Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 156 The Concubine
Yang Shangyi was beating drums in her heart, but there was a gentle spring breeze on her face, which was completely different from the serious expression just now.

She took the initiative to walk towards Wang Quan and asked with a smile: "What kind of wind was blowing today that brought Sister Wang to Yupeng Hall?"

Huo Qi raised his eyebrows when he heard the word "Sister Wang", and quickly went through the relationship diagram that Shen Yuning gave her in his mind.

Wang Quan, the head of the Shangfu Bureau, a second-rank female official, belongs to the concubine Shu's school, and has always been at odds with Yang Shangyi.

Wang Quan didn't have time to look at the group of female candidates, so he only held Yang Shangyi's hand, squatted slightly and performed a parity salute, and then sighed: "Sister, what you said is killing me, isn't it all for the sake of the master?" ?”

"Oh? Which master?" Yang Shangyi asked along the way.

Wang Shangfu paused for a moment, then whispered in his ear: "It's about Concubine Zhen. Your Majesty has not been able to sleep well at night recently, and the imperial doctor couldn't find anything wrong when he checked her pulse. So he had to ask Taoist Master Yunxu to do it, and the result was that it was There is a ghost at work in the southwest corner of the palace!"

"What?" Yang Shangyi's heart trembled and her voice became louder.

But she soon understood.

The concubine Zhen died a third-class court lady beside her, and last night a eunuch went crazy in Concubine Xian's palace.Shuchunxuan, where the concubine Zhen lives, is in the Lin'an Palace of Concubine Xian.These unlucky things one after another can't be stopped, no wonder this master is terrified.

Seeing Huo Qi and the others looking over, she returned to her usual dignified look, "But what does this have to do with you, sister?"

"Hey! The Taoist Master said that five high-status young ladies who were born between April and August must be selected. They will embroider a nightgown with their own hands and let the empress wear it. Only in this way can the panic of the empress be relieved. Like. I'm here today to deliver satin for making pajamas." Wang Quan pointed to the satin held in the hands of the maids behind him. It had a faint luster in the sun, and it looked like a good thing.

Yang Shangyi knew it as soon as he heard it.

She has read the files of the five selected girls of Yupeng Palace, and they all meet the three criteria mentioned by Wang Quan.

Then she glanced at Wang Quan suspiciously.

Wang Quan, the head of the Fashion Bureau, does all major and minor matters according to Concubine Shu's wishes.It can be said that if Concubine Shu wanted to doze off, she would hand her the pillow.Even if the concubine Zhen is favored now, she can just order Si Yi under her to do such trivial things, why did she personally discuss the concubine Zhen's matter today?Concubine Shu would not be so kind as to promote the concubine Zhen.

Wang Quan didn't continue to speak, but turned his eyes away, and looked at the girls in front of him: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am here today to inform you that the concubine's birthday is coming soon, and you will have to work hard to embroider one in ten days." Presenting a piece of pajamas is also regarded as a test for you female celebrities."

After Luo Rou listened, her face instantly wrinkled into a shriveled bitter melon.

Where can she be a female celebrity?
When she was a child, her mother taught her to embroider swans, which she embroidered into ducks, and taught her to embroider peonies, which she directly embroidered into dogtail grass.Now let her embroider a purse, but it is still a big project like pajamas. Is there anyone who cares about her life and death?

There was a wailing in her heart, and she heard Li Jiayin speak first: "I shall serve the empress."

Nie Ying was also overjoyed, and she said with a proud attitude: "Concubine Zhen is still my cousin, so of course I am willing."

Wang Rong looked calm and did not raise any objections.

Seeing this, Luo Rou looked at Huo Qi with wet eyes.

Huo Qi received her request for help and shook his head helplessly.

Huo Qi is proficient in chess, calligraphy and painting, but she really doesn't know much about Nuhong.Although she was taught by her grandmother when she was a child in her previous life, she had never touched needlework after she was 12 years old, and now her hands are regenerated.

But that's not her focus.What she focused on instead was, what big event did Wang Quan say just now that caused the usually dignified Yang Shangyi to lose her composure?
Furthermore, the concubine Zhen should be closer to the concubine Xian.Wang Quan belongs to Concubine Shu's faction, so he is busy working on concubine Zhen, so he is not afraid of Concubine Shu's attack?This master is not a generous temper.

