Long Harem Road

Chapter 31

The scenery of the northern country is covered with ice for thousands of miles, snow drifts for thousands of miles, and a heavy snowfall comes quietly inadvertently. After one night, even the dirtiest harem in the world has become a white and elegant world.

Everything in the imperial garden and bamboo grove was covered with snow, turning into a world of powder makeup and jade. The pond in the palace was covered with thick ice, and the eaves were covered with crystal clear ice edges, which were colorful under the sunlight. , It's really beautiful.

The palace people began to clean the road, and they were busy. Not long after, a winding and clean passage appeared in front of them. Baozhu pulled the eight groups of happy meeting thick brocade inlaid ermine cloaks on her body, and carried the stove to Kunning Palace, get to work.

Today's queen seems to be in a bad mood, and after a few words of conversation, everyone dismissed, leaving only her concubine sister, now Li Meiren.

Winter is the season most prone to accidents. Baozhu took advantage of the emperor's oral order to decline the invitation of several low-ranking concubines, and led her back to Cuiluxuan, where she continued to accept Zhao Zhen's "persecution".

In Kunning Palace, the queen winked, and Dongmei led the others out knowingly.The queen sat at the top, drinking tea patiently, but when she looked at the lower beauty Li, a trace of contempt and impatience flashed in her eyes.

"Have you been in the palace for more than five months?" Seeing the uneasiness of Li Meiren next time, the queen finally spoke.

"Back to the empress, yes." Li Meiren replied with trepidation, her hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, she knew that the queen didn't like her entering the palace, although she was the first sister, since she entered the palace and served the same man, their Her identity is doomed to lose affection.

She understood her status very well, after all, she was just a pawn selected by the Li family, and the Li family and the empress wanted to borrow her belly, as long as the empress did not give birth to a prince, she was safe.

The queen looked at Li Meiren's performance with contempt, she was really a bastard born by her aunt, and the mud couldn't support the wall. If it wasn't for the fact that she hadn't been pregnant again for so many years, the Li family was urging her, how could she exist?

The queen thought of the private summons of the queen mother yesterday, and felt depressed. She kept talking about the Li family, so what is she?The queen smiled wryly.

"Okay, you should know your family's plan. The most important thing for you now is to win over the emperor and give birth to the prince."

Li Meiren knelt down in front of the queen with a bang, crying and said, "Your Majesty, since entering the palace, the emperor has only been to Yongfu Palace a few times, and now it is because of Wang Jieyu that the emperor has not stepped into Yongfu Palace for half a month." step."

The queen put down the tea cup in her hand with a bang, and said sharply: "You mean to blame Ben Gong for not helping you?"

"Mother, I didn't mean that, I..." Li Meiren knelt on the ground and kowtowed, not daring to speak anymore, only the sound of kowtow was left.

The queen looked impatiently at Li Meiren and kowtowed, "Okay, if you go on like this, others will think that I can't tolerate others, and use lynching to punish you. Remember your duty, I will keep you safe, get up." The queen Knock Road.

"Yes, thank you, ma'am!" Li Meiren cried and thanked her, she shook her body, but a trace of resentment flashed in her cowardly and downcast eyes, and she clenched her hands in her sleeves, it means that I will be safe before I give birth to the prince, then Then?

"They are all my sisters. I will find an opportunity to suggest to the emperor that you move to the palace. You should step down first." The queen waved her back impatiently.

"Yes, my concubine is retiring."

After Beauty Li stepped back, Nanny Zhang came in and stood behind the Queen, squeezing her shoulders. "Your Majesty, this old slave thinks that Miss Fifth is not a simple person."

"Hmph, a foxy girl brought up by my aunt really thinks she is a fairy. I don't care about her little thoughts. She really thinks it's okay to avoid it for a while." The emperor said disdainfully.

"Your Majesty, the more villainous you are, the more you cannot despise them." Madam Zhang said earnestly, the Empress Empress is too proud, her proud family background and status have been smooth sailing all the way, if she despises her too much, it is inevitable that she will stumble.

"Nurse, I know your kindness. I will not despise any woman. Just watch, she will come to me soon. I want her to know that she is just a pawn. A dispensable pawn that can be replaced at any time."

"Old slave understands, empress is wise!"

Baozhu lives a leisurely life in Cuiluxuan where she wears clothes, stretches out her hands to eat, and opens her mouth. As long as Zhao Zhen doesn't come, she will be quite comfortable in this small world.

