Chapter 42: Reunion
Seeing that the mother's color was a little looser, I looked around, so I continued: "The Queen Mother, the little girl has something important to do, I implore the Queen Mother to retreat!"
The mother sits at the back end. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info stared at me for a long time before he asked in a cold voice: "Is there anything important that needs to be mourned and retreated, can't you say it now?"
I hung my head and looked at me deeply, "The Queen Mother can only say after the little girl retreats!"
Her eyes lit up, and then she waved for the others to withdraw. It was just me and the queen mother in the room. The candle flame danced gently with the wind and extinguished, and the scent of sandalwood lingered in the nose. Looking at the condescending queen mother, my expression became complicated, and I hesitated whether to tell the queen mother my true identity, and I was afraid that if I said it, the queen mother would also mess with me, and the rights and wrongs between Ouyang Zhi and Long Yinxiu were in the middle of it. If I don't say it, I can't bear the pain of seeing the queen mother but not being able to recognize each other.
Just as I hesitated, as if I had waited too long, the queen mother's voice sounded a little impatiently: "If you have anything, just say it! Don't play dumb riddles for the mourning family here." ”
I raised my eyes to the queen mother, and somehow, I always felt that the queen mother was not quite the same as the one in my memory, and as for what was different, I couldn't say what was different. Ignoring the doubts in my heart, the hands hidden in my sleeves slowly lifted and moved to the veil on my face, "Queen Mother, in fact, I ......" Halfway through the words, I was interrupted by a sharp "The emperor has arrived!" from outside, my movements froze, and my hands stopped in mid-air.
The queen mother's eyes flashed with anger quickly when she heard that the imperial brother was coming, but she immediately changed to a loving look, and I thought I was dazzled by myself, and I didn't have time to think about it.
"Don't kneel, get up, lest the emperor see it and think that the mourning family is wrong with you. The Queen Mother commanded impatiently.
I got up from the ground with a sound and my feet tingling slightly. As soon as I stood up, the royal brother and the queen entered the house with the queen, and the eyes of the imperial brother and the queen fell on me first, I hung my head and saluted the two, "See the emperor, the queen." ”
The imperial brother bowed his head, "No courtesy!"
The queen also smiled and bowed her head. Then the two turned to the queen mother.
"The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye. ”
"The concubine asks the queen mother to say goodbye, and may the queen mother be healthy and live with the sky. ”
After hearing this, the queen mother happily ordered someone to show the imperial brother and the queen a seat, and then asked: "Why did the emperor come to the mourning family this time?" The queen mother smelled in her mouth, but she understood in her heart, as soon as they came in, the eyes of the two fell on me, and the queen mother saw it in her eyes, how could she not know their intentions. If you know, you know, but don't debunk it!
"Erchen thought that our family hadn't eaten together for a long time, and he was free today, thinking about the food here of the queen mother, so he pulled the queen and came, the queen doesn't blame the son, right?" The imperial brother replied respectfully, and the mother and son always felt a little alienated.
The queen mother glanced at me meaningfully, and immediately said to the imperial brother with a smile: "The emperor can come, the queen mother is too late to be happy, how can I blame you!" After that, he ordered Zhuyi, who came in at some point, "Zhuyi, go and tell the dining room to pass the meal! Now that the emperor is here, he ordered the dining room to cook a few more dishes that the emperor likes to eat." ”
Zhuyi happily replied and retreated.
The queen has been staring at me since she came in, as if she had something to say, and I didn't want to have much to do with her, so I kept hanging my head or looking away from her.
The royal brother and the queen mother have been chatting all the time, not mentioning state affairs, just some daily routines.
As they spoke, I couldn't interject, so I could only bow my head and fiddle with my handkerchief in boredom. In the past, I always liked to lie in the arms of the queen mother and play with the royal brother. The mother and son occasionally talked about their hearts, and sometimes they joked that the royal brother should marry a wife, which family and which family was a good girl, so angry that the royal brother pretended to beat me, so I hid behind the queen mother, with a smile on my face. It's just that those happy days can't go back now. Sitting here, I am a stranger to my mother, and my heart is a pang of amazement.
The imperial brother seemed to notice the difference in my expression, and said to me with a hearty laugh: "Xue'er, now you are the princess of Changfeng, my sister-in-law." I usually have time to accompany my mother more!"
I understand the emperor's good intentions, he wants me to move around more than the queen mother to increase my feelings, so he nodded obediently, "Lin Xue understands, please rest assured." ”
After hearing this, the imperial brother nodded with satisfaction, and smiled at the queen mother: "Queen mother, you have another daughter, how much you love your daughter!"