Huo Qi was thinking deeply, and Wang Quan's eyes had already slipped to her body, which was a kind of casual prying, "Why didn't Miss Huo say anything? It's a coincidence that when I was flipping through the book, I also found that you and Zhen The concubines and empresses were born on the same day."

"I shall serve for the concubine concubine." Huo Qi was as good as others, but he couldn't help tightening his hand holding the veil.

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The concubine everyone talked about was lying on the imperial concubine's couch in Shuchunxuan.

She has a tender oval face and looks less than 20 years old.A pair of willow-leaf eyes drooped, staring at his stomach in a daze.At this moment, no makeup was applied, and the under eye circles were obviously black and blue.

As soon as Chunxiao entered the palace, she saw the concubine Zhen wiping her tears secretly.

She had been with Zhen concubine since she was a child, and they had a close relationship from childhood. Seeing her master withering away day by day, she felt uncomfortable in her heart, but she was powerless, so she had to bring the blood swallow in her hand to Zhen concubine: "Your Majesty, you haven't eaten for a day. Please fill your stomach with a cup of blood swallow. Your Majesty specially ordered the people from the Food Bureau to bring this to you today. It's very valuable."

"I'm not hungry." Zhenbi turned her face away.

In front of Chunxiao, the concubine Zhen is still the same as when she was not out of the court. When outsiders are not around, she never calls herself "my palace".

Chunxiao pushed the porcelain bowl and continued to persuade: "Madam, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the little prince in your belly and the Liu family."

"Oh." There was a sneer from the corner of the concubine Zhen's mouth, "Prince? Isn't he just an evil seed? I have been ruined by this evil seed all my life. I wish I could dig it out with my own hands."

As for the Liu family, when her father was about to send her to the dragon bed in person, why did he ever think that she was his daughter?

Since entering the palace, she has been playing tricks and flattering to an old man every day.She also has to be cautious, guarding against the dark and dirty schemes in the palace day and night.Such a day is simply worse than death.

Now that she is still willing to conceive this child, she has done her utmost to Liu Jiaren.If it hadn't been a serious crime for a concubine to commit suicide, and if her mother hadn't been struggling to support her in that home, she would have bumped her head against the pillar of Shuchunxuan on the first day she entered the palace.

Chunxiao was startled by Zhenbi's crazy look, and quickly held her hand and whispered: "Your Majesty, please be careful. If others listen to this, there will be another commotion." Seeing Zhenbi's cold expression, she He sighed again and changed his title, "Miss, if you don't have grace, everyone in this palace can be bullied and humiliated. Only with power in your hand, can you protect the people you want to protect."

"Chunxiao, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on until then. I was less than two months pregnant and Le Yun died. As a 12-year-old child, who could she offend? Didn't she die because of me?" The concubine Zhen twitched her eyebrows and held Chunxiao's hand instead, a tear rolled down her face, "This palace is very dirty, everyone wants to harm me."

That tear burned the back of Chun Xiao's hand, she saw Zhen Concubine's heart ashamed, felt great grief, sobbed: "Miss, I will protect you with all my might, and Empress Xian will always protect you."

"The Concubine Xian?" Concubine Zhen smiled sarcastically, "I'm just a tool for her favor. Now that I'm pregnant with this child, it's even more impossible for her to treat me sincerely."

It's a good thing that Emperor Xiaowen died early, because the youngest son has not yet grown up.If she lives more than ten years, the child in her stomach will also be a threat to the Fourth Prince.Besides, Concubine Xian is the daughter of the Nie family, and she is the daughter of the Liu family. Although the two families are related by marriage, once this kind of relationship encounters a real conflict of interests, there is no need for outsiders to provoke it. .If Concubine Xian doesn't take the initiative to harm her, she will go to the temple to burn incense.

"That's all, I just hope that the nightgown to ward off evil spirits will be ready soon so that the young lady can sleep more peacefully at night." Chunxiao knew that she didn't understand anything, so she could only wipe her tears and comfort her awkwardly.

"Exorcism?" The concubine curled her lips, her expression dark and unclear.

(End of this chapter)