The next day, Zhou Yanran received the news that Zhao Ling was sick.

Xiao Qiangzi has long known his master's thoughts about His Royal Highness the Prince, and now that he heard that His Royal Highness was sick, he immediately felt that this was a good opportunity, and immediately approached Zhou Yanran's ear, lowered his voice, and whispered: "Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Prince's body has always been very healthy, it must be that the water in the liquid pool was too cold yesterday, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not take care of himself in time, so the evil wind entered the body and hurt the body; In the final analysis, the prince's illness this time was caused by saving his mother, and his mother should go to visit. ”

Zhou Yanran sat in front of the dresser, holding the delicate red rouge in her hand, and smeared it on her face carefully, her tone slightly hesitant.

"The palace was not angry yesterday, and she couldn't help but say such things to the crown princess for a while, if she went back and told the prince those words, I am afraid that the prince would be confused by the slut, and he would have the intention of guarding against the palace from his heart; At this time, if Bengong was too attentive, wouldn't he see Bengong's thoughts. ”

Xiao Qiangzi listened to Zhou Yanran's words, and also felt very reasonable, everyone knew that the prince doted on the princess, if the princess really dared to blow the pillow wind in the prince's ear, it would be a great disadvantage to the mother.

However, it would be a pity to give such a good opportunity to do nothing.

Xiao Qiangzi's brain turned quickly, and he soon thought of a method, "If Niangniang feels inconvenient to go to see the prince, then why don't you let the servant run for Niangniang?" In this way, our courtesies have been fulfilled, and we will not be deceived by others; What do you think, mother? ”

Zhou Yanran immediately felt that this method was very good, and hurriedly said to Xiao Qiangzi: "Go and open the private treasury of the palace, and give the precious medicinal materials that the emperor has rewarded to the palace, and give them to the prince, just say that this is the intention of the palace, please be sure to accept it." ”

"My mother, why are you suddenly confused about this?"

Xiao Qiangzi looked at Zhou Yanran with tears and laughter, taught her carefully, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the future prince, there are no precious medicinal materials in King Ling's Mansion, those things you sent over, Niangniang, ordinary people certainly feel that they are extremely cherished, but they are commonplace for King Ling's Mansion, and in the end, those medicinal materials may be put in the warehouse and dusted." ”

Hearing what Xiao Qiangzi said, Zhou Yanran also felt very reasonable, and hurriedly asked: "What should the palace send?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he is not very strange about anything. ”

Xiao Qiangzi smiled and said: "Niangniang can make a soup for His Royal Highness to replenish his body, the slave will take the soup you made with your own hands and send it to the prince, and then tell His Highness Niangniang's concern, His Royal Highness will definitely accept your thanks; Niangniang, you think, it's something you made with your own hands, and it's the only one in the world, and this kind of thing can't be bought with money, and it's much better than those ginseng and deer antler velvet and other tonics. ”

Zhou Yanran felt that Xiao Qiangzi's method was very wonderful, not bad, instead of sending those flashy things, it was better to make a cup of nourishing soup for him with his own hands, so that he could see his gentle and virtuous side.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yanran was full of energy, and immediately looked like she would do what she said.

Xiao Qiangzi looked at the interested master, and his heart was also extremely happy, you know, now the noble concubine Niangniang is the hope of their entire Quewei Palace, if Niangniang really has the opportunity to climb the high branch of His Royal Highness the Prince, with Niangniang's appearance and intelligence, she will definitely be able to get the prince's love, and at that time, see who dares to look at their jokes in the Quewei Palace behind their backs.

It's just that when Zhou Yanran walked towards the small kitchen with great interest, suddenly a palace attendant who was waiting in Tai'an Palace was welcomed in by the palace people.

Looking at Emperor Showa's people, the smile on Zhou Yanran's face immediately disappeared, and even there was a hint of panic in his eyes; How could she have forgotten that the old thing wasn't dead.

After all, the palace attendant is the palace person who is taken care of by the Son of Heaven, both in terms of bearing and posture, even if he meets the most favored concubine in the harem, he also has a cold face, and said to Zhou Yanran, who knelt down to listen to the commandment: "Your Majesty, Zhou Guifei went to Tai'an Palace to pay respect." ”

Emperor Showa actually summoned her at this time?

After Zhou Yanran received the commandment, she quickly stood up and asked, "I wonder what the emperor suddenly summoned his concubines for?" Please let my father-in-law show me. ”

"Guifei Niangniang, you also know that although the miscellaneous family walks in front of the emperor and can often serve the Son of Heaven, but the sacred heart is unpredictable, where will the miscellaneous family know His Majesty's thoughts, right? Niangniang is the emperor's favorite concubine over the years, and now the emperor is sick in bed, perhaps he suddenly misses you and wants to meet you, which is reasonable. ”

Zhou Yanran knew that the people in this palace were all human spirits, especially those who could serve by the side of the Son of Heaven, all of whom were extremely sophisticated people; Emperor Showa didn't call her early or late, but he suddenly summoned her after that kind of thing happened yesterday, which shows that there is really something wrong with the situation.

