The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

Seeing her, the fifth prince's eyes lit up: "Pure mother concubine!"

Then, he let go of Qingshan's hand, walked quickly to her and saluted: "Xiao'er has met Chunmu Concubine."

"Xiao'er, get up." Jiang Shiying said, touching his head, with a soft smile on her face: "Xiao'er is here to visit your imperial grandmother?"

The fifth prince nodded and said, "Yes, Xiaoer heard that the emperor's grandmother was ill, so he came to visit."

Jiang Shiying praised him: "Xiao'er is such a good boy."

The fifth prince smiled shyly, then turned to Qingshan and said, "Aunt Qingshan, let's talk to Concubine Chun. Concubine Jin is still waiting for Xiao'er to have dinner, so Xiao'er will go back first."

Qingshan pointed to the two young palace maids to send him out, and told them: "We must safely hand over the fifth prince to the nanny's hands."

After the fifth prince and the young palace maid disappeared, Jiang Shiying asked, seemingly unintentionally: "Does the fifth prince often come to visit the Queen Mother?"

Qingshan nodded with a smile and said, "The fifth prince comes here every day."

Jiang Shiying said: "Having the fifth prince here can also relieve the Queen Mother's depression during her illness."

"Isn't it?" Qingshan sighed: "As soon as the fifth prince arrived, the Anhe Pavilion was filled with laughter. The Queen Mother was so happy that the fifth prince coaxed her to eat more food."

Jiang Shiying smiled slightly: "The fifth prince is really a filial man."

But this filial piety may be poisonous.

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In the afternoon of the next day, Jiang Shiying took a break and called Hongying into the palace.

"How did your wife sleep?" As she spoke, Hongying opened the curtain and helped her get up.

Jiang Shiying nodded: "It's acceptable."

Then, seeing a look of sadness on Hongying's eyebrows, she asked, "What's wrong?"

Hongying said: "Just now, the fifth prince sent me a few lotus flowers. He said that he and the third and fourth princes went boating on the lake and picked them with their own hands."

"What's wrong with the lotus test?" Jiang Shiying asked, feeling in her heart that this shouldn't be the case.

Sure enough, Hongying shook her head and said, "Nanny Wan has checked it and there is nothing wrong with it. I also checked it quietly and found nothing wrong."

A smile spread across Jiang Shiying's lips, and she gently touched her cheek with her hand: "Then why do you still have this expression? Smile."

Hongying twitched the corners of her lips obediently, and then said: "Although it has not been tested, I still feel uneasy and dare not put it in the house. If there is something wrong, it will be too late to regret it by then. But it happened to be five The prince brought it here to you, if you throw it out, I'm afraid it won't look good."

Not only is it unsightly, it will also affect Jiang Shiying's image in the hearts of Lu Zhaolin and the Queen Mother.

"What's so difficult about this?" Jiang Shiying smiled and said, "Let them find a big water tank, trim the lotus flowers sent by the fifth prince, put them in the water tank, and then put them in the yard. , just think of it as a scene in the yard."

In this way, it is not a failure of the child's heart. Putting it in the courtyard won't affect her at all.

Hearing this, Hongying's brows finally relaxed, but she still said: "The fifth prince always comes close to you like this. As soon as they see him, all the slaves are worried, for fear that he will do something."

Jiang Shiying didn't care much: "There are people who annoy him more than us."

"Oh?" Hongying couldn't think of who she was talking about for a moment.

Jiang Shiying said: "I heard that he often goes to Rongchun Pavilion in the past few days, saying he is taking his younger brother to play."

In Rongchun Pavilion, it was the precious concubine and the seventh prince who lived.

"He is really busy." Hongying muttered, "Isn't Concubine Jin restraining him?"

Jiang Shiying had a smile on her lips: "How can Concubine Jin, who is so gentle and kind, stop the fifth prince from being filial to his elders and loving his brothers?"

Not only will they not stop me, but they may even encourage me.

After dinner that day, as soon as Lu Zhaolin entered Xiangying Residence, he saw the large water tank in the yard and several lotus flowers in the water tank.

After he entered the door, Jiang Shiying saw Li and heard him ask: "I see you have lotus flowers in the tank?"