The queen mother should also laugh harmoniously, beckoned me to sit beside her, and kindly grabbed my hands, "This child, the mourning family likes it at first sight, as if it is related to the mourning family, as if the mourning family has such a daughter before." In the future, if it's okay, I will go to the mourning palace to sit and talk. ”
As I listened, my heart fluttering. I want to tell her immediately, I am your biological daughter Lingxue, and I am back. I wanted to call the queen mother as Lingxue, but because of the queen's presence, it was not appropriate to reveal my identity, so I had to answer: "The little girl is very kind when she sees the queen mother, as long as the queen mother does not dislike the little girl for being stupid, the little girl will accompany you every day." ”
The queen mother said three good words in a row, with a kind smile on her face, "What else is the queen mother, there are more births, and the queen mother is called." ”
"Yes, Queen Mother. I answered, my eyes slightly moistened. The royal brother had a smile of relief in his eyes.
After a while, I heard the queen speak: "This princess Changfeng is smart and well-behaved, don't say that you like the queen mother, even the concubines like it tightly!"
I don't know where the queen said something wrong, it fell into the ears of the queen mother, I saw that her face sank slightly, and asked: "The queen's body is better? It's raining outside today, why did she go out, and she didn't care about her own body!"
After the queen mother's words, I realized that the queen's face today is indeed a little paler than before, this is wind and rain, she actually went out, is she not afraid of Gu poison attacks?
The queen lowered her eyes and replied respectfully: "Thank you for the care of the queen mother, didn't the concubine think that it would be rare to be able to accompany the queen mother to dine with the emperor, before going out, she soaked herself in advance according to the decoction instructed by Imperial Doctor Chen, took the medicine again, and insisted that it was no problem for two hours, and the concubine also wore thick clothes." ”
The queen was really tightly wrapped in a winter cloak, and although her face looked worse, her expression looked the same, and her spirit was better. The queen mother nodded reassuringly, and instructed: "In the future, if this body is unwell, it will be raised in the palace, and there will be no going out." ”
The queen answered.
While speaking, Mama Zhuyi came to report that dinner had been prepared. The queen mother smiled and bowed, "After saying this, the mourning family is also hungry, let's eat!"
During the banquet, the royal brother kept creating topics for me and the queen mother, and I knew that his intentions were also actively cooperating. After a few years, it was the first time to eat with the queen mother and the royal brother. The scene seemed so happy, but there was always an indescribable feeling in my heart, and it was uncomfortable. For a while, I was a little sad, the family was reunited, and I had to bear another unfamiliar identity, if everything was just a false dream in the past, and I woke up from the dream, how good it would be if everything was as before.
I only cared about my own sadness, but I didn't notice that the queen came to my ear and whispered: "Before the emperor and I came, the queen mother didn't embarrass you, right?"
I looked at her inexplicably, but didn't answer. She continued: "I received news that Concubine Zhen came to the Empress Dowager's palace after leaving you, and she complained to the Empress Dowager with her temperament. I heard that the queen mother called you again, so I waited for the emperor to finish handling the affairs and hurriedly pulled the emperor up, but it was still a step too late. ”
I looked at her, was she going to ask for credit? If she hadn't come to disturb me, I would have recognized my mother by this time. Even so, no matter what the purpose, she can be regarded as helping me out of good intentions, and this love should still be accepted. So he whispered: "Thank you Niangniang, the queen mother did not embarrass me." ”
"That's fine, you have to be more careful on Concubine Zhen's side. What am I talking to you about?"
I knew what she said, so I returned: "Don't worry, Lin Xue will think about it." After that, I stopped talking and concentrated on my meal, but the taste in my mouth was like chewing wax.
As the night deepened, the rain not only did not abate, but became heavier and heavier, mixed with wind and rain, and I don't know how many flowers and leaves were destroyed. The rain poured down in the dark night, as if there were tens of millions of people crying, and my heart was sullen and unhappy.
After the dinner mother, we were left with dim sum, the clear rain before the dragon well with sweet but not greasy delicate dim sum I don't know if I didn't eat enough at dinner or what, looking at the three dim sum in front of me, I actually moved my index finger. But at the same time, I was a little puzzled why they only had two kinds of dim sum, but mine had an extra plate of steamed chestnut cake with osmanthus sugar.
Seeing that I was puzzled, the queen mother opened her mouth with a smile: "This year's osmanthus sugar is brewed well, and the mourning family specially asked the dining room to prepare steamed chestnut cake with osmanthus sugar for you, you can try it." ”
I thanked him, picked up a piece of chestnut flour cake and brought it to my mouth, and took a bite of it. At this moment, a palace maid in a corner was staring at me nervously, a cold glint flashing in her eyes, and I didn't know it.
Yes, the entrance is soft and glutinous, sweet but not greasy, a fragrance of osmanthus diffuses between the lips and teeth, full of taste buds, I nodded, "The dim sum here is really excellent." ”
When the royal brother heard this, his hearty laughter drifted through the room, and then he said to the queen mother in disgust: "The queen mother is really eccentric, this snack." I don't have the queen or the queen!" "The imperial brother seems to be in a good mood today, and it is estimated that he has not laughed like this for a long time!
The queen mother glared at him angrily, "Where did the emperor come and didn't eat?" Why, you still have to fight with your sister today? Look at you, the king of a country, you are so greedy. So he ordered the dining room to do it, and everyone laughed.