The maid in the palace took the queen's orders and went to the East Palace to announce the decree.

When Mammy arrived at the main courtyard of the East Palace, she told the eunuch in charge of her intention. Hearing this, the eunuch in charge was shocked and ordered people to invite Fuchun and Weiyan.

This Fuchun and Weiyan were the Xiaoshi palace maids selected by the queen from the former palace and sent to the east palace.

When Qi Zhen went to Nanyuan, he only brought a group of escorts arranged by the emperor. These two maids stayed in the East Palace together with other servants in the East Palace for three years. When they returned to the East Palace, their situations were different.

So embarrassing.

Qi Zhen has a cold temperament. Since he fought in Nanyuan, he has been resting in the study because of his busy political affairs. During this period, the two palace maids only met Qi Zhen occasionally, but only from a distance.

The two of them are getting older, and they have passed the age of delicate flowers. The desire to be favored when they were young has also been worn away. They think that they will probably be maids for the rest of their lives, waiting for their master to remember them.

Having a slave is a waste of time for the rest of your life.

When they found out that they were taken as concubines by the queen, both of them were extremely surprised.

But surprise is a surprise. How can anyone be unwilling to do such a great thing?

Fuchun and Weiyan hurriedly came to see Mammy, and asked Mammy why the Queen suddenly issued an edict to make them two concubines.

Mammy and these two palace maids were old acquaintances, so they did not hide anything from her.

They reminded them: "The Queen is anxiously looking forward to an heir. There are really few women in the East Palace, so we must add more people. In addition to the two of you, the young lady from the third master's family of Zheng Guogong Mansion will be here in a while."

Ri is also about to enter the house. My niece is my niece and the only young lady left to be married in this generation of the Duke's Palace. She naturally wants to be given the position of concubine. As for the two of you, who will give birth to His Highness's eldest son?

, with this merit, it is not impossible for the empress to be merciful, and to propose a concubine."

Fuchun and Weiyan looked at each other after hearing this, and said in puzzlement: "Auntie, are you joking with us sisters? People outside don't know, you are from the Queen's Palace, don't you know? There is a group of people in the East Palace.

The one who is waiting to be favored is the concubine of the Ning'an Marquis Mansion. Although she cannot be a crown princess, she can be a concubine. How can we two sisters get the turn?"

After hearing this, grandma remembered the jade bracelet on Linglong's wrist, shook her head and said, "What if I am favored now? When the time comes, the beauty and old grace will be over, and that girl will not be able to give birth to an heir, and her fate will be pitiful sooner or later.

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Thinking this, Grandma felt a little pity for Miss Shen Er.

She was not born a legitimate daughter, so she fell into the lower class first. She was born a good-looking girl, but she was born a concubine, and by some strange combination of circumstances, she ended up in Nanyuan, where she lived for many years without a wife or a concubine.

A concubine is a substitute for marriage. With His Highness’s temperament, how can she be the main wife? A concubine or a side concubine would be a big deal. If she has been childless, even if she is a side concubine, she may not be able to get the position.

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His Highness did not allow her to have children, so she was only raised in the East Palace in such an awkward manner, with no wife or concubines, and the same maid who took care of the master's bed, what's the difference?

It's just that there is no other woman in the East Palace right now, so Miss Shen can barely maintain her dignity.

But what about the future? What will happen to her if someone enters the East Palace in the future?

After today, if she loses His Highness's fleeting favor, her status, which is neither embarrassing nor embarrassing, may not even be comparable to the two concubines mentioned in the Queen's letter. It will be a while before the young lady of Zheng Guogong's residence enters the house.

, then Miss Shen has really become invisible.

Grandma shook her head and sighed softly. She put aside the sadness in her heart and ordered Fuchun and Weiyan:

"Well, we should pack things up earlier. From now on, we will live in the wing of the main courtyard. We will encourage His Highness to go back to the bedroom to rest more and less often to let His Highness rest in the study. From now on, you and Miss Shen will be sisters in His Highness' room. We have to meet each other. Miss Shen is ill, so you two will go visit her in the next two days to see Miss Shen. You both know the temperament of His Highness and the Queen, and hate intrigues and frame-ups. In the future, you two You need to get along well with that girl from the Shen family, and don't cause any trouble, just to make His Highness and the Queen disgusted."

Fuchun and Weiyan nodded in agreement, and replied: "After all, Miss Shen is a girl from the Hou family. It is inevitable that she will be more delicate. When we get along normally, it is okay for the two of us to give in to each other."

Mammy smiled happily, feeling that these two palace ladies knew the truth.

