"Did you come to Kuishui?" Xun Lan asked.
"Will you feel sick when you come to Kuishui?" Ji Wan asked.
Xun Lan smiled faintly: "No, I see that you look pale, that's why you asked."
Ji Wan said: "I just came here a few days ago, if I hadn't been here, I'm afraid I thought I was pregnant."
Xun Lan poured her a cup of tea: "Have some tea."
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Li Shi walked halfway, went to the toilet with abdominal pain, and her face turned dark when she came out.
The servant girl tidied up the changed trousers and comforted her softly: "Second Mistress, don't worry, you are still young, and unlike Grandma Shizi who is infertile, you will conceive again."
"Who said I wasn't pregnant? If someone is pregnant, there is sunflower water! When I was pregnant with my eldest brother, didn't I also see two days of red?" Li Shi couldn't believe that she was not pregnant.
The servant girl lowered her head: "Second Mistress said yes."
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In the side hall of Pingchun Palace, Qiao Wei saw the legendary imperial concubine, sitting on the main seat. The middle-aged beautiful woman in bright yellow palace attire is the noble concubine. As the name suggests, the noble concubine is elegant and noble, The body is slightly plump, but the face is small, the facial features are small, round and delicate, very beautiful.
As early as the prince's birthday, Qiao Wei had a relationship with the noble concubine, but at that time she was involved in a "murder case" of a small stone eaten out, and had no time to pay attention to the female relatives behind the screen, so she didn't know the noble concubine, but The imperial concubine recognized her at a glance. There was no other reason. She was always dignified and calm, but that day Qiao Wei was so provocative that she sprayed tea twice. It can be said that her image was ruined, and she was very annoyed for a while.
The noble concubine looked at Qiao Wei up and down. Because of the newlyweds, she was wearing a plain tunic skirt with a translucent scarlet gauze on the outside. There was a different kind of beauty in the haze, and her slender waist was unbearable. She is tied with a red ribbon, which hangs down like a willow. She is tall and tall, with an outstanding demeanor. She is not as reserved and elegant as the daughter of a family, but bright and generous, with a heroic and moving appearance.
She beckoned: "Come forward."
"Yes, ma'am."
Qiao Wei took a few steps forward, thinking that the person in front of her was the ancient favorite concubine, Qiao Wei felt excited.
This kind of excitement benefited the imperial concubine very much. The imperial concubine looked at her face with a smile, was slightly startled, and said: "It really looks like your mother."
Everyone said that, Qiao Wei said: "Have you seen my mother?"
The noble concubine nodded: "Your mother once went to the palace to see the late empress, and I have a chance to meet her a few times. I have also met you."
"Huh?" Qiao Wei was surprised.
The imperial concubine said: "You were still very young at that time, your mother carried you into the palace and greeted the queen, the queen pointed out a good marriage for you only because she saw that you were so beautiful."
Qiao Wei smiled.
The noble concubine said kindly, "It's strange that you know medical skills, but last time you didn't recognize that you were a girl from the Qiao family. I heard that your father is back. How are you?"
Qiao Wei said respectfully: "If you go back to your mother, everything will be fine for my father, thank you for your concern."
The noble concubine nodded. In the eyes of the noble concubine, Qiao Wei's ceremony was still wrong, but after hearing that Qiao Wei had been wandering in the market for six years, she felt that this was already very valuable. The noble concubine looked at Qiao Wei again. The two pink and jade-carved children on the side couldn't help but their eyes lit up: "The prime minister's child?"
Qiao Wei patted the shoulders of the two little guys: "Please greet the imperial concubine and empress."
The little bun clenched his fist in a dignified way, bowed solemnly, and said softly, "Greetings to the imperial concubine and empress."
The noble concubine was delighted when she heard this sound, and she called the two of them to her front with a smile. Looking at Jing Yun's face, she was stunned. This child looks a bit like King Yin, but it's not surprising if you think about it carefully. Your Majesty Princess Zhaoming already looks alike, Prince Yin's looks follow the emperor's, and Mingxiu's looks follow Zhaoming's, this child must have followed Mingxiu's. What's more, in terms of real appearance, those three Wulitou are the real Xiao Yin Wang.
The noble concubine held the hands of the two affectionately, and said softly: "What's their name?"
Jing Yun: "Jing Yun."
Wang Shu: "Wang Shu."
