Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Witch Gu (Part 1)

Hailan's matter went on trial for a long time at the first trial, and since Hailan entered the Punishment Division, the matter has been delayed day by day, and there is no news about it. The Department of Punishment and Punishment was so secretive that no news could be leaked at all, and it was impossible to know whether Hailan was alive or dead, or whether she would be punished.As a result, Yong Qi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but there was nothing she could do. Occasionally, the concubines mentioned it in front of the queen mother without saying a word, and even the empress dowager who was kind and avoiding things sank down and scolded: "What kind of decent thing is this? The emperor hasn't dealt with it yet, and you gossip all over the place. Seriously. annoying!"

In this way, no one dared to speak on the surface, but they whispered more and more secretly. On this day, everyone was gathering in Ruyi Palace to pay their respects, when Rong Pei hurried in and said in a anxious voice: "Empress Empress, there is news from the Punishment Department, Concubine Yu..." She pondered for a while, and changed He took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Keliette begged to see the Empress Empress!" Concubine Ying is a Mongolian with the straightest temper, so she immediately asked: "Ask for an audience? How can I ask for an audience? Could it be that the empress is invited to step into the Punishment Department? What kind of reason is that!"

Since the death of her daughter, Concubine Xin has also lost her former vivacity and has been silent in recent days.After hearing this sentence in vain, she was stupefied for a moment, and her eyes darkened: "Kuriet? Could it be that the emperor has already deprived Sister Hailan of her concubine?" Yan Wan twisted Juanzi, and said softly and softly: "Kuriet did such an outrageous thing, but she didn't deprive her concubine of her position. Sister Xin Concubine, how can we be worthy of her sister?" Concubine Xin blushed immediately, and when she was about to argue, she saw Lu Yun, who was counting the beeswax beads, waved her hand quietly, so she had to restrain her temper, and said nothing more.

In the end, it was still Ruyi's indifferent tone that cut off all possibility of hope: "Coriette is suspected of murdering my child, and everything will be dealt with by the Department of Punishment. It is useless for me to see her!" For a while, all the concubines knew the truth, and all their speculations about Hailan's fate disappeared. Concubine Xin and Ruyi were the only ones who made friends and chatted with each other.Yan Wan waited for her to get up with her heavy body, but Ruyi alone asked her to stay. Yan Wan felt a little uncomfortable when she saw Ruyi, but she was used to speaking softly and being gentle in front of the emperor, and she also smiled softly and softly at Ruyi, as if she was too coquettish.Ruyi said softly, "I heard that your mother-in-law came to the palace to accompany you to give birth. It's also good, you are the first child, and you can feel at ease with my mother." She called Ling Zhi, "here are some horses from Jiangning weaving and paying tribute. The satin, I saw that the color is good, so I gave you two new clothes for my mother."

Yan Wan supported her waist and thanked timidly, her face was reddish: "Thank you Empress Empress for your concern. A few days ago, my concubine Er Niang just entered the palace, and Empress Empress gave two old ginseng, and my concubine Er Niang was so happy I don't know what to do. The Empress is not feeling well, and Er Niang dare not disturb her, so she can't come to thank her in person. Because of this, Er Niang has been worrying about it." Ruyi took a sip from the teacup and said casually, "These two old ginseng are very good. Mrs. Wei is old, so it's very suitable to make up for herself." Ruyi looked at her deeply, and suddenly smiled, "I hope Mrs. Wei can live a long life and enjoy the blessings of her children if she takes wild ginseng!"

For some reason, Yan Wan felt uncomfortable in her heart, but she refused to show the slightest bit on her face. She was about to salute and thank her with a full smile, and Rong Pei supported her with all her strength, smiling clearly: "Ling Concubine Empress, it’s good to care about the good and evil in her heart, etiquette does not last for a while. But you have to be careful, this is your first child, and all the glory and wealth are on it.” How could Yan Wan dare to tell the difference, Rong Pei has such a chilling temperament.When he wanted to speak softly to Ruyi, seeing that she was just drinking a cup of tea leisurely and chatting with Concubine Xin, for some reason, he felt that his arrogance was a little low.