"It's good for you two to be informed. I have to go to Zheng Guogong's residence, so I won't delay in the East Palace." After saying this, Mammy walked away.

Fuchun and Weiyan looked at Nanny walking away before looking away.

Weiyan asked Fuchun: "We really want to visit Miss Shen. I heard that Miss Shen has a domineering temper. The servants serving in the snow courtyard said that Miss Shen had a fight with His Highness a few days ago and smashed a While the cups and cups were being set, Your Highness, still angry, started a fire in the study."

Fuchun was also a little embarrassed. He sighed and said: "Since grandma told me to visit the Shen girl, we have to go there. Besides, we have to get along with each other in the future. There is no way to avoid it. Let's go today. I've seen you earlier." People will feel at ease in the morning."

Weiyan still felt a little worried when she thought about the girl from the Shen family that the servants in the East Palace were rumoring in private.

At this time, Shen Linglong was lying in the quilt and counting the lines on the bed tent.

When Qi Zhen went to the palace to attend court, he told Linglong to sleep a little longer, but Linglong, who usually had to take a nap every morning, couldn't sleep today.

Her mind was filled with Qi Zhen's words, and two villains appeared in her heart. One villain said, "Just believe him one more time. Why can't I trust him again when I was young and fell in love with you?" What? Another villain said, he lied to you and hurt you, and he is also preparing to take a concubine and add someone else. He may not even really regard you as his wife, so why should you let yourself feel sorry for him again?

The two villains kept pulling and pulling, but Linglong still couldn't choose.

Yes, if it were easy to choose and make an easy decision, then it wouldn’t be Linglong who has liked Qi Zhen for many years.

There must be something that hurts her to the core and makes her feel unbearable pain every time she thinks of Qi Zhen, so that she can be forced to give up her feelings and give up.

"It's time for breakfast, miss, it's time to get up." Luoxia and Qiu Shui laid out the meal on the dining table outside, Qiu Shui raised her voice and called Linglong to get up.

Linglong pursed her lips and stood up, wrapped a fox fur over her thin clothes, and sat down next to the food table.

As soon as we sat down, the slaves outside came in and announced.

"Miss Shen, girls Fuchun and Weiyan would like to see you."

Linglong frowned slightly when she heard this, "Fuchun? Weiyan? Who are they? I don't know these two."

The maidservant who was passed down was an old man from the East Palace in the past. Naturally, she knew the identities of Fuchun and Weiyan. She lowered her head slightly uneasily and replied: "These two are the people who used to serve in His Highness' room. The girl is I didn't know these two people when I entered the Nanyuan Gate."

The person serving in the room? Are they serving the living? Or are they serving the pillow mat? The exquisite eyes are slightly dull.

She lowered her head and glanced at the food on the table, feeling that she had no appetite at all.

"Please invite them two to come in."

After Linglong finished speaking, she put down the bowl and chopsticks.

She held her forehead and tilted her head, looking at the two people slowly walking in at the door.

Fuchun and Weiyan were also looking at her.

Linglong had never heard of these two maids before, but Fuchun and Weiyan had often heard rumors about Linglong.

But I heard that this time, it was the first time to see a real person.

Fuchun and Weiyan stepped into the inner room and looked at Linglong from a short distance away.

The girl in front of her has no trace of make-up on her face, and is pale in illness, but she is like a pear blossom on a tree in winter, which makes people unconsciously feel pity for her.

One can imagine how bright the color would be if it were not for the paleness caused by the disease.

No wonder, even His Royal Highness, who has always been observant of etiquette, can ignore the rules and lose his temper during the day. He was tossing around in the study and asked for water several times.

No wonder she dared to get angry with His Highness.

"Take a seat, Qiushui, and prepare tea for the two girls. I first arrived at the East Palace and I haven't seen anyone before. I wonder why the two of them came to the door?"

Fuchun and Weiyan took the tea offered by Qiu Shui and looked at each other. Then Fuchun replied with a smile: "We sisters were originally the maids in His Majesty's room. Today, the Queen has made an edict to appoint us as servants."

Concubine, the grandma who delivered the order said that Miss Shen you are ill, so we sisters thought of coming to visit you."

Concubine? Qi Zhen's movements were as fast as time, and he added more people when he asked, and not even half a day passed. Linglong thought so, her eyes dimmed, she suppressed the astringent feeling in her heart, took the tea cup at hand, and gently

He took a sip and said with a forced smile: "That's it. I'm not feeling well, so I'm afraid I won't be able to entertain you two well. Since I'm here to visit my doctor, and now I've seen someone, you two should go back home."

