Queen's Development

Chapter 245
It is now a beautiful spring day in March, and the peach blossoms in the back garden of Shouchang Palace are in full bloom. Concubine Jiang took half a day off to enjoy the peach blossoms in the back garden with Qingming and a few court ladies.

Looking at the peach blossoms like clouds and rosy clouds, Concubine Jiang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Before I knew it, I have been in the palace for a year."

She is only 16 years old, but she has already experienced countless ups and downs in life, and her heart has long since grown old.

Seeing you in Qingming, she pursed her lips and smiled, raised her hand and folded a peach blossom to give to Concubine Jiang, and said softly: "Your majesty, you are still so young, but you are already the concubine who favors the harem, didn't your majesty say that last night? If you After giving birth to an heir, I will make you a queen!"

Concubine Jiang Gui didn't expect Qingming to hear all the love words between herself and Emperor Yongtai on the bed, she couldn't help but blushed slightly, stretched out a snow-white finger, nodded on Qingming's forehead, and said: " Don't talk nonsense!"

Qingming pursed his lips and waved his hands, motioning the rest of the court ladies to back off, and then said in a very soft voice: "Your Majesty, your Majesty is over 40 years old, and this servant listened to the old eunuch in the palace talking about ancient times, saying that the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty No one has lived past the age of 50! In the future, the prince born to you will inherit the throne. You will be the empress dowager, and you will only be in your 20s by then. If you want a beautiful boy, you have to be a beautiful boy. If you want a woman, who can stop you?"

At the end, Qingming's eyes flickered slightly: "Besides, there are servants, and servants will always be with you."

After hearing Qingming's words, Concubine Jiang smiled, with a trace of melancholy in her smile.

She put the peach blossom on the tip of her nose, sniffed it lightly, but did not speak.

Ever since she found out about the personnel affairs, her dream lover is Lin Jia, such a handsome and noble Lin Jia, she wants to marry Lin Jia, one day she will become the most noble woman in Da Zhou, and her family will also become the most noble in Da Zhou besides the royal family She and Lin Jia's bloodline has been passed down from generation to generation in the royal family.

But by mistake, she became Emperor Yongtai's concubine.

Although Emperor Yongtai is handsome, he is in his 40s after all. How can he compare with Lin Jia?
Thinking of this, Concubine Jiang was filled with resentment.

It's a pity that Bai Yuzhi and Lin Yin were not killed last time, she will kill the mother and son sooner or later!

Qingming looked back and saw those maids standing far away beside an apricot tree, so she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, after the court meeting today, His Majesty went to Concubine Lianhui."

Concubine Jiang smiled coldly and said: "An old woman with no family background is nothing to worry about."

In the eyes of 16-year-old Concubine Jiang, 21-year-old Concubine Lian Hui is an "old woman"!

Qingming said softly again: "Your Majesty, the people we sent to Qingzhou have returned!"

Concubine Jiang's eyes lit up when she heard this: "How is the matter going?"

Qingming approached Concubine Jiang and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, everything has been arranged in Qingzhou, that is, within this month, don't worry!"

Concubine Jiang slowly walked forward along the Qingshi path, going over the Qingzhou incident in her heart again, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong, she felt relieved and walked forward with Qingming.

She got the news from her father that Lin Jia was about to go on an expedition to Korea, and after Lin Jia left, she decided to lure Yuzhi and her son to Qingzhou, and then carry out her plan
There is a elm plum in front, with gorgeous petals overlapping, blooming extremely brilliantly, embellishing this garden gorgeously.

Qingming pinched an elm plum and crushed it, and suddenly asked: "Madam, is it time for your letter to come this month? This servant remembers that it was supposed to come at the end of last month!"

Concubine Jiang's heart moved, and said: "Wait a little longer!"

From the beginning of the first month, every time she served Emperor Yongtai, she used the secret medicine of the Miao people in southern Xinjiang, which made Emperor Yongtai wish to die on her body, so that even though Concubine Hui was a new favorite, she couldn't go past her.

This secret medicine can promote pregnancy, maybe she is already pregnant!
Qingming suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask Imperial Physician Liang to come again!"

