Not long after, the decree came down to confer the titles of the good concubine and the harmonious concubine, and they were officially conferred the title of concubine.

Almost at the same time, the tenth prince's marriage was decided.

This time, his marriage was arranged by the Queen Mother herself.

The Queen Mother originally came from the prairie, and the direct descendant she had chosen for her tenth prince was Aba Gai Borjijit, the daughter of the King of Jingarap.

The father-in-law is the king of a foreign vassal, so this is indeed a good marriage. What's more, the Queen Mother personally asked her Mongolian relatives and learned that the future Shifu Jin was cheerful and lively, and was a rare and good woman. The Queen Mother and the Emperor were very happy with this marriage.

satisfy.

But after receiving the decree, the tenth prince felt depressed.

He has such a noisy temper, and he is usually such a troubled person, but after the marriage was decided, he became unusually silent.

The Queen Mother went to Si Fujin and asked the reason: "What do you think of Lao Shi's situation? Is he dissatisfied with the marriage arrangement given by the Ai family?"

Luo Jianing knew a little bit about the reason, but she could only smile and say: "How is it possible? The person chosen by our ancestors cannot be wrong."

Although the Queen Mother is old, her mind is very sharp.

She knew at a glance that the fourth daughter-in-law had not told the complete truth, so she deliberately made a sullen face: "If you don't tell the truth to the Imperial Grandmother, I won't let you eat the snacks from the Imperial Grandmother Ningshou Palace."

Everyone in the palace knows that Sifujin loves snacks.

Only in the palaces, namely the Emperor's Qianqing Palace, the Empress Dowager's Ningshou Palace and Concubine De's Yonghe Palace, she could eat with confidence. In other palaces, she would not eat easily.

The Queen Mother also said this deliberately to tease her. If the children really refused to mention those reasons, there must be difficulties for the children. She would not force the children to tell them.

After Luo Jianing thought for a long time, she looked like "I can only bow my head for food" and sighed quietly.

But what she said was deliberately lowered, and her tone was very serious: "Royal Grandma, to tell you the truth, my tenth brother is marrying a Mongolian daughter this time. No matter how lively he is, he still feels a little guilty when he meets a prairie daughter.

Scared."

The Queen Mother laughed loudly: "Is that really so?"

"It should be like this. After all, I am not particularly familiar with him, so I guessed like this." Luo Jianing said: "I still remember that time we followed Huang Ama to the outside of the Great Wall, and there was a daughter of the Mongolian King who raced with him. He

It’s amazing that I can’t compare to others.”

After saying that, Luo Jianing sighed heavily: "It's not like you don't know the temper of my tenth brother. He won't be convinced even if he loses to a man, let alone losing to his daughter's family."

This is a real thing.

And after the tenth prince lost that time, he almost went into a rage. But he was not angry at others, but angry at himself. He locked himself in the room for seven or eight hours without eating or drinking water.

Everyone who went to the Great Wall that time knew about this, and Luo Jianing was not afraid to speak out.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she couldn't help but laugh: "Oh, so there is this. He wouldn't have told me earlier, otherwise, I would have to find a Fujin with a hotter temper for him!"

These words made Luo Jianing couldn't help but laugh too.

She chatted with the Queen Mother for a while, and then walked out of Ningshou Palace.

In fact, Luo Jianing also hid something from the Queen Mother.

That is, the concubine Guo Luoluo who was pregnant by the Tenth Prince was extremely favored by the Tenth Prince.

The concubine of the tenth prince, Guo Luo Luo, was not a close relative of Concubine Yi, but the daughter of Yuan Wai Lang Yong Bao.

Luo Jianing didn't know much about this concubine, and she wasn't particularly familiar with the 10th Prince, so she usually wouldn't go to play with the 10th Prince.

The reason why I know this is because I heard it from other people’s words.

Even before the marriage of the tenth brother was finalized, when the ninth brother was discussing business with her, he couldn't help but complain to her, saying that the tenth brother loved that concubine too much, and what would happen if Shi Fujin came in the future.

Luo Jianing understood that if the Empress Dowager and the Emperor were to know of Brother Ten's love for this concubine, there would be a problem as to whether the child in the concubine's womb could be born.

After all, the future direct descendant of the Tenth Prince, Fujin, is the daughter of the Mongolian prince.

If Mrs. Guo Luoluo was pregnant as a concubine and was very favored by her tenth prince, the Queen Mother and the Emperor were not sure whether they would take action.

So she covered it up and didn't mention it.

She didn't know whether others would tell the Queen Mother.

But as a modern person, she really couldn't bear to have a fetus lost inexplicably because of her words, so she didn't mention it.

In summer, the weather in the capital was very hot. The Queen Mother was old and suffered two mild heat strokes due to the overheating.

Emperor Kangxi ordered the construction of the Rehe Palace to be accelerated. By next year, at least four large courtyards must be completed.

In autumn, something happened that was not particularly big, but definitely not small.

The eldest son of the tenth prince was born, but the child cried loudly when he was born and looked very healthy and strong.

But for some reason, the lively boy who was born during the day was not very well at night. His crying was much quieter, his lips were faintly purple, and he looked like he was not very well.

