Chapter 191 Seizing the Heir
After Bi'er talked with Miu Ci for a while, she ordered Ban Cui to bring the little girls in to help Miu Ci clean up. Miu Ci had her hair wrapped around and combed it gently with an ivory comb. Bi'er was helping me make my bed. Futon, "Bi'er" I called out, "En" Bier put down the things in her hands and walked to me, I grabbed her hand: "Stay and talk to me tonight!" Bier looked at her with eyes full of surprise. I, probably haven't gotten used to me calling myself "I" in front of her. "Sleep with me tonight!" I said again looking at her delicate face. "Well, I don't dare." Bi'er lowered her head, and I was displeased: "If you dare to do anything, just do as I say." Hu'er smiled again: "The night is long, I can't sleep, I want to find Let’s talk on my own.” Bi’er couldn’t help me acting coquettishly, so she reluctantly agreed.

Xie Ci took off the outer cloak and shrank into the silk quilt of the big red embroidered phoenix. The inside was already scented and warm with a small smoker.Bi'er blew out the candle, put down the light blue shark gauze curtain from the upside-down hibiscus hook, and lay down on the outside of the bed. "Bi'er, how old are you?" Yu Ci put her arms around her, "Your servant is 17 years old this year." Bi'er froze for a moment. "Oh, then I should call you sister, I'm almost 23 years old this year" I said cheerfully. "I don't dare to be a servant." Bi'er was still a little restrained. "Oh, it's just you and me here. There is a difference between master and servant in front of people. How about we call each other sisters behind our backs?" I blinked mischievously, with infinite sincerity in my eyes. "Master..." Bi'er's voice was choked with sobs, "You still call me master?" I growled angrily, "Sister" Bi'er called out in a low voice, "Sister" I threw myself into her arms , feeling her steady heartbeat. "Although there are many sisters and sisters in this palace, how many are truly sincere? I know you are a trustworthy person," I said sincerely.Bi'er let me hug her and kept silent, and it took a long time to hear her say in a hoarse voice: "Sister, you have to be careful of Concubine De." "Sister knows" I nodded. "You don't know how many tricks she has, she is a very powerful woman" Even in the dark, I can still feel the coldness in Dao Bier's eyes. "Then, tell me what you know." I pondered for a while and said.

"Concubine De has served the emperor for a long time, but she has never been favored very much." Bi'er sighed, and said quietly, "After the current emperor ascended the throne, she only made a noble concubine and never went up. "I know this, the emperor always likes the new and dislikes the old," I agreed. "Yes, there are three thousand beauties in the harem, how can the emperor take care of them one by one, the noble family is only one or two people. Some concubines may never see the emperor in their entire life, even if they are lucky enough to see the emperor, they will just throw away their love after a few days the back of your head" Bea'er's voice was calm and mournful. "Sister, do you know that there used to be a nobleman Xiao in this palace?" Bi'er suddenly changed her tone. "Xiao Guiren?" I tried my best to search in my mind, but I couldn't think of such a person. "She has been dead for almost four years." Bi'er's voice sounded so ethereal. "How did you die?" I vaguely felt that the death of nobleman Xiao should have something to do with Concubine De. "The one who threw himself into the lake to death, I heard that he was crazy about remembering his son, and threw himself into the lake." Bi'er said coldly. "Crazy about remembering your son?" I was extremely surprised. From entering the palace to now, I only heard that the emperor's heirs are weak, and there is only one eldest prince born to Concubine De. "Yes, her child died at birth, what a pity, it was a boy!" Bi'er sighed.That's a pity, if the child is still there, maybe Xiao Guiren would have already been more expensive than mother and child, I thought to myself. "At that time, Li Xiuyi was also born at the same time as her, who is now the concubine De." Bi'er's voice became more serious, and I felt a sudden shock in my heart. Could it be... "But Li Xiuyi was luckier than her, and the baby she gave birth was a healthy baby girl. Your prince, hehe" Bi'er laughed mockingly, and through the moonlight outside the window, I could clearly see crystal tears dripping from the corners of her eyes, "Since then she has been on the rise, and mothers are more expensive than children, first Zhaoyi, then Shengde Concubine, How enviable!" Bi'er's voice became sharp, "Although she is weak and does not participate in various celebrations all year round, the rewards she gets during the festivals are no worse than the queen and concubine, just because she has the emperor. My only son!" I looked at Bi'er worriedly, and reached out to hold her hand that was made into a fist. "But, no one knows that the eldest prince was not born to her at all. He originally belonged to nobleman Xiao!" Bi'er said almost gnashing her teeth. "Ah" I couldn't help but let out a low cry, this incident was too shocking. "You, how do you know?" I asked aloud.If Concubine De really did something good, she wouldn't be so stupid to stay alive. "How do I know, because my younger sister happened to serve Li Xiuyi, and when Li Xiuyi gave birth, she had been serving in the inner hall all the time?" Bi'er's tears fell down and disappeared into the silk pillow. "You have a younger sister, why haven't I heard you mention it?" I asked suspiciously. "Xiang'er is not my biological sister. We entered the palace in the same year, and we are from the same village, so we became sworn sisters of Jinlan. She was sent to serve Li Xiuyi, and I was assigned to Yonghe Palace." Bi'er intermittently talking.

