Holding the Piano in the Red Chamber

One day, Baoqin was playing backgammon with the Queen Mother, and Shulan came in.She sat on the side and watched the two play the game before saying: "Mother, Liu Guiren's fetus... I'm afraid it will be a bit troublesome."

The Empress Dowager straightened her body, and the good mood she had just won a few games disappeared in an instant, "Tell me, is there anything you can't do?"

Shulan said: "My mother, the imperial physician originally said that she was born in the middle of March, but now it has been almost a month and there is no movement. I want to ask my mother for an idea."

"What did the doctor say?"

"The imperial doctor said that it would be dangerous if I don't worry about it anymore. He said that he wanted to give birth control pills. Liu Guiren's maid came back to me. I couldn't make up my mind. I thought that my mother has a lot of knowledge, so I came here to ask."

When it comes to this kind of thing, Shulan is more cautious, not to mention two lives at every turn, maybe she will be dragged into the water.To put it bluntly, I listened to the advice of the imperial physician. If it's not good, then I have everything. If it's serious, I can save lives, and I can help the eldest prince clear obstacles and so on.

Seeing that the queen mother was thinking, Shulan gave Baoqin a look, and Baoqin nodded slightly, indicating that she had received it.

"The melons are ripe and the stems are falling, the melons are ripe and the stems are falling." The Queen Mother muttered a few words, and then asked: "What effect will the oxytocin medicine have on my grandson?"

"The imperial doctor said that the medicine is [-]% poisonous." Shulan hesitated, she agreed with the imperial doctor's statement, but listened to the Queen Mother, she still wanted her to give birth by herself.

"Mother," Baoqin said with a smile, "I went to see Liu Guiren two days ago, and she has such a big belly." Baoqin stretched out her hand and gestured, "I will definitely give birth to a big fat grandson for you, maybe you can have a grandson." What about two?"

The queen mother's expression froze. After hearing this, she realized that the child was too big to be born. "Forget it, let the imperial doctor go to check the pulse again. If there is still no movement, just wait another three days."

Shulan said yes, and the Empress Dowager emphasized again: "Let the imperial doctor control the dosage, so as not to hurt the child."

When Shulan left, the Queen Mother said: "Come on, I thought of a good move this time, and I will definitely win you."

After Shulan instructed the imperial physician, she went to visit Liu Guiren again, and the sign that the emperor turned over at night was delivered, this time it was Concubine Jia.

Yuanchun hadn't seen Ruicheng for almost two months. The emperor spent half of a month in the harem, which was too much. In addition to the newcomers entering the palace, it took the emperor two full months to get the five girls out of the way. Completely turned into harem sisters, so after getting the news, Yuan Chun almost laughed out loud.

He ordered people to prepare food and drink, and went to take a bath and change clothes. Seeing that the weather is not too cold now, Yuan Chun changed into thin clothes, this time he will definitely get a dragon.

To be honest, Ruicheng didn't like Yuanchun too much, and kept her with a more fishing mentality.But the natal families of several concubines outside the palace have already started to earn money, and some actions are needed in the palace. Ruicheng thought about the second batch of money he made a few days ago before holding the piano, and decided to create a war between Concubine Jia and Concubine Wu. healthy competition.

Concubine Jia's appearance was quite pleasing to the eye, Ruicheng sat at the table, looked at Yuan Chun who blushed and poured wine for him, and said, "Sit down and eat something too."

After three or four glasses of wine, Ruicheng was slightly tipsy, and when he was about to do something, Yuan Chun fell to his knees with a plop, "Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

What should I do if I suddenly lose interest?Ruicheng frowned and said, "Say it."

"The Jia family of the concubine's family was originally two brothers. The concubine's Rong Mansion is the younger brother, and the head of the Ning Mansion next door also serves as the patriarch." This sentence paves the way for the relationship between the two prefectures. They are still patriarchs, so our Rong Mansion can't control them.

Yuan Chun knelt on the ground and seemed to tremble, and continued: "It is said...the daughter-in-law of the Rong Mansion, Qin Keqing, has something to do with Prince Yizhong..." Yuan Chun fell silent.

Ruicheng squinted his eyes and looked at the back of Yuanchun's neck, which was not graceful at all, "Go on."

"It's the illegitimate daughter of Prince Yizhong." Yuan Chun trembled, as if he had suddenly made up his mind, and his tone was much quicker, "The last time the wife of the concubine's family came to the palace and told the concubine the news, the concubine felt that she could not disappoint His Majesty. Trust, just suffering from no chance... I hope His Majesty will make amends."

After a pause, Yuan Chun whispered again: "Your Majesty, don't worry, she is very safe now."

Ruicheng said "oh" and then there was no movement. Yuanchun's clothes were thin, and he knelt on the ground again, shivering from the cold.