After saying this, he put down the tea cup in his hand.

He really has a pampered temper that he is accustomed to. He will kick out guests when he is unhappy, and he won't even pretend to do so.

When Linglong put down the tea cup, she slightly lifted her sleeves, revealing her wrist underneath. The blood jade bracelet on her wrist shone brightly in the early morning light and fell into the eyes of Fuchun and Weiyan.

Both of her eyes were filled with shock, and they were both stunned for a moment.

Linglong also noticed the difference in their expressions when their eyes fell on her wrist. She then glanced at the bracelet on her wrist, her brows furrowed slightly, feeling puzzled, and she looked at the two of them again with slight doubts.

Fuchun met Linglong's gaze, hurriedly suppressed her shock, and forced a smile on her face: "Miss Shen, this bracelet is so beautiful, but was it given by the queen?"

This bracelet of the Queen caused a bloody storm in the palace back then, and the Queen fell out of favor to this day. Anyone who has stayed in the Queen's Palace knows about this bracelet.

Fuchun and Weiyan were from the Queen's Palace, so how could they not recognize the bracelet of the Bizi. However, according to the Queen's wishes, they were obviously looking forward to the emperor's grandson, so how could they give the Shen girl this Bizi?

Maybe it was because they were afraid that Miss Shen would give birth to an heir first and threaten the status of the young lady from Duke Zheng's family who would join the family later. Both of them were puzzled.

Linglong stroked the bracelet on her wrist. Before she could reply, Qiu Shui on the side said, "This bracelet is a token of love given to my young lady by His Royal Highness. How could it be a gift from the Queen?"

This bracelet was given by Qi Zhen a few days after Linglong and Qi Zhen consummated their marriage. He said it was a return gift from her for giving him the pendant. To put it into detail, it could be regarded as a token of love.

Fuchun was even more shocked when he heard this and asked: "Your Highness gave you this bracelet? Is this bracelet Miss Shen a gift from Your Highness?"

Linglong was a little puzzled that she had asked this so many times, she frowned slightly, raised her eyes and replied: "It was indeed a gift from His Highness. The girl is so surprised. Does this bracelet belong to someone else?"

Fuchun looked at the puzzled look in Linglong's eyes and understood that she probably didn't know the purpose of the bracelet, and was afraid that she would get into trouble by talking too much, so she hurriedly explained: "No, no, this bracelet was originally an item in the Queen's Palace. Perhaps His Highness thought it looked good, so he asked for this thing from the empress and gave it to the girl."

After Fuchun finished speaking, he was afraid that if he stayed here for a long time, he would say more and make more mistakes, so he hurriedly pulled Weiyan to leave.

Linglong watched Fuchun and Weiyan leave in a hurry. She raised her wrist and her eyes fell on the bracelet carefully, her eyes searching.

Blood jade is indeed rare, and the bracelet made of it is indeed beautiful, but no matter how rare or beautiful it is, Fuchun and Weiyan should not react like that when they see it.

Luoxia, who had been waiting for a long time and said nothing, secretly looked at Linglong's expression, worried in her heart, and quickly picked up a bowl of porridge on the dining table, handed it to Linglong, and said: "Miss, the breakfast should be cold now, use it quickly. Don't delay. You have to take medicine after breakfast. The imperial doctor has warned you to eat and drink medicine on time three times a day. Don't delay."

Luoxia's words interrupted Linglong's thoughts.

She took the porridge bowl, scooped out a mouthful of porridge and brought it to her lips.

"Hey, which one of those two girls left the veil on this chair?"

After hearing this, Linglong looked over and saw an exquisitely embroidered handkerchief falling on the table and chair. She asked Qiu Shui, "Qiu Shui, catch up and give it to someone else."

Qiu Shui responded, picked up the handkerchief, and chased the two girls outside the snow courtyard.

The Snow Courtyard and the main courtyard were so close that in just a short time, the two girls had reached the wing of the main courtyard.

Fortunately, Qiu Shui caught up in time. Fuchun and Weiyan reached the side room with their front legs, and she chased them with their back legs.

In the side room, Fuchun and Weiyan turned their backs and closed the door as soon as they came back.

The creaking sound of the door when it was closed happened to cover up the sound of Qiu Shui's footsteps chasing him.

"Miss Shen said that the bracelet was given by His Highness just now. Was that bracelet made by the Queen to hide her son? If it was really something to hide her son from, why did His Highness give it to Miss Shen? Could it be that he didn't want Miss Shen to be pregnant with the emperor's heir?" As soon as Weiyan arrived in the inner room, he asked Fuchun.
Chapter completed!