"Your Majesty, use your strength!" The midwife, Wen Po, was sweating profusely, urging Li Xiuyi Ling Li'er, who was pale and sweaty, "One, two, three, push hard!" Li Xiuyi bit hard. As she pressed her lips, traces of blood came out due to excessive force. "Your Majesty, come on, work harder! The servant has seen the baby's head!" Wen Po said excitedly.Although Li Xiuyi's limbs were about to fall apart, she still persisted because she knew that this child would determine her future! "Li'er, you must give birth to a prince this time. Otherwise, not only will your status be lost, but even Daddy and I..." Li Xiuyi's mind kept reappearing. In the scene of her secret conversation, the wrinkles on his forehead became deeper and deeper, and his gray hair also grew a lot, presumably because of his anxiety?Ever since Yun Meiren entered the palace, she had taken away all the emperor's attention from the harem, and she who was not very favored in the first place was completely forgotten.Now that Yun Meiren is pregnant, the emperor was overjoyed to promote her as concubine Shu, and promoted her elder brother from a small guard in front of the palace to a commander in front of the palace. If you want her to get three points, let alone yourself?Thinking of Concubine Shu's cynicism towards her, Li Xiuyi gritted her teeth forcefully, and a strong smell of blood flowed into her mouth.

"It's born! It's born! It's a little prince!" Wen Po shouted happily, "Really?" The exhausted Li Xiuyi immediately regained her spirits, and she sat up with the support of her personal maid, Xiang'er: " Hurry up, bring me to the palace to have a look!" Wen Po handed her the little prince wrapped in a small quilt.This child is so beautiful, with a bright red mouth, long eyelashes trembling slightly, skin that can be broken by blows, and the appearance of the emperor can be seen faintly between the faint brows, she couldn't help but kiss him.wrong!Why didn't I hear him cry after so long?Why is his face getting paler and his little mouth turning purple?its not right! "Prince doctor, doctor Xie!" She screamed, and doctor Xie stumbled in from the outside, she grabbed doctor Xie's sleeve: "Quick! Look at the little prince, what's wrong with him?" He hugged him to the side and examined him carefully. Although he didn't say anything, she saw that his face was getting heavier and heavier, and her heart seemed to be soaked in ice water. "Your Majesty, the little prince has already passed away!" Imperial Doctor Xie knelt beside her bed with a dull expression. "No!" She screamed, and was about to rush towards her son, "It's impossible for him to die! He won't!" "Mother, take care!" Xiang'er and the other girls Pulling the crazy looking Li Xiuyi.

"Li'er, you have to calm down, calm down!" Xia Run, who was guarding the outside, heard the screams from inside, and knew something was wrong, so he immediately ordered the little eunuch beside him to guard the two palace gates, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. He ran in and hugged his desperately struggling daughter. "He won't die, how could he die!" Li Xiuyi completely lost the dignity and elegance of the past, and now she was just a mother who lost her beloved son. "Slap!" A crisp slap not only stunned the crying Li Xiuyi, but also stunned everyone around her. "Xiao Guiren has given birth to a healthy son!" Xia Run snapped. "Son, she gave birth to a son. Then, what should I do?" Li Xiuyi said foolishly, covering her blushing face.Xia Run frowned, and leaned over to whisper in her daughter's ear. "This, will it work?" Li Xiuyi looked at her bloodshot father with some hesitation, "Quick, it's not too late!" Xia Run stamped his feet, and helped the imperial doctor Xie who was kneeling on the ground: "Master Wang , I have something to trouble you..." He moved his mouth to Doctor Xie's ear. "No, how can this be done?" Imperial Physician Xie's face was pale, and he backed away in a panic. "It's okay if you don't agree. If you don't agree, I will tell the emperor that it was you who cured my emperor's son. You will die as well!" Li Xiuyi sat on the bed and had recovered from the pain of losing her son. gloomy. "Your Majesty, you..." Imperial Physician Xie looked at this hideous woman in horror.After a while, he softened, and Xia Run supported him: "Don't worry, the Jiying Hall is also full of my subordinates, and there will be no mistakes. After the matter is completed, our father and daughter will naturally not treat you badly!" Thank you The imperial doctor nodded weakly, opened the medical box on the table, put the long-dead baby in it, and hurried out with the little eunuch next to Xia Run. "Huang..." Li Xiuyi looked at the imperial doctor Xie who was going away, a trace of reluctance flashed in her eyes, but she didn't say anything after all.