Imperial Physician Liang is precisely the imperial physician Liang Bixiu who is attached to Jiang's family. His son has just married Concubine Jiang's concubine sister, and his relationship with Jiang's family is getting closer.

Concubine Jiang Guifei thought for a while, and said: "We can't let Imperial Physician Liang come this time. If he comes, it would be too conspicuous. Tomorrow, you go out of the palace and ask Mrs. Tai to bring a proper female doctor and pretend to be an attendant." palace."

After experiencing the miscarriage last time, Concubine Jiang became more and more cautious.

Now that she has become Emperor Yongtai's concubine, there is only one way for her - to give birth to an emperor's heir and become the empress dowager!

At this time, the courtyard of Shouchang Palace was quiet,

Xiaohuan, the maid in charge of washing the skirts of the imperial concubine, is doing laundry by the well with another court lady, Ruyan, who is in charge of cleaning the underwear of the imperial concubine.

Xiaohuan rinsed a pomegranate skirt with clear water, and said enviously: "My lady's clothes, except for underwear, only wear water. You see, my lady's clothes are so beautiful, the materials are so delicate, and the embroidery is so complicated, yet my lady only wears a pair of clothes." Water is rewarding, what a pity!"

Ru Yan smiled, and while scrubbing the obscene trousers in her hands, she said: "No matter how beautiful these clothes are, the empress would not give them to low-level maids like us, so you should give up on it!"

Xiaohuan's eyes rolled: "Hey, you said that if your mother's underwear is stained with a monthly letter, wouldn't you have to throw it away?"

Ru Yan said while washing the clothes: "Naturally let me burn it!"

Xiaohuan smiled and said: "But this month, the empress didn't let you burn your underwear, did you burn it last month?"

Ru Yan didn't care and said: "It hasn't been burned in the past two months, but it burned two pairs of obscene pants last month!"

Xiaohuan changed the subject with a smile: "Ruyan, how many years do you have to leave the palace?"

Ruyan was only concerned with counting the time, and for a moment forgot the topic she was talking about just now.

That night, while the maid in the same room was sleeping soundly, Xiaohuan got up and quietly went to find Li Xiuzhen.

The next morning, Li Xiuzhen found an excuse to take a leave of absence and went to Prince He's Mansion.

The courtyard where Li Rui lived was very lively at this moment.

Xiao Linyin is almost two years old, surprisingly lively and active, and Li Rui's senior follower, since Li Rui came back and appeared in front of him, Ah Yin has been entangled with Li Rui, for fear that Li Rui will be silent again Missing.

Li Rui has always been in charge of the housework of the palace and the guards of Yu Yi. After going out for so long this time, there is really a backlog of things that need to be dealt with. He had to bring Xiao Lin Yin with him when he saw people.

The people in the palace were talking back and forth, and when they saw the prince on Li Rui's body, they couldn't help laughing: "Butler Li, the prince and you are really close!"

Li Rui reached out and touched Lin Yin's soft little hand on his face, his heart was extremely soft.

Feiying and Lingque from Yuyiwei came to see Li Rui.

Seeing Shi Zi lying on Li Rui's shoulder, Ling Que couldn't help but said: "Shi Zi, my subordinate will take you outside to catch birds, okay?"

Lin Yin lay on Li Rui's back, and said like a grown-up, "Thank you, but Uncle Rui and I have made an appointment to go fishing together!"

Seeing Bai Nen's cute child imitating adults' speech in a serious manner, Ling Que couldn't help laughing.

As soon as Fei Ying and Ling Que left, the servant came in to report: "Little Eunuch Li, please see me!"

Li Rui was waiting for Li Xiuzhen, and immediately said: "Please come in!"

As soon as Li Xiuzhen came in, he saw the prince on Li Rui's body, and couldn't help smiling: "I have seen the prince!"

Lin Yin tilted his head to look at it, imitating the appearance of an adult and said solemnly: "Get up!"

Li Xiuzhen stood up with a smile.

Li Rui and Li Xiuzhen had a very good relationship, and waved: "Xiuzhen, come and sit down!"

Li Xiuzhen agreed and sat down on the chair closest to Li Rui.

