I am cultivating myself in the palace

Dayin has established a dynasty for a hundred years, and Mingjun came out in large numbers, and it has been passed down to the current generation, and the national power is already at its peak.

This point, just look at this small imperial garden, you can get a glimpse of it - the exotic flowers and plants of Kyushu are in full bloom, and there is a lot of excitement.The empress led Qingyan, pointing at this and commenting on that like a treasure, although the flowers and plants are beautiful, Qingyan has no luck to enjoy - she is going crazy from hunger!

Since she was reborn, she hasn't had a proper meal.Not only was the meal last night spoiled by Mu Zheng, but this morning, because she was rushing into the palace, she didn't have time to eat breakfast, and the lunch just now was interrupted by Emperor Yin, so she had to give it up hastily, and she hardly ate anything.Originally, she was already very hungry, so she didn't feel hungry when she entered the palace, but just now when Emperor Yin gave her a meal, she had two mouthfuls of minced meat, and her appetite immediately increased, but now she only feels hungry and dizzy.

Seeing her languid, the queen thought that Qingyan was still immersed in the frustration of being reprimanded by the queen mother, so she comforted her: "Princess Yan, don't worry too much, the old queen mother is strict and considerate of the royal family, Aunt Xu is also good. Get along, you are a princess, you have the dignity of a princess, no one can make things difficult for you."

As he spoke, he glanced lightly at Aunt Jiaoxi who was following behind Qingyan, and the meaning became clear.

But Aunt Xu acted as if she didn't understand, and bluntly gave her a blessing: "This old servant obeys the Queen Mother's order to teach the princess etiquette, so I should do my best."

Qingyan is keenly aware of the strange atmosphere between these two people, and only feels that there is an undercurrent in the palace. She seldom entered the palace in her previous life, so she doesn't know what kind of grievances and grievances there are between the queen and the queen mother. up.She naturally didn't want to be the cannon fodder between the two of them, and was thinking about how to perfunctory, when suddenly there was a loud bowel sound in her stomach, and the scene fell silent, Qingyan blushed, the queen covered her smile, caring He ordered: "I'm a little tired, why don't we go sit in the pavilion, and just try the new snacks developed by the imperial dining room."

Qingyan simply loves her to death!After they sat down firmly in the pavilion, the water-like snacks and teas were put on the table. Qingyan was really hungry, and at the beginning she was considerate, a piece of bean cake was in her stomach, but she couldn't stop it, which made the aunt behind her frequently With a dry cough, she just pretended not to hear it. The empress was here, and Aunt Xu didn't dare to tease her face to face. Besides, she had already registered with the empress dowager, so it would not be uncommon for her to do anything out of the ordinary.Thinking of this, Qingyan became more open-minded.In this life, she died once, but she has regained her true nature, and she can do everything as she pleases. In her previous life, she would not have dared to be so presumptuous.

The queen kept laughing at Cen Cen watching her gobble it up, ordering people to refill tea and change water from time to time.While eating, Qingyan felt that this woman was really not simple--educated, dignified and virtuous, seemingly gentle and kind, but there was majesty and nobility hidden in her brows, like a dummy who came out of the biographies of concubines.But thinking about it, it's not easy for a woman to sit firmly on the queen's position.It's just a pity that in her memory, after four years, this dummy queen was abandoned in the cold palace, and the honor was gone.

When Qingyan had almost eaten, the corner of his eye suddenly turned to the ground beside the pavilion, and a pair of small hands came out - the pavilion was built high, and the ground drop was about one meter. The owner of the hands was obviously not tall enough, so he tried his best to grab the edge After struggling for a long time, half of his head was revealed, and his big, watery eyes were fixed on the tea in Qingyan's hand.The maid beside her also noticed it, and asked in surprise, "Fourth Prince?"

With her sound, everyone in the pavilion saw it.The queen quickly ordered someone to carry him up.Presumably the child was small and touched the flowerbed next to it, but the eunuchs didn't notice it.He looked like he was only four or five years old, and he was supposed to be accompanied by a nanny and a court lady, but now he was left alone.The queen took him into her arms and sat down, while ordering people to find a nurse.The fourth prince was not noisy, he just stared at the refreshments left on the table.Seeing that he liked it, Qingyan handed over a piece. The child hesitated for a moment, tilting his head to look between Qingyan and the refreshments. Qingyan took a bite himself, then gave him another piece, and said with a smile, "Very good." Food, if you don’t want it, I’ll eat it all.” The child quickly picked it up and ate it happily.

Qingyan liked it in her heart. In her previous life, she had never been able to give birth to a son and a half daughter, and she had always felt regretful.

After sitting like this and teasing the child for a while, the nanny rushed over and kowtowed to confess her crime. It turned out that she took the fourth prince to play in Biyou Palace today, and the fourth prince ran away without paying attention.After looking for it for a long time, I couldn't find it, but I ran to the Royal Garden.

The birth mother of the fourth prince is Ronggui Concubine of Biyou Palace, she has always been precious to this son, so she must have lost her temper.

The queen instructs the nanny a few words, and then returns the child, but the fourth prince is unwilling to leave, still staring at the food reluctantly.Seeing this, Qingyan stuffed him with the remaining few yuan, and the child followed the nurse away contentedly.

