A summer trip to Yuanmingyuan ended near the Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion Day in August.
Although it was only the first day of the seventh lunar month, the emperor still decided to return to the palace.
The Mid-Autumn Festival Yan Club of the royal family has always been prepared in advance. The favors are sent, and there is no room for error in the rewards. These have to be handled by the empress herself. It could have been handed over to Concubine Xihua, but in the Forbidden City, because the emperor's children were not abundant, pregnant women became the focus of care, not to mention that Concubine Xihua was pregnant.
This is one of the reasons, and the other is that the emperor, who was happy with the jade concubine, finally remembered that there was a pregnant woman in the palace. After all, he had been with him for several years and could not be left out in the cold.
If the Queen and An Lingrong knew this idea, they would surely sneer at him back.
With so many wives, I don't know how much you have neglected.
Sitting on the Luan car that was a little more comfortable than when I came, Anlingrong was sleepy.
'Bang dang '.
The car jolted a bit, and the half-asleep and half-awake An Lingrong woke up a little.
Qin'er, who was waiting in the car, stepped forward with concern and asked softly:
"Little Master, are you alright?"
Seeing Qin'er's nervous appearance, An Lingrong responded to her concern with a smile:
"It might as well be a roadside pebble."
Qin'er frowned. She knew that the emperor sent someone to clean the official road for his master early, so how could he leave a stone behind, opened the curtain of the car, stuck out half of his body and asked in a high voice:
"What's wrong with this?"
The Luan car stopped temporarily, and the chief guard responsible for protecting the Jade Concubine handed over expressionlessly:
"Back to the noble master, it was a green jade that suddenly appeared on the road just now, and the slave has already called someone to deal with it."
Jasper stone?
An Lingrong heard the words and said curiously:
"What kind of stone? Bring it to me."
The little guard beside the chief guard passed the stone gleaming jasper-colored in the middle sun to Qin'er, and Qin'er took it and was about to turn around and take it to the master in the car of Luan.
"Wait, the noble concubine Zhen Di has seen the Jade Concubine Empress."
A familiar voice as clear as a spring The owner was dressed in purple and plain clothes, and her elegant makeup made her look extraordinarily beautiful, and she saluted.
An Lingrong heard her call her empress, and covered her mouth with the crescent white towel in her hand. Even if the palace could respect the concubines above the concubine rank as empress, she had never been called such a name, because she looked like this. Duty:
"So it's Sister Zhen, what's the matter with Sister Zhen?"
Zhen Huan was stunned by her delicate and bright voice, and sighed in her heart that she was indeed a beauty. She accepted her fate and gave another salute, and said shamelessly:
"Empress, it was my concubine who accidentally lost this jade and disturbed your Luan drive, and I asked Empress to forgive me."
In the car, Luan felt Zhen Huan's malicious An Lingrong's tone was generous:
"It doesn't matter, but it's bumpy, and there's still half an hour before returning to the palace. Don't let the concubine wait for a long time, return the stone to the noble, and continue on her way."
Qin'er cleverly put the jasper stone in Zhen Huan's hand and said politely:
"Yes."
"Please put it away, the little master and the slave are still on their way, so I won't say much."
Zhen Huan stepped aside and let go:
"Thank you Empress."
Because of her pregnancy, An Lingrong's Luan Che was ordered by the emperor to walk slowly. An Lingrong simply let the Luan Che, who was not qualified to walk in front of her, go first. She never wanted Zhen Huan to have the opportunity to throw down a piece of jade to attract the two to talk.
Zhen Huan didn't always think jade was tacky, so why did he think of throwing a piece of jade.
The carriage walked slowly again, Qin'er sat back, and An Lingrong fell asleep again.