18. Cyptenoids
As the Queen Mother expected, this decree went down, and Jingzhen immediately visited Changning Palace. When I saw him again, I saw that he described him as haggard, and the so-called worries and gloom were nothing more than that. That day coincided with the queen mother's lunch break, and Ah Yuan also waited for the "emperor" outside the palace for a long time before seeing the emperor, so he invited him to the back garden in the name of the fourth emperor.
She got straight to the point: "The slave maid has something to ask the emperor forbidden." ”
Jingzhen thought that she was going to intercede for Concubine Lan, so she asked what was the matter, but Ah Yuan said: "The slave begged the emperor not to ask the queen mother to take back her will for the sake of her sister." ”
Jing Zhen was surprised, and his expression was quite mocking: "That day, I saw that you were desperately defending Concubine Lan, and Concubine Lan also tried her best to save your life, I thought that you were sisters. ”
She smiled and shook her head: "Your Majesty, please listen to the slave maid's explanation." Now the queen mother is angry, and her sister has also told the six palaces about her confrontation with the emperor. If the emperor still insists on interceding for his sister, he is afraid that it will bring more trouble to his sister. ”
Jing Zhen smiled gloomily: "What you said is somewhat similar to what the queen mother said that day. ”
"Besides......" Ah Yuan hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "The slave dares to ask the emperor, since the emperor will come to the queen mother for her sister's affairs, she must have forgiven her sister in her heart, why don't you want to go to see her?" ”
His breathing froze for a moment, and he coughed lightly a few times, and his body seemed to tremble slightly.
Ah Yuan sighed: "The illness in the body is easy to heal, but the knot in the heart is difficult to solve, isn't the same for the emperor?" ”
Jing Zhen stopped coughing and said lightly: "You are bold!" ”
She's not bold, but there are things she has to say anyway. Ah Yuan bit his lip, stared at him and asked, "Heart disease still requires heart medicine, doesn't the emperor want to get back together with his sister as soon as possible?" ”
Jing Zhen was astringent, when did he and Yang Muzhi "get better", and how to talk about "returning"? I remember that when Yang Muzhi first married into the Su Palace, he saw her for the first time, she was so beautiful and elegant, like a celestial. That kind of beauty is different from the respect of Chun Yu Leyi, different from Rong Liangdi's glamorous enthusiasm, and not as pitiful as the later beauty, Yang Muzhi's gaze is always alienated and cold, like a magnolia blooming in a mountain stream in early spring, left behind and independent. "There are beautiful women in the empty valley, and they are lonely. When the east wind blows, the fragrance is far away. On the wedding night, he inscribed this poem for her, telling her that he was willing to be the east wind and make her fragrant for the rest of her life. Unexpectedly, it was a mistake to pay, and she never got her to smile even once......
"Your Majesty?"
"Yes, you are her cousin, and you have been with her since childhood, so you must know her mind better. Do you want me to help you meet her? It turned out that he had already known everything, and the relationship between their sisters could not be hidden from the queen mother, and it must not be hidden from the emperor.
Ah Yuan shook his head: "Not to mention that the Queen Mother ordered that the slave maid should not be allowed to see her sister, even if she did, her sister might not be willing to listen to the slave maid's persuasion." However, there is one person who may. ”
Jingzhen was alert: "Who? ”
Ah Yuan said: "Yang Shangshu's wife, Bai's. She has been thinking about it for a long time these days, no matter how emotional her sister is, she will take into account the status and face of the family, otherwise she would not obey her parents' orders to marry Prince Su back then. My sister has always respected her mother the most, and at this time, letting the Bai family enter the palace to persuade her in person may be the only way.
A gust of wind blew under the eaves, relieving a little of the hot summer heat. Jing Zhen saw that although she looked like Concubine Lan, she was two completely different people. She has a hearty and transparent temperament, like a summer breeze, and she doesn't know how to hide when she sees him, and her heart is completely remembered by her sister.
For a moment, his eyes staggered, and he cleared his throat and said, "How is the fourth brother doing?" ”
Ah Yuan thought of the eldest child who was always pestering her, and replied with a smile: "The Fourth Emperor is fine, he will recognize people, and he won't be in trouble." When he gets up from a nap, the emperor can go and see him. ”
As he was talking, the incense in front of him went back and forth: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is awake." ”
Jing Zhen nodded, and said to Ah Yuan solemnly: "What you say, I will consider it." After speaking, he went to the queen mother's dormitory with the incense.
Three days later, because Concubine Lan had been ill for a long time, the emperor issued an order to summon his biological mother, the main room of Yang Nidao, the head of the household book, and the wife of the third product, Bai, to enter the palace to see. After another three or five days, the news came that Lan Concubine's condition was gradually improving. That night, I heard that the emperor turned over Lan Concubine's green card, and then he rested in Yuntai Palace for three consecutive nights.
Hearing that the emperor and his sister released their suspicions, a big stone finally fell in Ah Yuan's heart. It just so happened that the incense was not worth it that day, so he pulled her to play with Jingyu.
There was a sandalwood table in the middle of the room, and Jingyu was sitting at the table playing with stones. The stone fell to the ground in a hurry, he hurriedly leaned down and went under the table to pick it up, and as soon as he moved quickly, the erected hair crown accidentally touched the edge of the table, causing Jingyu to scream.