Li Rui turned Lin Yin over his shoulders, hugged her in his arms, and then asked Li Xiuzhen, "How did that go?"

Li Xiuzhen's eyes were dark: "I didn't come last month, and I haven't come this month, I'm afraid I already have one!"

Li Rui nodded, and said, "It's better to believe in something than nothing. After you go back, continue to observe. If you can be sure, we should make preparations."

Li Xiuzhen agreed, and glanced at Shizi, seeing Lin Yin sitting in Li Rui's arms listening with ears up, hurriedly said in a low voice: "Brother, Shizi is listening, is that okay?"

Li Rui stroked Lin Yin's black hair that was hanging down softly on his head, and said in a gentle voice, "Although the son is young, he should be exposed to these things!"

Li Xiuzhen looked at Lin Yin and saw that his pair of phoenix eyes, which were exactly the same as the prince's, were shining, and he obviously understood, so he sighed: "Your Majesty is really smart, what did we know when we were young, we are like fools!"

Li Rui laughed, patted Lin Yin's head again, and said, "My son will be a person who will do great things in the future, how can he be the same as us?"

After sending Li Xiuzhen away, Li Rui took Lin Yin's hand and went to Tingsongyuan.

Today the weather is fine and the spring breeze is breezy. Yuzhi is sitting on the porch reading, accompanied by Han Lin, female doctor Jin and Nanny Shen.

Next to the railing was a small carved crib, on which a cute little baby girl was lying. The sun shone through the railing and the flowers and trees outside the railing, casting mottled spots on her white and tender face. shadows.The skin looks more and more white as jade.

Lin Yin took Li Rui's finger and walked over, saying, "Uncle Rui, look at my sister!"

Li Rui walked over and looked at the sleeping baby girl, feeling a little sad - this girl will replace the real princess of Chang'an in the future and become the new princess of Chang'an!
Yu Zhi put down the book and looked over, her eyes were gentle: "The prince named her Ting Lan. Ting Lan eats and sleeps well, she is easy to support, and she will have a good personality in the future!"

She thought of her daughter in her heart, and looked up at Li Rui: "Naya. How is Han Qing treating Naya?"

Seeing that Yuzhi's big eyes were moist, Li Rui couldn't help feeling sad, and said in a low voice, "Han Qing is very kind to Naya. Liang Chen said that Han Qing is going to make Naya the king of Xixia!"

Yuzhi couldn't help laughing, sighed, and said: "Girls of the Great Zhou live their lives quite recklessly. The state religion of Xixia is Guizhen Sect. How could Guizhen Sect make a queen appear in Xixia? Han Qing is really fantastic!"

She got up and walked to the railing, lying on the railing to look at the peach blossoms outside the railing: "It doesn't matter, we will definitely think of a way to get Naya back in the future!"

Li Rui could feel Yuzhi's sadness, and said hoarsely, "There will be such a day!"

The spring is warm, the flowers are fragrant, and the peach blossoms are swaying in the spring breeze. This is the most beautiful season of the year.

Knowing that Li Rui came to report about Concubine Jiang, Yu Zhi asked the golden female doctor to watch A Yin and Ting Lan, and she led Han Lin to the bauhinia tree in front of her.

After hearing Li Rui's words, Yu Zhi took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Just to be sure, if she is really pregnant, let's start to act!"

She has always been a person who will retaliate, if someone treats her well, she will repay it with all her strength; if someone wants to harm her, she will repay him in the same way.

Jiang Zhen wanted to harm her, her A Yin, so Yu Zhi made Jiang Zhen lose her most important thing!
Mrs. Jiang was very active, and not many days after Qingming went to the mansion to pass the message, Mrs. Jiang brought a maid and a daughter-in-law to hand over a sign to see her.

Concubine Jiang Gui was waiting in the main hall of Shouchang Palace, when she heard the maid's report from outside, she hurriedly ordered: "You all step back, you can stay in Qingming!"

Mrs. Jiang came in soon after the escorting maid. She was about to bow her knees to salute, but was stopped by Concubine Jiang herself: "Grandmother!"

Seeing that Concubine Jiang insisted on not allowing herself to salute, Mrs. Jiang did not insist on saluting, and followed Concubine Jiang to sit down on the red sandalwood couch.