The noble concubine said thoughtfully: "The tiger roars and the wind grows in the valley, and the dragon lifts up and the scenery belongs to the cloud; the front Wangshu makes the pioneer, and the back Feilian makes the rush. Good name, good name!"
Wangshu stared at the candies in the hands of the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine smiled gently, and handed the plate over to her personally: "Eat it."
Wang Shu swallowed, turned back to look at his mother, seeing her nodding, Fang grabbed a handful, and did not forget to thank: "Your highness is such a nice person, no wonder you are so beautiful!"
The imperial concubine couldn't hold back, smiled, pinched her small face and said: "Little mouth is so sweet, did you eat a lot of candy?"
Wang Shu said honestly: "Yes, yes! I eat candy every day!"
Everyone in the room laughed.
Both children got some fruit.
The imperial concubine pointed to the middle-aged woman in royal blue palace attire, and a young woman in purple palace attire, and said, "This is Hui Zhaoyi, the concubine of King Zhao, and this is Princess Zhao. , you have seen it."
Qiao Wei brought the child to greet the two of them.
Hui Zhaoyi looked like an honest person. It is said that she didn't know how to fight for favor at the beginning, and she couldn't make a good turnaround after giving birth to King Zhao. After so many years, she has always been a concubine, and she was not very favored even with King Zhao. It is not a blessing, not being favored also has the advantage of not being favored, at least he has lived safe and sound until now. Thinking about the queens back then, they all died young.
Princess Zhao and Qiao Wei had a short period of quarrel, but Qiao Wei is the prime minister's wife, and the real power of the prime minister is far above that of King Zhao. Princess Zhao still has this self-knowledge, she smiled and talked to Qiao Wei, as if Those unhappiness never happened back then, everything was just Qiao Wei's own illusion.
"It's been a long time since I saw Xiao Shizi." Qiao Wei said.
Princess Zhao waved her hand and pointed: "There."
Qiao Wei took a look, and saw Xiao Shizi in the opposite room. Xiao Shizi was one year older than Jing Yun Wangshu, but he was about the same size. He was holding a big bag of unknown things, sitting cross-legged on the ground The three little ones strike up a conversation.
The three little ones are the daughters of Prince Yin's Mansion. Their hair has grown a little, but they still look like the three little boys, but their facial features are so beautiful that they are very cute.
Xiao Shizi also liked it, and took out all his private collections, wanting to share it with his friends.
But the three little ones are very aloof, they eat everything except eating, and they don't pay attention to Xiao Shizi at all.
Jing Yun saw his long-lost friend, took his sister's hand, and ran into the house with a rattling sound.
Jing Yun wanted to find Xiao Shizi, but as soon as he entered the room, he was stared at by San Xiaozhi.
One raised its head, two raised its head, and three raised its head.
Then, like a kitten seeing a baby mouse, the three little ones threw away the snacks in their hands and rushed towards Jing Yun!
Not long after, Ji Shuang and his party also arrived, and what was surprising was that Ji Wan was also there.
Several people saluted several empresses, and the imperial concubine asked Ji Shuang about her stomach, and Ji Shuang smiled and said, "It's been six months."
After that, several female relatives, including the Li family from the Duke's Mansion, also came to pay their respects to the empresses.
People also came to General Doro's mansion, but it wasn't Duoluo Mingzhu, she didn't like to join in the fun, and it wasn't Duoluo Ziyu, she had a serious fight with King Yin, and it wasn't the second lady who was sick all the year round, but the general His original wife, Mrs. Doro.
The Doro family was wronged, and the noble concubine treated Mrs. Doro very politely, and she took Mrs. Doro to sit beside her. Unfortunately, this seat happened to be able to see the three little ones behind the green gauze cabinet, Mrs. Doro's eyes. It hurts!
Qiao Wei sat for a while, and many female relatives came one after another, but only the first beauty was not seen. After asking Director Cui, she found out that the Gao Yue tribe had been attacked by unknown forces. The first beauty and the second brother rushed back to Gao Yue overnight. family.
Qiao Wei smiled lightly, most likely it was King Yin's handwriting, in order to get rid of the first beauty, that black-hearted man really did everything he could.
In the main hall, King Yin sneezed.
The envoy of Southern Chu, the Eighth Prince Nan Tianli, was presenting Wendan to the emperor, when he was suddenly interrupted by this sneeze, and the whole hall fell silent.