After returning to her own palace, Yan Wan's grievances full of grievances that she couldn't tell were calmed down a little bit.Yanwan's mother-in-law, Mrs. Wei, has already entered the palace to accompany the delivery, and temporarily lives in the side hall of Yongshou Palace.Compared with the picky ones last time, Madam Wei who entered the palace this time is kind and generous, and she smiles at Yan Wan even more irresistibly, wishing she could take care of everything for her.At this moment, Mrs. Wei was sitting under the window drinking a cup of golden bird's nest with rock sugar, happily looking at the mountain-like objects piled up on the big round table of golden begonias and flowers, her eyes dazzled with gold.Yan Wan asked lazily, "Is it from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Mrs. Wei got up triumphantly, and carefully helped Yan Wan to sit down on the couch: "I haven't come back so late, and I'm still a queen to let you talk for supper." Yan Wanyang raised Juanzi, and said impatiently: "Morning and evening, this is the rule. If my daughter is pregnant again, the queen doesn't want me to stand and sit, just to set the rules." Mrs. Wei smiled disdainfully, and said slyly: "The empress dare not make things difficult for you! Your stomach is so precious now, how can she not care about the importance? Now the emperor treats her better, it's just pity for her." She took Yan Wan's arms Arm, said affectionately: "You see how much the emperor loves you, these are all rewards from dinner."

Yan Wan glanced at it, and found that the materials included two pieces of satin with Jinshou characters, eight pieces of five-color brocade from the green land in the south of the Yangtze River, eight pieces of Qingrong square hole yarn, and eighteen pieces of brocade and Shu satin embroidered in various colors.There are also a pair of gold inlaid coral necklaces, a pair of golden pine spirit birthday hairpins, six pairs of pomegranates inlaid with stone emerald flowers, four pairs of red gold dot emerald inlaid with Baotou lotus, a box of white and round pearls, and a half-foot-high red sandalwood suet. The white jade Guanyin and a pair of bonsai made of agate, coral, jade and gold and silver, look lively, almost real...

Mrs. Wei said "Ouch", holding a pair of crystal glass bottles of crystal light and glass, smelling it again and again, and wondered: "What is this? It's cold to the touch and smells strange." Seeing Mrs. Wei's happiness, Lan Cui added to the fun, "This is a perfume from the West. It was available in the past, and it was only for the empress's palace. Now it's the only one in our palace." Mrs. Wei couldn't help but look at it with joy, and said: "Isn't something from the West expensive? Er Niang heard that there is a self-ringing bell from the West in the Queen's Palace, but she can call it, but the Queen put it away because she was afraid of noise." .This one is unlucky. He doesn't know how to rarity if he has good things. How can he please the emperor like you."

