After she finished speaking, she only looked up at Qingya, who was still lying on the ground. Her cheeks were red from the cold, and her shoulders were shaking endlessly.
The rocky ground was extremely cold, the winter wind was blowing, and the snow slid quietly along the eaves, piling up hills on the ground.
Wanyanyong heard the sound of snow falling quietly, turned around and glanced at the snowy scene outside the corridor, and couldn't help but shiver.
Xiang Ling glanced back at her, then looked back at King Yong's expression.
"Qingya, come on, get up!" He walked into Qingya and helped her up. After she stood up, she suddenly put away her hands.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
He stood on the corridor and spoke righteously: "The lonely king has always made clear rewards and punishments. If Qingya bumps into your sister-in-law Ling, I will punish you in confinement for seven days. Xiangling..., you will copy three lines from "Women's Training" to show this. Quit.”
"Your Majesty!" Mingxuan and Xiang Ling called her at the same time.
"Concubine, what's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, Qingya just came out of the house without restraint, why should he restrain his feet again? If this continues, people will be starving!"
Before she could continue speaking, Xiang Ling answered, her eyes moving wildly and pitifully.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is a long scroll of "Women's Training". It's cold in winter, I'm afraid my hands will freeze!"
He was stunned for a while and then said: "Just copy it slowly and go down! You should be more calm recently."
"Your Majesty!"
"Go down now!"
Following Wan Yanyong's wave, the beautiful figure waved her beaded sleeves and left without a trace. Turning his eyes, he saw in a trance the delicate figure still standing alone on the corridor. The clear water in her eyes suddenly fell, causing a ripple in the lichen.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Qingya will go back and reflect now!" She bowed and left, gathering enough disappointment to leave. At the moment when she was about to take steps, she was stunned, and it was her nephew who called her with a sweet voice.
"Aunt, aunt!" Yungong slipped off the imperial concubine's lap, grabbed her mother's hand, and quickly ran over to wrap her arms around her skirt.
She squatted down and touched the remaining tears in the corner of his eyes with her thumb, then held his hand and looked into Mingxuan's eyes beside her. The look of loss in her eyes made people feel heartbroken.
"Qingya, your cousin must be joking with you. He must still remember what happened to you a few days ago. Go ahead and admit your mistake. It's not a big deal if you keep your head down."
"I will naturally admit what I have done wrong, and I will be willing to be punished, but I will never waver in my thoughts, nor will I sacrifice myself."
"Why are you so stubborn? Do you have to endure hardship?" Mingxuan held her hand.
Mingxuan turned around and said, "Your Majesty, please don't punish her. Being hungry and cold in winter is bound to cause serious trouble. How can a girl's family endure such torture?"
"That's all, Qingya..." He wanted to speak.
"Your Majesty, sister-in-law, Qingya is going!"
But she wanted to be as hard as a rock. After a moment, she gently pulled down the tie of the cloak, folded the thick cloak in her hands, placed it respectfully beside Wan Yanyong, and retreated.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. The property will be returned to its original owner." One or two of her chirps echoed in his mind, and when he slowed down, she had already turned around.
"Qingya, do you have to be like this?" He called her.
"Isn't this the result the king wants?" She chuckled.
She walked so fast, turned around and left quietly in front of the bright corridor. Although Yun Gong was chasing behind her, her figure still disappeared at the end of the corridor. Xu was already disappointed.
"Qingya, Qingya," Mingxuan was calling.
She stepped forward to catch up with him for a few steps, but suddenly stopped, feeling dizzy and her whole body unable to hold on.
"Empress, what's wrong with you!" The maid Xiu Yin held her shoulders in time. "
The scene suddenly became chaotic. Wanyanyong pulled his thoughts back when he heard the call, and saw his wife's delicate figure lying in front of him.
He strode over, helped her up, hugged her body, went to the room, and kept whispering: "Xuan'er, Xuan'er!"
Qingya, who was walking away, immediately turned back when she heard the call, and came over with small steps.
"Pass the imperial doctor, pass the imperial physician!"
Only people are running like crazy.
There was an uproar, it was already getting late, everyone was sitting around the couch in Serin Garden, their faces were full of red light, and even the flickering candlelight became calm.
Mingxuan was dressed in obscene clothes, except for the pink and white, and she was lying quietly on the couch, taking a closer look at her figure, she was a little fat.
Wanyan Yongzheng, who was beside the couch, gently held her hand. There were two more children around him, seven-year-old Yuxiao and Yungong.
Several people in the hall sat quietly, waiting for her to wake up. For a moment, her comatose sleepy eyes gradually opened, and she felt extremely surprised when she saw everyone surrounding her with smiles on their faces, as if they were looking at something strange.
"Husband, what's wrong with me!" She tried to get up.
Her eldest daughter, Yuxiao, replied with a smile on her face: "Honey! The imperial doctor said you have a baby. It's already three months!"
"Well, when did this happen, I didn't even notice it?" She suddenly lowered her head and touched her belly.
Wan Yanyong, who was beside him, had already forgotten the unpleasantness that happened today, and his face was filled with spring, and he was extremely happy.
"Xuan'er, you are a great contributor to King Gu. You have given birth to a pair of smart children for Gu. Now you are going to add another treasure to Gu. Gu is very lucky to have you!"
These words made the two concubines who were sitting down feel ashamed. They each sat upright on their chairs. After listening to his sweet words, they pressed their heads deeply, especially Xiang Ling. She became even more sad and hid her face. Sad look.
