was slightly taken aback, and said suspiciously: "Is this true? It's just a teenage daughter's family, and the mourning family doesn't believe it! ”

Princess Yongchun said unconvinced: "Queen Mother, what's wrong with the daughter's family, the daughter's family also has a man who is not defeated, Wu Meiniang has also been the emperor." ”

Princess Yongfu hurriedly pinched Yongchun secretly, and said angrily: "Yongchun, don't talk nonsense. Queen Mother, Zhi'er was injured in the head, lost part of her memory, and was as simple as a ten-year-old girl, but she has an unparalleled talent in military industry, the Franc cannon was transformed by her, and the mines and grenades were also made by her, all of which played a great role. ”

Empress Dowager Jiang couldn't help but be moved when she heard this, and blurted out: "Is that really the case? ”

Princess Yongchun said with honor: "Xu Jin wrote clearly in the good news, there will be fakes there, and Wu Wending, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also commented that He Zhi'er alone can reach an army of 100,000, and the queen mother dares to look down on her daughter's family!" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang finally believed it, Wu Wending was honest and outspoken, since he said so, it seems that this He Zhi'er is indeed amazing.

Concubine De pouted and said: "Maybe He Zhi'er is indeed very capable in making weapons, but the craftsman is a cheap industry, she is the righteous sister of the Yasukuni Gong, and it is really undignified to use this cheap industry, not to mention that the daughter's family should have the appearance of the daughter's family, and it is the right way to teach each other husband and children, and to have children." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang nodded, and her face sank again.

Seeing this, Concubine De proudly knocked a melon seed, and suddenly her face turned white, and she covered her stomach and screamed: "Ah...... It hurts! ”

Everyone couldn't help but be taken aback, and Empress Dowager Jiang hurriedly shouted: "Quickly pass the imperial doctor, pass the imperial doctor!" ”

In an instant, chickens flew and dogs jumped, and the entire harem was chaotic into a nest of porridge.