Yan Wan looked at Huanxi, but she said lazily: "Emiang's eyelids are too shallow, the emperor will reward you in three to five days, and Emiang has been here for a few days, don't you know? What is there to be so happy about?" of!" "You are not happy, Er Niang is happy! Er Niang has never seen such wealth in eight lifetimes." Mrs. Wei took her hand and rubbed it carefully, with a look of infinite love, "Daughter, you entered the palace, don't you? Is it for the wealth of the sky? Finally, this day is here! Don’t forget that Er Niang and your brothers are relying on you." Yan Wan glanced at her, and simply said: "What did Er Niang like, just tell me!" "Your brother has reached the age to talk about marriage, so naturally he has to choose a good in-law who is rich and honorable, and we can't be too inferior!" Seeing Yan Wan's ignorance, she apologized and said with a smile: "Of course, the most important thing is your belly." The one in the house, with him, we will not be afraid of anything!" In the Nuan Pavilion, red candles were lit one after another.The palace people gently removed the Yunyingsha flower-painting lampshade, lit an arm-thick flower candle, and covered the lampshade again, and the hall was suddenly bright.It was an anthurium candle produced in Heyang. Because the emperor liked to make it harmonious and elegant, he imitated the system made in Song Dynasty and filled the candle with ambergris and agarwood. The flame was bright and fragrant.Mrs. Wei took two deep breaths and said, "It smells so good! It smells so good!"Then he looked carefully at Yan Wan's stomach.Her smile seemed impossible to hide, it was all piled up on her face, the more she looked at the truth, the more she loved her: "Oh! This sharp belly must be a brother!" Yan Wan caressed her high and protruding abdomen, leaning hard on the sandalwood carved dripping water couch, with a few apricot red silk pillows sprinkled with golden flower tendrils on her hands, on which the lingering patterns of flowers and leaves were overlapped and twisted into a graceful pattern. The design, like smoke and mist, surrounds the increasingly mellow Yan Wan.Yan Wan was a little annoyed, and said angrily: "Emiang, you love your son so much that you only see him in your eyes? You treated him like this when you were at home, and now you expect me to do the same." Mrs. Wei withdrew her smile, and said embarrassingly: "Emiang is also doing it for your own good. Don't you expect to be an elder brother?" Yan Wan glanced at Mrs. Wei, couldn't help but smiled and said, "I'm in the palace, naturally I hope to have a prince so that I can gain a firm foothold. But if it's a princess, it's not bad. I see that the emperor also likes the princess very much. of it." Mrs. Wei recited a few words of Buddha, and sighed again and again: "Oh, what's the use if it's just a princess? If it's an elder brother, how wonderful it would be!" Yan Wan glanced at Mrs. Wei impatiently, and said bitterly: "Why don't I know that princesses are useless? But Er Niang, what are you worried about? Even if this birth is a princess, I can give birth to a prince. Didn't Er Niang listen to the script?" , Empress Wei Zifu of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is the prince who gave birth to three princesses. As long as I can give birth, I am not afraid of the day when I don’t give birth to a prince.” I don’t know if I was in a hurry, she groaned, struggling He twisted his waist and said angrily: "This child, you only care about being naughty in my belly." Mrs. Wei looked at her daughter lovingly, held her belly fondly and said: "My good lady, you must be more careful, the countless glory and wealth are all on him. You are the first child again, you must be careful." Be careful." She hesitated to speak, but after thinking about it, she said: "These mothers are in the palace these few days, and there is nothing else. I have heard about the difficulties of having children." The lotus hairpin dug its ears, and sighed: "From the lost children of Concubine Mei and Concubine Yi, Concubine Dao Yu had a difficult time giving birth to a child. It was a narrow escape. Concubine Xin's princess passed away not long after she was born. The Ninth Elder Brother is also not big enough to raise. There is also the Empress, don’t look at her as aloof, didn’t the Thirteenth Elder Brother die as soon as he was born?” Yan Wan's eyes flickered, she backed herself up uncomfortably, and spat: "What did Er Niang say these unlucky people are doing?" Mrs. Wei hurriedly apologized with a smile, "Emiang is worried about you." Yan Wan took out a handful of golden pegs from the embroidered seed pan flower kit and squeezed them in her hands to play with. The cold and roundness was in the palm of her hand, but it was heavy and reassuring.She vortexed slightly, and smiled casually: "Emiang, it's their business that they are not blessed. Just look at us. Although the concubine is pregnant until August, the mother can enter the palace to accompany her, but in the end it depends on the emperor's love." Who. Even though Concubine Xin is a daughter of an aristocratic family, her parents