It was just a small episode, and no one cared.Qingyan was already full, but the emperor still didn't believe it.Sitting bored, the eunuch in charge of the imperial garden came to report that the ice orchids that had been budding the day before yesterday were in bloom, which was a wonderful sight, so the queen invited Qingyan to watch it together.This ice orchid only grows in extremely cold places and needs to be nourished by ice air. For this reason, the Imperial Garden specially built an ice room. On the way to the ice room, they suddenly heard a woman's sharp scolding from around the corner.

"Useless things! Didn't I tell you to watch the fourth prince! Why do you still let him eat these unknown things?! If something goes wrong, I want your whole family to be buried with you!" Followed by the child's grievance Crying, Qingyan looked around, and saw a beautiful concubine holding the crying fourth prince on the small road, the few pieces of snacks that Qingyan just gave were thrown on the ground, already scattered.

Presumably this one is Concubine Rong Gui.

The nanny knelt on the ground and explained: "The Empress and Concubine Yan are admiring the flowers in the imperial garden. This refreshment was given by Concubine Yan, and the slaves did not stop..."

"So what about Princess Yan?! Didn't the Palace say that the prince can't eat anything except the things in Biyou Palace. The eldest prince died after eating a bowl of soup from the queen, have you all forgotten! "

Qingyan was taken aback, and subconsciously glanced at the queen, but saw that her face did not change at all, as if she hadn't heard the nonsense.In her previous life, Qingyan knew very little about the harem, only remembering that Emperor Yin's heirs were rare, the two sons under his knees were both descended from concubines, and the empress had nothing to descend to until she was deposed.Could there be something hidden here?

As she was thinking, the queen had already walked over, and the nanny saw it first, and her face turned pale with fright: "Servants see the queen!"

Concubine Rong Gui was also taken aback, in a blink of an eye she thought that what she said just now must have been heard by the queen, she secretly groaned in her heart, and saluted the queen with a forced smile on her face: "My concubine has seen the queen, thank you for taking care of me Prince."

But the queen didn't look at her, walked to the tea that was thrown on the ground, leaned over and picked up a piece of powder and wanted to put it in her mouth, the maid beside her immediately exclaimed: "Your Majesty, you can't do it!"

The queen waved her hand, ate the dirty broken cake regardless of the obstruction, and said slowly: "The eldest prince passed away, it was because his biological mother Yingshi wanted to kill me with poison, but the eldest prince accidentally ate the poisonous soup, which caused a catastrophe." The Holy Majesty has already found out the truth." She turned around, her beautiful eyes fell on Concubine Rong, coercing others: "Concubine Rong's words now, could it be that she imitated Ying Shi and hid poison in this cake?"

Concubine Rong Gui was shocked, if she would have dared to rely on Emperor Yin's favor to fight with the queen, but the matter of the eldest prince is taboo in the palace, when Emperor Yin was furious, he rode to death all the people in Luoyang Palace. People in the hundred palaces strictly ordered all the palaces not to discuss this matter arbitrarily. If her words today were brought to Emperor Yin by the empress, Emperor Yin would be furious. Then her years of hard work would be in vain!Thinking of this, she hurriedly plopped and knelt on the ground, "I don't dare! I ask the empress to make amends. The concubine just made a mistake for a while, so I don't dare to think so wildly. I beg the concubine to see that the concubine is eager to protect her son." For the sake of this, forgive my concubine!"

She seemed to be really scared, with tears in her eyes, the beauty was tearful and charming, just like the appearance of her title, presumably it was this charming appearance that won her the favor of Emperor Yin, and even gave birth to a life-saving child. offspring.That's right, for the sake of the fourth prince, unless she made an irreparable mistake, the queen can't be too harsh on her.Both she and the queen are well aware of this,

Sure enough, the queen paused, and said: "Concubine Rong Gui speaks nonsense, and I will punish myself for self-examination, and my salary will be halved."

A mild punishment, as long as Concubine Rong Gui asks the fourth prince to go to Emperor Yin to cry, I believe he will be released soon.

Women in the harem, with and without children, are really different.

Concubine Rong Xin received the punishment and took the child to leave. Looking at the backs of the two people leaving, the queen suddenly asked: "I heard that the emperor rewarded the fourth prince with the best blood swallow bird's nest from southern Yunnan?"

The palace maid behind him replied: "Mrs. Hui, there is indeed such a thing. That noble concubine is showing off everywhere, as if people don't know."

The queen smiled slightly, without saying yes or no: "The emperor's heirs are rare, and the fourth prince has been weak since he was a child, smart and cute, so he should love him more. Since the emperor has given him grace, this palace can't treat him lightly. The hundred-year-old wild ginseng, Bengong looks very good, so I will send it to Biyou Palace. Wild ginseng and bird's nest soup are the most nourishing."

The palace lady nodded in response, but said unwillingly: "Your Majesty, why do you bother, that noble concubine Rong won't accept your favor, and wasted good things for nothing."

"How can I have the same knowledge as her? As the aunt of the princes, I naturally treat them equally. I only hope that the princes are all in good health. Princess Yan, what do you think?"

Qingyan didn't expect her to turn the words to him suddenly, and didn't know what she meant, so he replied vaguely: "The Empress is lenient."

The queen smiled and didn't say anything else, she still led Qingyan to the ice room, along the way Qingyan was worried, always feeling that there was something she hadn't figured out.