Jiang Shiying smiled and said: "Xiao'er had someone send it to her, saying that he picked it with his own hands. Ah Ying thought that if she kept it in a bottle, she would have to die early. It would be better to be like that bowl Like a lotus, if you keep it in a vat, you can't possibly live longer?"

Lu Zhaolin smiled and shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work. Even if a lotus without roots is moved into a vat, it won't survive."

"Ah!" Jiang Shiying said in surprise: "It's like this. I have never raised flowers and trees, so I never thought of this."

Lu Zhaolin hugged her and said, "This is not a big deal. If you like it, I will ask them to pick fresh lotus flowers every few days and put them on for you."

Jiang Shiying’s eyebrows curved: “Then thank you, Your Majesty.”

The next day, Concubine Ning came to talk to her.

The two of them sat by the window and looked out, just in time to see a vat of lotus flowers in full bloom.

Ning Guibi said with a smile: "Yesterday, Xun'er also picked lotus flowers. I just asked them to put them in vases and put them in the house. But it's not like the lotus here. The lotus flowers match the green bamboos, which makes them more interesting."

The corners of Jiang Shiying's lips curled up slightly: "The lotus flowers here were sent by Xiao'er yesterday. They said they were picked with his third and fourth brothers."

Hearing this, Concubine Ning's eyes flashed slightly and she said, "Although this child, Xiao'er, has only lived in Jingyang Palace for a few days, he seems to be quite close to the empress."

"Xiao'er is a filial child." Jiang Shiying pointed out: "I heard from Aunt Qingshan that he goes to Anhe Pavilion to visit the Queen Mother every day."

Ning Guibi nodded and said, "What the empress said is that Xiaoer is indeed filial and sensible."

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Two more days passed, and the Queen Mother's health was still not improving.

When Jiang Shiying went to Anhe Pavilion again, there was sadness on her face: "Isn't it just an ordinary wind and cold? It's been seven or eight days, why is it still not getting better?"

There was also a deep mark between Qingshan's brows: "It's not that things are not getting better. It did get better in the first few days, but suddenly it took a turn for the worse. After that, there were signs of improvement again, but somehow, one day, suddenly It’s as heavy as one day.”

"Is it really just the wind and cold?" Jiang Shiying asked.

Qingshan said: "From Zhao Yuanshi to the two judges, they all said so. It is indeed just the wind and cold. Zhao Yuanshi even comes to check for pulse every day."

Jiang Shiying frowned and remained silent.

At this time, suddenly a little palace maid came into the palace: "Aunt, it's bad, Princess Kang and Princess are missing."

"What?" Regardless of whether it was Jiang Shiying or Qingshan, they all looked shocked when they heard this.

Qingshan said: "Speak slowly, what do you mean Princess Kanghe is missing?"

The little palace maid said: "At the end of the Shen Dynasty, the heat outside was gradually fading, so the wet nurse took Princess Kanghe to play in the garden."

Qingshan nodded, this happens every day.

The little palace maid continued: "Originally, the slave girl and Xiao Fangzi were also following her, but when they got near Bibo Pavilion, the princess suddenly made a fuss about snacks, so the wet nurse sent Xiao Fangzi back to get them.

Before Xiao Fangzi came back, the princess saw the fish in the water near Biboting and wanted to feed the fish. The wet nurse asked the slave to come back and get a steamed bun and break it into pieces so that the princess could feed the fish.

After the slave girl and Xiao Fangzi returned to Bibo Pavilion, the wet nurse and the princess were nowhere to be seen. The slaves searched the area but could not find anyone. "

When she finished speaking, Jiang Shiying and Qingshan looked at each other, both of them looking ugly.

"The most urgent task is to quickly arrange for someone to search in the garden." Jiang Shiying said, "We still have to arrange for someone to deliver the message to His Majesty and the Queen."

Qingshan nodded and arranged things one by one.

Jiang Shiying added: "On the Queen Mother's side, it would be best for me to hide this matter as much as possible."

Qingshan understood what she meant. The Queen Mother had been ill for a long time. If she suddenly learned that Princess Kanghe was missing, she would be frightened and worried, and her condition would worsen.