After a while, Imperial Physician Xie came back in a hurry, took out a sleeping baby from the medical box and handed it to Li Xiuyi, who was shaking the fat baby in her arms: "My lord, from now on, You are the emperor's son!" Tears welled up from her beautiful eyes. "Has anyone ever found out?" Xia Run asked the little eunuch behind him, "Master Huiling, Mrs. Xiao Gui was weak after giving birth, and she had already fallen asleep, so she didn't notice." It's gone!" There was a strange atmosphere in the delivery room, Xia Run turned around and coldly glanced at Xiang'er and the others who were serving beside him: "Listen, Empress Xiuyi gave birth to a healthy prince today!" "Yes !" Xiang'er knelt down in a hurry, "My maidservant congratulates the empress on getting Lin'er!"

"No!" At this time, there seemed to be a wail from the Jiying Hall, like a cry of hell, Xiang'er couldn't help shivering.

Late at night, in a remote place in the imperial garden.

"Xiang'er, why do you have to be free?" Bi'er saw her sister sitting on the stone pier at a glance, "Master has already fallen asleep, and I'm not in a good mood, so I went out for a walk." Xiang'er is used to coming here if she has something on her mind Talk to Bill. "Xiang'er, do you have something on your mind?" Bi'er looked at her frowning sister in confusion. Li Xiuyi gave birth to the eldest prince today, and the emperor was overjoyed to confer the title of Zhaoyi on her immediately. After receiving the reward, everyone was smiling from ear to ear, but she... "Sister, if I do something wrong, will God forgive me?" Xiang'er's beautiful big eyes were full of tears, "You are so Kindness, how could you make a mistake?" Bi'er looked at her puzzled, knowing that her little sister would not even be willing to step on an ant to death. "Hey, I don't know if it's right or wrong to do this!" Xiang'er looked at the Jiying Hall, which was lit in the distance, her face became paler under the pale moonlight. "What happened?" Bi'er was puzzled, "Sister, it's like this..." Xiang'er looked around before she clung to Bi'er's ear. "Ah" Bi'er cried out, Xiang'er covered her mouth in a panic, and looked around vigilantly, "Good sister, don't shout, this is going to die!" Xiang'er looked at the sky in a panic, He said in a low voice: "My good sister, just pretend you didn't hear anything today. It's getting late, I should go back, or I'll be in big trouble if the master wakes up and won't see me!" Xiang Er gestured to Bi Er. She waved her hand, "I'll talk about it later!", and ran away with her skirt in hand.

Who knows, Bier never saw Xianger again.Because three days later, someone found Xiang'er's body in Taiye Pond. When Bi'er heard the news, she cried silently, but she never dared to see Xiang'er for the last time. A stick of incense was lit in the yard.Later, it was heard that some palace people disappeared or died. People were surprised for a while and then let it go, because there have always been too many such inexplicable things in the harem.But because of Xiang'er, Bi'er kept an eye out, and found that those who died or disappeared were Xiao Guiren or Zhen Zhaoyi's servants.Later, even Xiao Guiren was found dead in Taiye Lake. According to legend in the palace, she was Yizi Chengkuang who threw herself into the lake.But who knows the truth?
"Didn't Mrs. Xiao find out?" I felt aggrieved by what happened to her, "So what if I found out, she was just a palace maid, because she was favored by the emperor by chance, so she was promoted to be a concubine, but after all, she was born It's too low, and there is no one to rely on in the court. At that time, the emperor's heart was all on the new concubine Shu, and he had no time to see other concubines. All the servants, big and small, come from his sect, and it can be said that he can cover the sky with one hand. She can only knock out her teeth and swallow her blood!" Bi'er said bitterly. "However, it's so embarrassing to have my child taken away by someone. No wonder she's going crazy." I regretted, "Isn't there anyone asking her?" They have long lost affection for her, and the queen mother and queen have no time to take care of such an ominous person who has fallen out of favor and lost her son. Even the servants in the palace are gradually looking down on her. People in the palace are used to praise her Low!" Bi'er's old-fashioned tone contained infinite sadness, "So you have to be careful and watch out for Concubine De, the dog that doesn't bark is the most powerful!"

 The third update has been issued, I wish you all a Merry Christmas.

  
 
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