The emperor glanced at Prince Yin without a trace.
Nan Tianli calmed down, and then said: "This is the Wendan King of Southern Chu this year, dedicated to His Majesty Liang Huang, and may His Majesty Liang live forever."
The emperor looked at King Wendan, who was twice as big as ordinary Wendan, and smiled warmly: "Thank you, Eighth Prince."
It is nothing unusual to offer Wendan Wang every year.
Nan Tianli also understood this, and clapped her hands towards the door, and a guard came in carrying a small cage. The cage was covered with cloth, so it was difficult to see what was inside, but it was not difficult to see the smug expression of the Eighth Prince Guess it holds a good thing.
The emperor couldn't help being interested, straightened his body and said, "Eighth Prince, what is this?"
Nan Tianli said quite proudly: "This is the treasure that my Nanchu God General's Mansion brought back from the hermits."
Hermit
Everyone was surprised.
Is that the rumored hermit family that never sees the end of the dragon and never interacts with the world
Nanchu... Has someone been there in Nanchu
Although no one has ever said such words as those who get the hermits and the world, everyone wants to find out about this mysterious family. It is rumored that the Shenjiang Mansion was once tipped by a disciple of the hermits. It took only a few years for him to transform from a commoner to a divine general in Southern Chu.
Could it be that the rumors are true? The Yin Clan is real, and the relationship between Nanchu Divine General Mansion and the Yin Clan is not fake
The emperor's gaze involuntarily fell on a tall young man with a stern face behind the Eighth Prince. This man was none other than Mu Xunfeng, the young general of the Southern Chu Divine General's Mansion.
The emperor's eyes moved, and he asked in the usual tone, "Is it the hermit that General Mu went to?"
General Mu said lightly, "Exactly."
Everyone was shocked, they have lived to this age, and they have never seen a single hair of a disciple of the Yin clan. This child has already made such a fortune at such a young age, and his future is immeasurable!
King Yin tightly squeezed the cup in his hand, he couldn't tell whether it was envy or jealousy, but he always felt that this kid had better luck.
Ji Mingxiu drank his tea calmly, calmly.
The prince yawned, he was so bored.
King Zhao let out a sigh and said, "If you said you have been there, you have been there? That hermit race is just a fiction of the world. How can there really be such a place? I don't believe it!"
General Mu said: "Whether I've been there or not is my business, whether I believe it or not is someone else's business."
King Zhao rolled his eyes: "Cut!"
The emperor asked: "You said that the cage contained treasures from the Yin clan, but I don't know what it is."
General Mu lifted the cloth on the cage.
Everyone took a closer look and couldn't help being dumbfounded.
What a treasure, isn't it just a white rogue dog
Huh
No, it's not a dog, it's a mink!
King Zhao stared at it for a while, then suddenly let out a snort, and laughed mockingly: "What am I supposed to be, just a mink! We have a lot of this kind of mink in the Liang Dynasty, and we have as many as we want, bigger than it, bigger than it. It's small, white, mixed, black, everything. General Mu wants to fool people, so please get some rare things, don't treat us like bumpkins, as if you haven't seen anything!"
Little General Mu opened the cage without saying a word, and saw the white ferret flying towards King Zhao like lightning. The speed was so fast that it was jaw-dropping. King Zhao had no time to react, and was caught by the small domestic dog whose size was as small as an ordinary dog. The average-sized mink fluttered to the ground.
King Zhao is a martial arts practitioner, even a tiger may not be able to pounce on him like this, but a mink did it.
King Zhao's cold sweat broke out in an instant, his eyes widened in horror, and he couldn't say a word.
Ji Mingxiu glanced at the mink and said, "What a mink."
King Yin frowned, he thought this mink looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
Nan Tianli smiled and said: "It's not a good thing, Nan Chu doesn't dare to make a fool of yourself." Saying that, he looked at Little General Mu beside him.
General Mu whistled, and the white mink let go of King Zhao and ran back to the cage.
All civil and military officials were shocked into a cold sweat.
Nan Tianli cupped his hands to the emperor and said: "Nanchu and Daliang have been friends for generations, a small gift is not a respect, and I hope His Majesty Liang will not dislike it."