"My happiness comes from His Highness' favor! I don't dare to take credit for being arrogant!" She was so rational.
"Qingya, Qingya!"
"Sister-in-law! I'm here."
She suddenly remembered something, so she hurriedly called Qingya, and held her hand tightly, not letting go even an inch.
"Sister-in-law, you don't even know that you are pregnant. Now that you are pregnant, you must be more careful," she quickly put her hands into the quilt.
"I just feel tired recently, but I don't know that I am pregnant."
"Sister-in-law, blessings come naturally, so you won't notice it."
"Pregnancy is hard work. When you have children, you will know how hard it is to be a mother!" She quietly took out her hands again and looked at Qingya's messy long hair.
"Don't you have any eyesight now? Don't you know how to freshen up your cousin?" She shouted at Xiu Yin.
"It doesn't matter! There's nothing better than having messy clothes and a messy heart, so that's what I'll do!" She held up her forehead and tucked a lock of black hair behind her ear.
"Qingya, the lonely king... I thought, you have been grounded for several days, so don't lock yourself up anymore!"
Wan Yanyong looked at her tender look, put the cloak on her again, held her shoulders and talked. But she saw that she took off the cloak again and let it fall to the ground.
"Your Majesty, your golden words can't be changed day by day. I will never forget every word and action you said and did. Hey! Now I respect your decree. Isn't this exactly what your Majesty wants?"
She didn't even look at him, and her face was calm.
"You know, the lonely king never wants you to suffer or be wronged. You know best what the lonely king wants."
"What do you want? I really don't know."
She raised her head again: "Now, my sister-in-law is fine, so I'm going back!"
At this time, Princess Weixiao pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows: "Cousin, there are some things I have to say to Youxiao, and Lady Ling!"
She seemed to have heard the ins and outs of what happened just now, and was about to reprimand the two of them.
Her little face turned red: "According to the regulations, neither of you are really members of the Yongguo Mansion. One is my father's concubine, and the other is my cousin. So Yu Xiao left the words here, As long as there is nothing wrong with my mother-in-law today, if anything happens to my mother-in-law or the child in her belly, I will be incompatible with you!"
I saw her talking like an adult at such a young age, and walking around in front of the two of them from time to time, clasping her two little hands together, looking like a dignified lady.
After hearing this, Qing Ya secretly felt sad and gently took off her palm.
Mingxuan looked at her gradually fading smile, and then scolded her: "Yuxiao, why are you talking to your cousin, so rude!"
"What my daughter said is the truth. You said that my cousin is young and ignorant, but Madam Ling has always been disrespectful to my mistress since she entered the palace. But she is a concubine, and I must obey my mistress! So! You must behave like Madam Zhang and keep yourself safe!"
These few words from Yu Xiao angered her and also caused Wanyanyong's silence. He tried his best to trace back to that unhappy time when he was a child. Once upon a time, his biological mother was also taught such a lesson, that there should be rules for superiority and inferiority, and rules for concubines. Now it was his turn, but his daughter talked about it. Even now, he couldn't scold his own daughter, only a hint of loss flashed in his eyes.
Xiang Ling puffed up her cheeks and leaned on the armchair, feeling very unhappy: "What the princess said is strange. Although I am a concubine, I am also a royal concubine personally appointed by the emperor. Your father and the king brought me here in eight sedans. You are like this." I don’t know the importance of it, and I don’t know who taught it.”
"That is also a concubine. Don't you know that concubines are traded? And my cousin, you are a good daughter. You can choose any high-ranking man to be your wife. Why do you have to rob my father and become such a lowly concubine? "
She became more and more outspoken and said some extremely mean things. Wanyan Yong felt uncomfortable all over his face after hearing this. His big hands quietly moved over his wife's body, and he played with the jade ring on his finger alone, his face deep in thought. .
"You're getting more and more presumptuous. I taught you how I usually teach you! Xiu Yin, take the princess down!" Xiu Yin immediately agreed and walked to the couch to pull her away. She broke free from his hand and refused to leave.
Then he shook off Xiu Yin's hand: "I won't leave, please let go, I won't leave!"
"Princess, please go back to your room first! Your Majesty may need to rest!" After persuading her, she reluctantly walked out of the room, waving her sleeves as she left.
She looked at the faces of several people on the couch, then gently waved to take Yungong away.
Qinli saw that she was sad, so she came over to comfort her, moved a small tassel hanging on it and came forward: "Empress, you must stay in a happy mood now, the princess is just a child and is not sensible yet. "
Qing Ya also endured her grievance and spoke to her with a smile: "Yes! Sister-in-law."
"Qingya, this child is young or old, don't take it personally!"
"What are you thinking, sister-in-law? No, I just want to take good care of my sister-in-law! Wait until the baby is born!"
After a while, the candlelight in the house began to flicker again, and a few distant calls of jackdaws outside the house reminded everyone that night was falling. The little maid changed the soup water at the master's door several times, and kept adding more water to the stove.
Mingxuan suddenly sneezed, and someone came to add a thick blanket and cashmere quilt. Her face gradually became sleepy, and when everyone saw it, they all bowed away and returned home.
Zhang Qinli bowed and bowed respectfully, but Xiang Ling ran out with her face covered in tears. Her parting figure also made Wanyan Yong pause for a moment before becoming silent again.
At that moment, a maid ran in and saluted with her hands: "Your Majesty, King Ji's concubine is here!"