Seeing that the hall was full of her own people, Mrs. Jiang winked at the decent daughter-in-law who followed her.

The daughter-in-law stepped forward respectfully, knelt down in front of Concubine Jiang, stretched out her fingers and began to check her pulse.

After checking the pulse, she seemed to check it again to be sure, then got up and said with a smile: "Congratulations, empress! Congratulations, old lady!"

Mrs. Jiang was overjoyed and got up immediately: "Congratulations, your mother is pregnant with dragon descendants!"

Qingming, Lichun and the cronies who came with the old lady also bowed their knees and saluted: "Congratulations, empress!"

Jiang Zhen raised her head to force back the tears that were about to burst out—she lost her first child too much, and this child is related to her bright future and the prosperity of the Jiang family, so she must keep it no matter what!
Knowing the news that Mrs. Jiang brought a strange daughter-in-law into the palace, Yuzhi laughed and said with certainty, "Jiang Zhen must be pregnant!"

She looked at Li Rui, her big eyes shining brightly: "Go and act, just follow our pre-plan!"

Li Rui answered "Yes" and stepped back.

At this time Yuzhi was in the study outside, she got up and walked to Lin Jia's side, and told about it.

Lin Jia never cared about these things, but said: "Keep things confidential, if you are really involved, you must tell me!"

He can't stop Yuzhi from doing what she wants, so he just needs to be Yuzhi's strong backing. If Yuzhi needs him, he will be her husband who protects her shortcomings and clean up the mess for Yuzhi at any time.

Yuzhi smiled sweetly, and moved to Lin Jia's lips to kiss her.

Seeing that Lin Jia was holding the letter paper in her hand, and her delicate brows were slightly frowned, Yuzhi hurriedly asked, "Ajia, what are you looking at?"

Lin Jia handed the letter paper to Yuzhi, and said: "Father is messing around again, and now I don't know how many concubines, messing around every day, and I'm not afraid of ruining my body!"

Although he was adopted by Emperor Yongtai, King Xingping County was his father after all. Lin Jia had been restraining him, the father king, to prevent the King Xingping County from being too nonsense.

Yuzhi was silent for a moment, and said: "When the Koryo matter is settled, you tell Your Majesty to let the prince come and live in the capital, and you can watch him too!"

Lin Jia nodded and said, "That's the only way to go!"

He took a pen, dipped some ink and began to write a letter, preparing to warn his absurd father first.

After confirming that she was pregnant again, Concubine Jiang became cautious and rarely went out, even refusing to sit in a sedan chair.

On this day, the imperial garden was in full bloom and the spring breeze was breezy. Emperor Yongtai held a banquet at the spring viewing pavilion in the imperial garden to celebrate Concubine Lian Hui's birthday.

Now even Concubine Hui is being favored by Emperor Yongtai, and all the concubines in the palace also come to join in on the show, and it was very lively with the sound of warblers singing and the fragrance of the wind blowing gently.

Concubine Lian Hui found out that Concubine Jiang was not here, but she kept silent. When the banquet started, she leaned against Emperor Yongtai and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, did my concubine do something wrong?"

Emperor Yongtai stroked Concubine Lian Hui's plump jade arm, and said thoughtfully, "What's the matter, my beloved concubine?"

He has been working on state affairs for decades, now that Lin Jia is helping him, he can finally enjoy the warmth and nephrite.

Concubine Lian Hui had already received Yuzhi's advice, and her pretty face was full of sadness at this moment: "Your Majesty, today is my concubine's birthday. Your Majesty loves my concubine and personally organizes a banquet for her. But she refused to come, the concubine must have offended her."

Emperor Yongtai loved Concubine Lianhui very much recently, so he beckoned to Eunuch Ding and said, "Ding Dang, you go and pick up the concubine and say it's my will!"

Ding Dang smiled respectfully: "Your Majesty, the distance from Shouchang Palace to the Imperial Garden is quite far, and the imperial concubine is delicate."

Emperor Yongtai said indifferently: "You take my sedan chair and go!"

Ding Dang lowered his eyes and answered "yes" softly.

(End of this chapter)