The emperor said politely: "Where did the Eighth Prince say? Such a good baby, I can't wait for it, why would I dislike it? It's just that he has a fast and violent nature, so I'm afraid it's not easy to tame."
"That's right, Yun Diao is ferocious by nature, and it's really not easy to tame. When General Mu first got Yun Diao, it took a lot of effort to train him to be so obedient."
"Then I can't take what people want." The emperor didn't say polite words, what a joke, such a fierce little beast, when he comes back, will he be locked up in the animal garden, or rewarded to his son or courtier? If it is locked up, it loses its original value, and if you give it away, you are afraid that it will kill someone. Just now, he saw it for real. If little general Mu was not present, the mink might have bitten his son.
Nan Tianli said: "Why do you want to win people's favor? I sincerely want to present treasures to His Majesty Liang Huang. His Majesty Liang finds some people who know how to raise them. I just let Little General Mu teach them."
Knowing how to feed is probably not enough, right? This little bastard can even throw my son down, how many servants who don't know martial arts can stand up to its claws
It's just that the other party's kindness is indeed difficult to refuse.
The emperor paused, and said: "I have accepted your gift, and I want to reward it to the warriors of the Liang Dynasty. When hunting later, put this cloud mink in. Whoever can hunt it will be the winner." Its new owner."
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"Your Majesty, the Emperor is about to start hunting." In the side hall, a court lady whispered to the imperial concubine.
The imperial concubine was slightly confused: "Is this the beginning?"
The maid said: "Yes, my lady."
"Didn't you say afternoon?" The imperial concubine asked in a low voice.
The palace lady said: "The emperor gave the order to start. It seems that he has got some treasure and can't wait to hunt."
The imperial concubine waved her hand: "I understand."
The maid stepped back.
The imperial concubine looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "They are going to hunt, let's join in the fun!"
The palace of the Liang Dynasty was much bigger than Qiao Wei had imagined. In addition to the inner courtyard of the government palace, there was actually an artificial hunting ground, which was about half the size of a small village. It was surrounded by dense forests and rocky mountains. Fences surrounded it. The beast garden; the grandstand is in the south, and when the imperial concubine and her family arrived at the grandstand, the hunting had already begun.
The emperor sat on the main seat, with Ji Mingxiu and the prince next to him. It was fine if Ji Mingxiu couldn't leave the hunting ground, but the prince refused to go.
The emperor kicked his ass and kicked him into the woods.
The eunuchs flopped and followed, afraid that the little ancestor would fall asleep on the horse after hunting halfway.
Most of the envoys from Southern Chu went hunting, leaving only a few here and there.
The maids arranged the seats, and invited the empress and the female relatives to the seats.
The imperial concubine sat beside the emperor.
Lin Shuyan went hunting, Ji Wan was bored and didn't bother to sit at the table with Li Shi, so she sat in the seat of Ji's family, Xun Lan and Ji Shuang were on the left, and Qiao Wei was on the right.
A few little buns had a good time and stayed in Pingchun Palace.
Qiao Wei wanted to hunt, and stared at the forest eagerly, wishing she could grow a pair of wings and fly in.
The noble concubine glanced at her and said with a smile, "Has Mrs. Ji ever hunted?"
Qiao Wei said: "Yes, when I was on the mountain, I would go hunting every day."
The imperial concubine pointed to Lin Zi: "In that case, Madam Ji should go too."
Qiao Wei was startled: "Can I?"
The imperial concubine smiled: "Yes, Miss Duo Luo didn't come over today, if she came, she would go hunting too."
The palace maid gave Qiao Wei a horse, looked at the tall and strong horse, Qiao Wei smiled embarrassingly, she didn't know how to ride a horse...
Ji Mingxiu stood up, brushed off his wide sleeves: "I'm off to hunt."
The emperor looked at Ji Mingxiu, then at Qiao Wei who was being helped onto the horse by the eunuch not far away, and smiled knowingly: "Go."
"I, I, I... I do it myself!"
Qiao Wei pushed away the eunuch who was holding her thigh, stepped on the pedal with one foot, and was about to turn up, but was suddenly lifted up and placed neatly on the horse's back.
The temperature of his palm still remained on the waist, Qiao Wei blushed slightly.
Xun Lan took a sip of tea, her eyes were quiet.
Ji Mingxiu then turned on another horse, took Qiao Wei's rein in his hand, and led her slowly into the woods.