When was the last time?Ruicheng thought, a month ago?Baoqin was said on the night of the late emperor's death, and Qin Keqing has been married for three years.

Ruicheng's face was expressionless, but his voice became more and more gentle, "You've done a good job." After finishing speaking, Ruicheng handed Yuan Chun his hand and pulled her up, "You rest first, I'll go and read the booklet later. "

Yuan Chun suddenly felt a little regretful, and felt that he should have finished the sex before saying it.But the atmosphere at that meeting was good, it was not good to say anything, mentioning such a disappointing thing, and in the morning, there were a lot of court ladies and eunuchs serving, with many ears and eyes, it was better at this time.

The next morning, after Yuan Chun received a small pile of rewards from Ruicheng, he felt that he had made the right decision.After the eunuchs in Concubine Wu's palace left the palace, she also sent eunuch Xia home to remind her.

Ruicheng admired her palace flowers, fabrics and other things, and after Yuan Chun went through everything, he picked one and put it on his head. No matter how he looked at it, he was satisfied, and said, "Let's go to the Imperial Garden for a walk."

The imperial garden is very lively. The weather is neither cold nor hot. The sun is warm in the afternoon. It is very comfortable to shine on the body, and it can also make the clothes more colorful.All the empresses and concubines in the palace arrived, except Liu Guiren who was waiting to give birth.

Baoqin was also there, but she didn't come with the queen mother. The queen mother had lunch and went to bed. She finally remembered that there was Liu Chang in her palace. It has been three months since she entered the palace. Never visited the garden.

He is really not a good leader, so after lunch with the Queen Mother, he hugged the piano and said: "Madam Queen Mother, I have something to do in the afternoon, come later?"

The queen mother was a little upset, and asked: "Who is bothering you again?" After thinking about it, she felt wrong, and said, "But Ruicheng called you? Then go well." As she spoke, a smile appeared on the queen mother's face Come out, "Hey, I can't compete with Ruicheng."

Being ridiculed repeatedly by the Queen Mother, Baoqin has changed from a little embarrassment at the beginning to a calm expression now, and she said solemnly: "It's Liu Changzai from my palace, who has been in the palace for almost three months, and hasn't visited yet Passing the imperial garden."

"It's Liu Changzai." The queen mother was immediately depressed.

"Will the empress dowager go with us?" Baoqin suggested.

The queen mother was a little awkward, and said: "No, no. You little girls, it seems that I walk slowly, have many folds, and I am old."

Sister Yunrong couldn't help laughing, and the queen mother turned her head and glared at her.

Baoqin also pursed her lips, full of smiles, "Either one day the weather is good, we seal the garden, and let the people from Compassion Ning Palace go shopping?"

"No, no." The Empress Dowager shook her head again, reached out her hand to Sister Yunrong, and sighed, "Oh, these little girls are going to visit the imperial garden to hunt the emperor, so we can only go to the small garden of the Compassionate Ning Palace to dry in the sun. Skinned."

"Small garden?" Baoqin said with a smile: "It is not as wide as the imperial garden, but it is much longer than the imperial garden, and it belongs to you alone, and your majesty is a dutiful son. Flowers and trees are all close to you." Here. Let me do the math, the stones shipped from Jiangnan last month, and the ancient trees in the summer resort next month..."

"You're the only one with a good tongue, I'll wait for Ruicheng to treat you at night!" The queen mother hurriedly interrupted Baoqin.

Although he was not shy at all holding the piano, he still lowered his head in accordance with the queen mother's wishes, and said nothing.The queen mother was very happy, she laughed twice and said: "I knew you would blush when Ruicheng was mentioned."

"Hurry up and get the gold hairpin that Ruicheng sent this morning." The queen mother repeatedly confessed.

When Sister Yunrong came out with the jade box, the Empress Dowager hurriedly opened it and put it in front of her eyes, saying: "Look, Ruicheng sent it in the morning. It's a flower made of precious stones wrapped with gold thread. Thin butterflies can shake their wings when they move." The queen mother demonstrated twice and said: "This kind of thing is definitely not for my mother..."

Is it really exquisite? The wings are as thin as paper, with patterns and hollows on them. This is definitely the best of the best.

The queen mother said again: "The queen has got a phoenix, and this is for you." After she finished speaking, she inserted the gold hairpin into the head of the piano, and now Yunrong's mother was happy again, and said: "Your Majesty, what's up with my concubine today?" The headdress doesn't quite match."

The Empress Dowager took off the gold hairpin disgruntled again, and said: "Go back and ask the mother to comb your hair again, and take this hairpin with you."