As long as she thought of Emperor Showa's cloudy eyes, Zhou Yanran felt that the hairs on her neck stood up, and her heart was full of rejection; But the Son of Heaven announced, as a concubine, she couldn't help but go, so she could only smile carefully, and said: "The palace is not well-groomed, so I am afraid that it will be disrespectful to meet the emperor like this, and my father-in-law will wait for a while, and when the palace is cleaned up, I will go to Tai'an Palace with my father-in-law." ”

Seeing that Zhou Yanran had a worried expression between her eyebrows, the palace attendant was not in a hurry to urge, but just nodded politely, and waited on the side in a regular manner, seeing that she really listened to Zhou Yanran's words and waited here to leave with her.

Zhou Yanran was helped into the inner hall by Xiao Qiangzi, walked quickly to the closet, and casually found an elegant palace dress and took it out, with a complicated expression on her face.

Xiao Qiangzi is also a clever person, he can sense Niangniang's uneasiness, while instructing the palace servant to serve Zhou Yanran to change the palace clothes on her body, she took out the grate, combed Zhou Yanran's long hair carefully, and said with relief: "Niangniang don't have to worry so much, maybe the emperor summoned you, he really just missed you, Niangniang just needs to go to see the emperor as usual." ”

Zhou Yanran was not so optimistic, and said: "But the palace always feels a little panicked, none of us know the emperor, even Jiang Qiang, who has been a husband and wife with the emperor for more than 30 years, doesn't understand him, so in the end, he will end up with a lonely and tragic death; We all think that the emperor is benevolent, but if he is really benevolent, will he sit firmly on the throne for so many years? As long as Hongu thought of the way he occasionally looked at Hongu, Hongu was a little scared. ”

"Niangniang, if you go to see the emperor like this, the servant can tell you for sure that something will happen to you; However, if you calm down and deal with it carefully, the minion believes that with your ability, it will be all right. Niangniang, the more we have to be careful and calm at this time, you are his favorite concubine, and you are not the abolished queen Jiang Qiang, how can you compare yourself with the abolished queen? ”

Zhou Yanran looked at her strong father-in-law who was comforting her, her eyes slowly calmed down, and then nodded, "Yes, this palace is not Jiang Qiang, and I will not let myself be the second Jiang Qiang." ”

……

When Zhou Yanran came to Tai'an Palace, looking at the old man who seemed to be lying on the dragon bed and was about to be unrecognizable, Rao was deep in her mind and good at acting, but she was also frightened by the appearance of Emperor Showa at this time, and she was stunned in place, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

Hearing the movement in the hall, the perennial manager Fu, who had been taking care of Emperor Showa all the year round, slowly turned around with a bowl of ginseng soup, and after seeing clearly who the person was, he approached the ear of Emperor Showa and reminded: "Your Majesty, the concubine is here." ”

Emperor Showa heard the voice of Chief Fu, and slowly opened his wrinkled eyes like an old turtle, and his eyes were still cloudy and looked a little cold, but maybe it was because he was in a good mood recently, and his yellowed cheeks were faintly flushed.

It can be seen that Emperor Showa has been recuperated very well recently, and after this catastrophe, if the state can be maintained, it should not be difficult to save this life.

Emperor Showa beckoned, and Manager Fu immediately understood, walked up to Zhou Yanran with ginseng soup, handed over the golden bowl in his hand, and said to her: "Niangniang, the emperor has missed you very much in the past two days, you go and take care of him." ”

This kind of Emperor Showa really scared Zhou Yanran, looking at the old man who seemed to be dozens of years old overnight, Zhou Yanran felt that the Showa Emperor at this time was even older than his elderly grandfather in the family.

Looking at the ginseng soup handed over by Mr. Fu, Zhou Yanran didn't dare not accept it, after holding the golden bowl with both hands, her footsteps moved to the side of the dragon bed, half-knelt down, scooped up a spoonful of ginseng soup with a silver spoon, and carefully sent it to Emperor Showa's mouth little by little.

Emperor Showa saw Zhou Yanran's bright and moving appearance with the afterglow of his eyes, not to mention, with this appearance, it is not too much to be favored in the palace for another ten years.

No wonder before he died, someone was already paving the way for his future.

Emperor Showa slowly twisted his head when Zhou Yanran handed over another spoonful of ginseng soup, and a hoarse voice slowly came out of his throat, "Concubine Ai seems to be surprised to see me like this?" ”

Zhou Yanran hurriedly put away the ginseng soup in her hand, knelt beside the dragon bed in a regular manner, and replied meekly, "Your Majesty is just plotted by the villain, and the dragon body is hindered for the time being. ”

Hearing Zhou Yanran take the initiative to mention spring hunting, a smile finally appeared on Emperor Showa's sallow face.

"Rui'er also likes to go spring hunting with me, but back then, I didn't know how to cherish her, and there were few opportunities for her to go; Now I finally woke up, but the beautiful woman was gone, and it was too late for anything. ”

Zhou Yanran knew that 'Rui'er' was the name of Zhao Ling's biological mother, Concubine Yang, and had long heard that there was a woman living in the heart of Emperor Showa, but she didn't expect that woman to be really a woman from a humble background.

can be so missed by the king of a country, even if she dies, she will not live this life in vain.