It was mid-September. It was getting cold at night.

Seeing that the child did not look well, the tenth elder brother rushed to the imperial hospital and took all the imperial doctors on duty to the elder brother's office. He ordered them to guard the elder brother's office all night and not to leave even half a step.

Because he made quite a fuss, the whole palace knew about it early the next morning.

Concubine De was so nervous that she sent someone to Sibeile's house in the morning and directly took Sifujin into the palace to accompany her.

After Luo Jian said this, Concubine De hurriedly came over and held her hand and refused to let go: "It's still unknown what will happen to the child of the tenth prince. I don't know if the emperor will be angry because of this."

Luo Jianing only heard a general idea and didn't know the specific situation. She hurriedly dismissed the waiter and took Concubine De to sit down: "Concubine, what's going on? Please tell me in detail."

"The child of the Tenth Prince has purple and blue lips, as if someone has poisoned him." Empress Dowager De was so scared that she touched her chest: "I'm afraid that the emperor will doubt me, so I'm very nervous."

The hands between the two of them were slightly wet.

Luo Jianing saw that Concubine De was sweating, and knew that she was really nervous, so she quickly comforted her: "Concubine, there is no need to worry. Even if Emperor Ama is suspicious, she will not come to you with suspicion."

My brother's place is still some distance away from Yonghe Palace. Even if the emperor wants to conduct a thorough investigation or has doubts, he will investigate from people who are relatively close to my brother's place and who have frequent contacts with my brother's place.

Concubine De doesn't go there on weekdays, so how could she be suspicious of her?

After listening to her daughter-in-law's words, the worry on Concubine De's face did not diminish at all, but became more solemn: "You don't know, in the past, when every child died in infancy, the emperor would conduct a thorough investigation of the entire palace. I... am also really afraid.

Already."

Luo Jianing was thoughtful and comforted softly: "Mother and concubine, don't worry. Emperor Ama will make a judgment on this matter and will never doubt others easily."

After all, the child did not survive more than ten days.

It happened to be daytime when the child died and completely lost his breath.

Still far away from where the elder brother is, one can hear the sorrowful and painful sounds of the tenth elder brother in the distance. The mournful crying sounds are particularly sad when they are heard in the majestic palace.

Luo Jianing observed everything carefully.

She found that the emperor and the queen mother were very sad because of the death of this child, and the love did not seem to be fake.

This means that this matter was not done by the two elders.

Who could it be?

This day happens to be Brother Hui's day to rest.

Since studying with Zhang Tingyu, Brother Hui has spent a lot of time studying, and he can only take one day off every ten days or eight months.

It happened that Yinzhen was on duty today and could not play with her son. Luo Jianing took Brother Hui to the palace to spend a day with the Queen Mother and Concubine De.

During the casual chat, the Queen Mother accidentally mentioned something: "... A few days ago, the matter with Lao Shi was settled. It was Lao Ba who helped. Speaking of Lao Ba, this child is really a filial person.

.Lao Shi is sad every day and doesn’t care about anything. If Lao Ba hadn’t been there, those trivial matters would have never been dealt with.”

Luo Jianing vaguely understood what was going on and couldn't help but ask: "Did the eighth brother handle it?"

"No. Because of this, the emperor even praised Lao Ba." Concubine De teased Brother Hui and also mentioned casually: "He helped me inside and out. Lao Shi's concubine is still in the moonlight."

She can't get out of the house, and Lao Shi takes care of her every day without thinking about it. Lao Jiu's two concubines are about to give birth, who else can take care of it if Lao Ba doesn't do it."

After Luo Jianing heard this, her heart skipped a beat and she suddenly had an idea.

To confirm, she couldn't help but ask Concubine De again: "Because of this matter, Huang Ama also praised the eighth prince?"

The Queen Mother continued: "Of course I have to praise him. This child has done things properly recently."

Luo Jianing had an idea in her mind.

While Brother Hui and Empress Dowager De were having fun, Luo Jianing walked out of Ningshou Palace, called Cuiying and told her: "You can ask someone you are familiar with.

After the child is born, it’s the day after he is born. Has the eighth prince been to his house? Remember, don’t ask too obviously, just mention it casually with a sentence that praises the eighth prince.”

Cuiying was very smart and immediately understood what Fujin meant. She quickly said, "I understand," and immediately took the order and left.

The green warbler came back very late.

Because it was already in the afternoon and she was about to go back to Sibeile's house, Luo Jianing didn't ask her anything in detail. It wasn't until she returned to her home that Luo Jianing called Cuiying over and asked her in detail.

Cuiying said: "The eighth elder brother did go to the tenth elder brother's residence that day. Not long after the child was born, the eighth elder brother went there and visited the concubine who gave birth to the child. Later, the eighth elder brother went there again

He passed by once, but it was in the afternoon. Many people were asleep at that time and did not notice him passing by. A little palace maid whom the servant knew happened to be lazy and dozed in the tea room. She saw the eighth prince and told the servant smoothly

.”

Luo Jianing: "What was the situation like when the eighth elder brother went there? Where the eighth elder brother went, was there anything for the child to put on his body or eat or drink?"

She knew Cui Ying was smart and would help by asking more questions.
To be continued...