are not around, so she gave birth alone after all. Not to mention Concubine Yu, she has no close relatives for a long time. How is it like you, who can enter the palace and enjoy the blessings." After she finished speaking, she frowned slightly She raised her eyebrows and said softly, "Emiang, do you love me or the child in my womb?" "Loving you is not the same as loving him!" Mrs. Wei arched her waist, "Oh! My little ancestor, I hope you will come out and stretch your arms and legs quickly, so that you can play with your uncle and catch up with your uncle. A sip of wedding wine." Yan Wan pondered for a moment, then leaned closer to Mrs. Wei and said, "Last time I talked about my younger brother's marriage, how is it going?" Mrs. Wei will let it go if she doesn't mention it, but when she mentions it, she is full of annoyance: "It's not that Er Niang is thinking about you giving birth to an elder brother, it's because people are snobbish nowadays. You have to pet but have no elder brother to rely on. People are hesitant to make a good marriage to your brother. So, everything is in your belly." Yan Wan leisurely fiddled with a set of red gold inlaid glass beaded armor: "Emiang, don't be greedy, you don't know how much Zoru is, it would be nice to find a woman from a wealthy family. " Mrs. Wei couldn't hear a few words about her son's love, so she immediately said with a dark face: "Your brother is not doing anything right now, so I just hope to have a good Yue's family to pull him over. You are so careless as a sister, no wonder the people outside They all look down on him, so it started from you!" Yan Wan knew that her mother loved her youngest son the most, so she didn't dare to talk back on this matter, so she said: "Okay, I know. I must make plans for my younger brother in advance." She said, only to see Mrs. Wei Staring at the pile of rewards with jealousy, she couldn't help complaining: "Emiang, don't just look at these with your eyeballs. Who doesn't know that I was born as a court lady, and I was laughed at by others. We didn't know each other. When you left the palace, were you Bringing big and small bags to my younger brother is not enough!" Mrs. Wei frowned her thick eyebrows, and her round and rich face became more and more angry: "What is knowledgeable but not knowledgeable? Others shabby us, and you shabby yourself. You just sound like a waist, and it's aimed at your stomach. Who dares to look down on us?" She approached mysteriously, "Forget about the most famous immortal teacher in the East Gate, you have the queen's life!" She held her beautiful belly happily, and couldn't get enough of it, " It seems that it all fell on this stomach." How could Yan Wan take it seriously: "What did you say? I coaxed you a lot of money, right?" Mrs. Wei said joyfully: "The fortune teller said that you have luck but no fate, and the queen has fate but no luck! Whether or not she can be the queen to the end is up for debate." Yan Wan frowned, and said in distaste: "Er Niang, this is not a good word! You are so confused!" "What are you confused about?" Mrs. Wei raised her head: "As long as you can be a queen, you will not be afraid of fate or luck! By the way, Er Niang brought some things back to make her more prominent. She knows that there are people in our palace, so she dare not Tell someone to bully us! Otherwise, you will try your best to calculate Yu..." Yan Wan suddenly changed color, stood up with a white face, and shouted: "Er Niang, what are you talking about!" Mrs. Wei was overwhelmed when she saw her stern words and grand figure, she hurriedly gathered a handful of gold, silver and jewels in her hand, and said in a low voice, "Er Niang Hun said, don't pay attention!" Seeing her mother's sluggish expression and wretched demeanor, even though she wore gold and silver, Yan Wan couldn't hide her smirk, she just felt sad for a while, even if she had great ambitions, half of them disappeared at this moment.Seeing her like this, Yan Wan hurriedly winked at Chun Chan.Chunchan understood, smiled and attracted Mrs. Wei and said: "Ma'am, the storeroom is stockpiling, and a new batch of high-quality porcelain has been delivered. I will accompany you to have a look. If there are any good ones, let's pick some for your son's wedding. " Mrs. Wei was happy to hear that, and immediately went away in a gust of wind.Chunchan hurriedly helped Yan Wan to sit still, gently pinched her shoulders and said: "My lord, don't be sad. This servant is watching coldly. It's not a day or two that Madam prefers the son. You just need to understand it in your heart. You can't do it." I'm sad because of this, carefully moving the fetal gas will hurt my body." Yan Wan reached out to take a small round bowl of gold-painted enamel emerald emerald bone china, dipped some moxin mint dew and rubbed her forehead, and sighed: "Why doesn't this palace know? Are you looking at my mother because you came to see this palace? It’s all about taking money seriously. Even if you love this one in Ben Gong’s stomach, you only want to see that he can bring you wealth.” As she spoke, she was annoyed and sad, dropped the round bowl