Chapter 20 Incense in Jing'an Temple
Dong Ling Zhixuan is the prince, he is a knowingly committed, it must be a serious crime, and the thought that he may be beheaded makes Xingqi restless for a while. www.biquge.info If Zhu Lian doesn't know what will happen to his little girl? Dismissed?Sold again?Treated as an official prostitute?Do you want to discuss with Wen Niang, but after entering the palace for so long, Wen Niang has never contacted her, where to find her. At the beginning, as long as he saw the cuckoo crying blood in the palace, he would meet at the Yuelai Inn in the east of the city within three days.
Xingqi let out a long sigh, not knowing what to do, so he had to hold his chin and look at the bonsai on the low table in a daze
On the other side, Xiao Yiqiu returned to Yiqiu Courtyard and sent off the two maids to stay alone in the room, she stirred her handkerchief and walked back and forth, thinking about what kind of reason to go out of the palace and send the information to King Qin.
Dongling Zhixuan does not have a princess, so of course the matter in the backyard of the head of Duanwang's Mansion falls on the old Duanwang princess. Xiao Ji and their concubines are not enough, so naturally they don't have to settle down every morning and dusk. As a female dependant of the palace, she must not be like a woman in the Qinglou to show her face everywhere, and she has to report if she wants to leave the mansion.
The great business of the royal family is like buying clothes, buying rouge and gouache, and buying food, of course, the master can't do it himself, he orders his subordinates to do it. So Xiao Yiqiu has to have a suitable reason to go out.
Early the next morning, Xiao Yiqiu freshened up and dressed up, and saw that there was nothing to find fault with the dignified beauty, so he took Ya'er to Fushou Pavilion.
At this time, in the Fushou Pavilion, Princess Laoduan had just gotten up, and her personal grandmother quickly took the toiletry to rinse her mouth and clean her face, and after doing all this, the grandmother helped her sit on the dresser.
Mama Qiuchi picked up the horn comb on the dressing table, held the princess's green silk and combed it carefully, and when she combed it, she saw a few white hairs hidden in the green silk, and she quickly gently planed them with her fingers to cover them.
But this subtle movement was still seen by the princess, she sighed and said helplessly, "People are old!" Youth passes, the face is easy to age, time is really a terrible thing, and who in this world can resist it.
Mama Qiuchi has been following the princess for more than 30 years, and her heart is naturally towards her, she said angrily, "What nonsense did the princess say, you haven't hugged your grandson yet, why do you say that you are old, and the days to come will be long." ”
As soon as Qiu Chi mentioned her grandson, the princess became interested, "Yes, Xuan'er should marry a wife, this palace should have a new hostess, and my wife should also rest." ”
While the two were talking, a second-class maid bowed in. "Princess Bing, Xiao Ji from Yiqiu Courtyard came to greet you. ”
"Xiao Ji?" Princess Duan asked a little puzzled.
Qiu Chi hurriedly explained, "Back to the princess, this Xiao Ji was newly received by the prince, and it has only been a few days since she entered the mansion. ”
Princess Duan nodded and said to the maid, "Tell her to wait in the flower hall, where will the princess go for breakfast after freshening up." "Xiao Yiqiu is just a concubine, and her grade is not as high as that of Mama Qiuchi, so naturally she doesn't need honorifics.
Xiao Yiqiu's position is not low, and no one knows what it will be like in the future, everyone in the palace is stepping on low and praising high, and now the situation is unclear, so no maid dares to despise her.
The maid took Xiao Yiqiu to the flower hall to serve tea, and stood aside and waited. Xiao Yiqiu sat leisurely and waited for a quarter of an hour, when she saw Mama Qiuchi helping Princess Duan out of the inner hall.
Xiao Yiqiu hurriedly tidied up her appearance, and when Princess Duan sat down on the main seat, she knelt on the ground and bowed to Princess Duan, "Concubine Xiao Yiqiu has seen the princess, I wish the princess a long life and good health." ”
Princess Duan looked at Xiao Yiqiu, who was kneeling respectfully on the ground, dressed simply and solemnly, and there was nothing wrong with the etiquette rules, she nodded with satisfaction, "Get up." ”
Xiao Yiqiu got up respectfully, and saw a maid coming in with a meal in the corner of her eyes, she immediately understood, the princess hadn't had breakfast yet, she quickly said, "If the princess doesn't think the concubine is vulgar, let the concubine wait for the princess to eat." ”
Quite self-aware, Princess Duan nodded in agreement, and Qiu Chi helped her to walk towards the table next to her.
Xiao Yiqiu hurriedly followed, the meal was not much, there were only six dishes and two dim sum, and she took the chopsticks in the maid's hand and waited aside.
"Let's serve a bowl of bird's nest porridge to Honggong first. Princess Duan said lightly.
Xiao Yiqiu picked up the blue and white porcelain bowl in front of her, filled half a bowl of porridge, and carefully handed it to Princess Duan's hand. After a meal, Xiao Yiqiu was walking on thin ice, for fear that she would accidentally upset the princess.
After breakfast, Xiao Yiqiu knelt beside Princess Duan again, pinching her shoulders and beating her legs, and her words were full of flattery, which made Princess Duan full of joy.
A few people were talking and laughing, Xiao Yiqiu saw that the time was ripe, so he said, "In a few days, it will be the Qingming Festival, and the concubine wants to go to Jing'an Temple in the north of the city to pray for incense." ”
"Ask Butler Wu to arrange it. Princess Duan patted her hand and said.
Xiao Yiqiu saw that the matter had been completed, and she came over early in the morning and stayed for a while, so she grasped the degree and proposed to leave at the right time.
"In the future, I will go to the palace more often to walk around, and people like to be lively when they are old. Princess Duan sighed and said, the old King Duan is dead, there are few ladies in the palace, and the current King Duan has no heirs, so he is a little less hot.
It seems that this first impression is still good, as long as the princess can be happy, Xiao Yiqiu left satisfied.
"Master, hurry up, Steward Wu has already arranged for the carriage to wait outside the mansion gate. Yao'er urged, and Xiao Yiqiu hurriedly put away a silk handkerchief and put it in the sleeve cage.
Ya'er helped Xiao Yiqiu get into the carriage, and then the two maids also followed, the carriage was not gorgeous but it was exquisite, and the space was relatively spacious, more than enough for three people to sit.
The carriage set off leisurely, and Xiao Yiqiu looked out with the curtain all the way, as if he hadn't been out of the house for too long and was interested in everything. Ya'er and Yao'er also chattered non-stop along the way, and they were even more excited to see something new.
The carriage traveled for about a quarter of an hour, passing a pastry shop. Xiao Yiqiu suddenly called the coachman to stop, and Ya'er and Yao'er asked suspiciously, "Master, what's wrong?"
Xiao Yiqiu was about to walk out of the carriage, and said in his mouth: "I heard that the pastries here are delicious, and since I have come here today, let's go buy some and try them." ”
The place where Yao'er was sitting was close to the door, and she hurriedly said, "It's better for slaves to buy it." ”
Xiao Yiqiu shook his head, "It's okay, just go out and breathe." Since the master had spoken, Yao'er hurriedly got out of the carriage and took out the stepping stool.