Liu Quan entered in a hurry, his face was reddish because of his anxiety, and the contrast between the temperature inside and outside made his eyes foggy. He came to Baozhu in a hurry, panting, "Ma'am, what happened?" gone."

"What's the matter?" Baozhu looked anxious at Liu Quan, who had always been steady, and something must have happened.

"Go back to your mother, Zhu Cairen is gone."

"It's gone? What's gone?" Baozhu was in a daze for a moment, but she couldn't react. She was also stunned by joy and joy, and looked at each other.

"Zhu Cairen has gone."

"What's going on? Where did you get the news?" Please An was fine when he was here, but he was always finding fault. Why did he disappear just a few hours later?

"Returning to the empress, the empress sent someone to inform the masters that they will arrive at the Kunning Palace in an hour. The servant has a little friendship with the person who came here, so I found out the news."

"Is the news true? Do you know the details?"

"Hui Niangniang, I'm not very clear. It is said that there was an accident at the rockery in the Imperial Garden. The details are not clear."

"Go down, and restrain the servants." Baozhu sat down, clutching the clothes in her hands tightly, and something happened again... "Huanxi, ask someone to come in and make up. You and Liu Quan will accompany me later. Huanxi stays in the pavilion, and no one is allowed to go out."

"Yes, please rest assured, master."

An hour later, Baozhu, dressed plainly, arrived at Kunning Palace with Huanxi and Liu Quan. The atmosphere in the main hall was a bit sad. Whether it was true or not, everyone looked like sisters and sad. got the news.

Baozhu glanced lightly, seeing that everyone was almost there, "Greetings to Empress Empress."

"Sister Bao is here, take your seat quickly." The queen said sadly.

After Baozhu, the rest of the people also arrived one after another. Even Concubine Wei, who was under confinement, and Wang Jieyu, who was raising a baby, also arrived one after another. Baozhu looked at the only two pregnant women in the palace without any trace.

It has to be said that Concubine Wei Gui's methods are not a bit better than Wang Jieyu's. In almost the same month, Concubine Wei Guifei's complexion was soft, no makeup was applied, and her complexion was ruddy.

She walked gracefully and greeted her respectfully. Her figure was still slender, but her lower abdomen was slightly protruding, and her tender white hands, which were meticulously maintained, naturally protected her abdomen.

As for Wang Jieyu, I haven't seen her in the past two months, she seems to be a different person, thin and bony, with heavy makeup on her thin face, just to cover up the blemishes on her face.

The baggy clothes made her look even more frail, and she staggered even when she walked, supported by two maids, exaggeratingly sticking out her newly protruding belly.

"You two sisters don't need to be too polite. Please sit down quickly. A major event happened today, which disturbed the two sisters' pregnancy. However, all the sisters also miss you very much. Now they are even more blessed by your blessings. Open branches and spread leaves for the emperor as soon as possible."

The queen waited until the two of them had finished their salutes, and then said in a calm and enthusiastic manner, her eyes occasionally drifted to Wei Guifei's lower abdomen, with jealousy and resentment in her eyes, with a complex expression.

"Thank you, Ma'am, for your concern."

The two sat back in their seats, Wang Jieyu looked haughty, noticing the ruddy complexion of Concubine Wei Gui who was also pregnant, she couldn't help being jealous, she muttered to Chunhua next to her, "You look so good, it must be a girl. "

Chunhua also had nothing to do with Wang Jieyu's unreasonable troubles, and flattered carefully: "What the master said is that you should relax and take care of yourself. When the little master is born, you will be the mother and the child."

After hearing Chunhua's words, Wang Jieyu was secretly happy, and couldn't help showing joy, but Concubine Wei remained calm, and occasionally glanced at Wang Jieyu with ironic eyes.

It was the first time for everyone here to see the two of them in more than a month, especially the eyes that looked at Concubine Wei, which was so hot that it was hard to ignore. Even Wang Jieyu, who might lose her child at any time, was also the object of everyone's envy.

Ma Meiren's gaze has been glued to Concubine Wei's abdomen since she entered the palace, with a knife floating in her eyes, as if she wanted to dig out that bulge. This is the first time Concubine Wei has touched Ma Meiren head-on, and she couldn't help it. frown.

(End of this chapter)