So in the afternoon, Baoqin changed her hairstyle, with a gold hairpin just given by the Queen Mother stuck in her head, and took two court ladies and Liu Changzai to visit the Imperial Garden.

Baoqin feels that she is relatively lucky, not to mention the presence of low-ranking ones, but Concubine Wu who is one level higher than her. their residence.

This is the first time for Liu Zhiyao to follow Baoqin to the Imperial Garden. There are four palace gates to go from Qixiang Palace to the Imperial Garden. With these four palace gates, she has a little more admiration for Sister Baoqin in her heart.

Zhiyao would sometimes go into the palace with Ling Chang, who had the same status, after paying her respects. By the way, Ling Chang would often complain that eunuchs in the palace had to check their badges when they entered and exited, " I've already served in bed, my face and this clothes can't explain the problem?"

But when I went out with Sister Baoqin, the eunuch didn't think much of it when I handed the badge over, and returned it respectfully, and said: "My lord, you have worked hard."

At first, she thought that only please An would be like this, after all, there is a fixed time to invite An, and no one would be able to please anyone if it was delayed.It's the same when going to the Royal Garden now, she can't help but rejoice that she had made a good start at the beginning, and was divided into the concubine's palace again, she couldn't be too happy.

There are a lot of people in the imperial garden, scattered in twos and threes, when they see holding the piano, those with lower ranks come to salute, and those with higher ranks come to show their presence.

Baoqin is a special existence in the palace. She is the second one who does not form cliques with the concubine besides the queen. Firstly, she doesn't want to cause trouble for nothing, and secondly, she doesn't have the time.

Serving the Empress Dowager, handling palace affairs, and going to the Queen's Palace for the rest of the time, where would you have time to wander around, only Liu Changzai, or because she lived in her palace, before there was an accident, it was all under her control.

The rule of saluting is that the one with the lower rank starts first, so it is the two Chang Zai who salute first, Ling Fanglin greets Baoqin first, and after Baoqin is called, it is Liu Zhiyao who greets each of the four concubines on the opposite side.

Liu Zhiyao saluted and said, "Hello, sisters." Just as she was about to get up, Concubine Wu suddenly spoke.

Concubine Wu sneered and said, "Sisters? What kind of salute is this? Do it again!"

"What?" Liu Zhiyao froze for a moment, that's what she did earlier, Concubine Wu came here to find trouble, she looked at Baoqin for help.

Baoqin asked unhurriedly, "What does Concubine Wu want to do, tell me and let me hear it too." She is really not used to being called sister and sister, so let's do it according to the position.The raw part is the raw part, and it was not cooked much.

"Is this how He Concubine manages things?" Concubine Wu's eyes were sharp, she looked at Baoqin, but she was talking about Liu Zhiyao, "What kind of courtesy should I give to my concubine, and what should I do to my concubine? You Would an internal secretary not understand?" Concubine Wu laughed again, "No wonder she came from a small family."

This is definitely looking for trouble, Baoqin looked at the expressions of the surrounding concubines, Concubine Wu was followed by Dong Qingmei, Jia Yuanchun, and Ling Fanglin, especially Jia Yuanchun, who looked at the hairpin on her head and smiled maliciously , although Ling Fanglin lowered his head halfway, but the corners of his mouth turned up, he was also smiling.Concubine Zhou and Concubine Chang stood a little far away, looking at her frankly, expressionless.

"Oh, I didn't want to be so troublesome at first." Baoqin sighed, and said: "Then let's start. Ling Chang is here, please show me how to salute when you meet the second-rank nephew."

what to do?If Liu Zhiyao wanted to kneel down, Ling Changzai had to kneel down first, so it was almost a tie, how could he lose face with his concubine!

Concubine Wu's eyes widened, and she thought again, she said: "Liu Changzai, I didn't tell you to get up just now, why did you get up? I don't know the etiquette, just slap your mouth."

Concubine Wu brought a servant girl into the palace when she came in, but she deserved her bad luck. The maid who accompanied her to visit the Imperial Garden today was replaced by a piano for two or three months. After hearing what she said, you two maids! Look at me, I look at you, everyone who dares to step forward first.

"Ying'er! You go!" Concubine Wu said angrily.

Ying'er looked at Baoqin again, she was extremely embarrassed, and moved forward at a very slow pace.

"Okay." Baoqin said suddenly, "Concubine Wu, I think you two court ladies are not very obedient, so I'll change two for you."

Now there is no need to be embarrassed, Concubine Wu's two maids walked behind Baoqin at flying speed, and they were almost out of breath.Concubine Wu's chest violently heaved a few times. Just as she was about to say something, she saw Hui Ting, the queen's maid of honor, running over.

"My concubine, Mrs. Liu Gui is about to give birth, and the empress dowager told you to come over."