in her hand, and said harshly, “ Erniang thought that Bengong was her daughter's house since she was a child, so now she has to rely on Bengong!" Chunchan apologized and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, you didn't count on them, everything was planned by yourself. Since you have figured it out, you don't have to worry about it. If you give enough money, it doesn't matter if you are related by blood or blood." "Everyone has a good family, but I am such a worthless one! All day long, I only think about collecting money in the autumn wind. For that outside matter, I reach out to me over and over again. I don't know how much money is spent on it. Look at them like this, even if I want to find someone to rely on, it will be difficult!" Yan Wan was so troubled, she rubbed her heart and said anxiously: "Some relatives are in the flesh and blood, not in the bones. The bones are constantly beating, the flesh and blood... ..." She gritted her teeth and said with tears in her eyes, "Don't you know that you will be given up someday?" Chunchan comforted her in a good voice and said: "My lord, what are you worried about? Yours is in your stomach. It is connected with you by flesh and blood, and is inseparable from flesh and blood. If you are born smoothly, you will be more blessed than the empress. Look at her , After trying my best, Elder Brother Thirteen didn't open his eyes." Yan Wan's complexion gradually became gloomy, and her long Danko nails made a jingle sound when she tapped on the cold and hard gold beads and jade: "That's right. I thought that she would be aborted, but what's so fun about being aborted? After all, she is only a few months old in the womb, and she is not considered a person. It would be interesting if she gave birth after a lot of hard work and opened her eyes and saw that it was a stillbirth. Thinking of how she has frustrated Ben Gong all these years, My heart feels like frying oil, it hurts a lot." Her gentle voice seemed to be sharpened by a sharp weapon, with a hoarse ruthlessness: "It's a pity that only one of her daughters and one son died, and there was a good one left." Chunchan said in a low voice: "The empress's age is gradually declining, and there will always be times when we can't do what we want. We have plenty of opportunities, so we are not afraid to wait! At this juncture, so many things have happened, we can no longer act rashly." "I can't be considered young anymore. Newcomers enter the palace one by one. Can I really think that I am invincible and the favor is always there? Without children, any favor is empty!" Yan Wan giggled "I don't move anything now, I don't think about anything, I just wait for the baby to land, and then worry about everything." The two flipped through the rewards sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, picked the good ones and put them in the passbook, and kept the rest. It's for rewarding people. Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Aunt Yuhu, who was in front of the emperor, come in and said, "Please let the imperial concubine be safe, and the empress is blessed and safe." Because the emperor sent people over on weekdays, if it wasn't Li Yu, it was Jin Zhong who was smiling.Aunt Yuhu is an old nanny for many years, and she doesn't like to joke, so it is rare to get an errand outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Yan Wan suddenly saw her, quite surprised, she stood up and said with a smile: "It's rare today, why are you here, Auntie?" Yu Hu smiled lightly, and said in a well-behaved way: "The Queen Mother knows that Mrs. Wei came to the palace to accompany the young master, so she invites her to see her, so she can talk about it." Yan Wan was quite surprised, she raised her slender eyebrows, and said with a light smile: "It's rare for my aunt to come, so let's sit down and drink some water first. I'm going to ask Er Niang to come out immediately. But I don't know why the Empress is in a hurry to summon her." thing?" Yuhu smiled faintly, bowed and said: "The empress said that the young master is the first child, and it is rare for Mrs. Wei to accompany the delivery in person. The empress specially invited several young masters who have given birth to talk to Mrs. Wei so that The young master gave birth to the emperor smoothly." She paused, "Actually, the empress is not in a hurry, the young master can let the madam take her time." Yuhu is the old aunt who has been by the emperor's side for many years, she is easy and difficult to control.Yan Wan knew the seriousness and was always in awe, so she hurriedly ordered: "Quickly ask Er Niang to come out!" Mrs. Wei had just arrived in the palace, because her daughter was pregnant and favored, she was flattered and courted all over, and when she was floating on the top of the clouds, she saw Yuhu, although she was old and dignified, but she was kind to her, The more useful it became, leaning on the soft glue and slowly looking at the surrounding glass and gold.The outline of the continuous palace is the shadow of the overlapping mountains, and she is also free and unafraid when they are overturned layer by layer.