Ah Yuan hurriedly ran over to help him up, and rearranged his hair bun and golden crown for him. Seeing this, he went to pick up the small stones scattered around one by one, but seeing that the stones were all crystal clear, cold and cold in his hand, very comfortable, Fang said: "The queen mother is really good to the fourth emperor, and even the stones he lost while playing are the best Hetian jade." ”
Ah Yuan smiled: "Where is it so wasteful, it's just that the fourth emperor accidentally broke one of the queen mother's jade pixiu a while ago, and the queen mother didn't blame it." I looked strange and pity, so I left a few larger broken jades, asked someone to grind the corners, and left the four emperors to play with stones. ”
When Jingyu heard her say this, she grabbed her arm and said, "Sister Bodhisattva is the best for Yu'er, and the queen mother is the second." ”
Mu Xiang smiled, Ah Yuan was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "The fourth emperor, don't say such things, you can torture the slave maid." ”
Jingyu flashed her long eyelashes: "Yu'er is telling the truth." Sister, you see, Yu'er can catch three stones at a time, isn't it amazing? He tossed a jade stone, grabbed another stone on the table while it had not yet fallen, and then caught the first one firmly. Then he threw the two together, picked up the third stone on the table, and went to catch the two in the air.
Ah Yuan praised: "The four emperors are the most powerful, let's try to pick up the four together?" She added another stone, in the same order, and finally caught it with the back of her hand, and then flipped it over with the back of her hand, and the four stones were held in the palm of her hand together.
Jingyu followed suit and soon played with six stones. Seeing that he was learning so fast, Ah Yuan couldn't help but sweat coldly, remembering that when he was a child, he played this with Yang Muzhi and Rushuang, and she was always the first to lose...... Sure enough, when she tried to demonstrate how to catch six stones together, the horse stumbled and only caught five, so she had to laugh and say, "This slave can't play." ”
Where is Jingyu willing to let go, noisy and still have to learn, Ah Yuan has no choice, he tried a few more times, but he still always missed. Makika, who had been silent before, looked a little eager to try, and asked with a smile, "Why don't you let me try?" ”
I saw her grab the seven jade stones on the table at once, her wrist shook slightly, and the stones fell like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers. Flip the back of your hand lightly, catch one, and throw it up, while your fingers quickly pick one up on the table, and catch both in the palm of your hand. Then throw again, still catching two with the back of your hand and picking up the third...... This is repeated until all seven jade stones are held together in the palm of your hand.
This set of movements was fast, during which I saw her palms overturned, and the stones shook up and down, dazzling, Jingyu couldn't help but high-five and praise: "This sister is also very powerful!" ”
Makika got up and saluted, with a modest smile on her goose egg face: "The four emperors are too famous, and the slaves and maids are just small skills of carving insects." ”
Jingyu picked up all the jade again, handed it to Ah Yuan and said, "Sister Bodhisattva, you also play like her once for me to see?" ”
You can't play six, let alone seven...... Ah Yuan blushed and excused himself: "The slave maid is clumsy with her hands and feet, and her limbs are out of balance, so let Mai Xiang continue to play with the Fourth Emperor." ”
"Don't, I want to watch my sister play."
"Slaves really don't."
Jingyu saw that she didn't answer, threw the jade to the ground, and said angrily: "Then I won't play anymore!" ”
Ah Yuan felt sorry for those jades, bent down to pick up the stones one by one, and carefully checked whether they were broken, afraid that he would be embarrassed when he played again in the future, and said with some anger: "The slave and maid looked at the heavy heat outside, and was afraid that the fourth emperor would be bored in the house, so he invited someone to grind these stones." If you don't like it, you can throw it away, and all your thoughts will be in vain. ”
After saying that, he put the stone in front of him, and he was about to leave. Jingyu hurriedly pulled her arm: "Sister, I'm hot." ”
Ah Yuan said: "The slave maid is going to pass the ice bowl." ”
"I want to eat what my sister made."
Seeing his coquettish and soft appearance, Ah Yuan was full of helplessness, and thought about why bother with such a childlike person, Fang said: "Yes, yes, the slave will do it." The four emperors rested in the house for a while, don't go outside, the sun is scorching. "I feel that I am fifteen years old, but I am like a nagging woman, and I can only sigh when I see this big living treasure.
Jingyu smiled: "That Yu'er is waiting here obediently, and I promise not to run around!" ”
Makika went out with her, walked a few steps, and said in a low voice: "It's good to see the relationship between my sister and the Fourth Emperor." ”
Ah Yuan smiled: "He's just a fool, I'm also a foolish errand, what's good or bad." ”
Zhu Xiang said: "The Fourth Emperor seems to like you very much...... she paused, and then continued: "Sister Ayuan, isn't she afraid that the Queen Mother will give you to the Fourth Emperor one day?" The implication is that even if he is an emperor, he is a fool, who would be willing to marry an idiot.
Ah Yuan was stunned, she didn't expect this layer, but she was suddenly asked like this, and she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed. She said vaguely: "Sister is too worried, how can a slave like us be blessed to climb the prince and grandson?" ”
Makika said gracefully: "My sister said the same. However, even if the Fourth Emperor is different from the past, he is also the person in the heart of the Queen Mother, and the Mother will never wronged him. ”
Ah Yuan smiled and said no more.
Before the two of them stepped into the small kitchen, they heard Xiao Linzi and a palace maid talking and laughing loudly inside. When the two of them saw them come in, they were all silent, because the mother mother was the one who was waiting, so they shouted "sister".
Makika replied lightly, Ah Yuan's ears were tipped, and before coming in, he vaguely heard that they seemed to mention Yuntai Palace in their conversation, so he only pretended to be indifferent at this time, and asked casually: "What kind of joke are you two telling just now, and you also said to listen to it with us?" ”
Xiao Linzi said with a bitter face: "Said that Father-in-law Liu went out today and broke his feet, no, he called me to run errands." ”
Zhu Xiang said: "Aren't you in front of Father-in-law Liu and behind Father-in-law Liu all day long, why are you not happy to run errands for him at this time?" ”
Xiao Linzi "ouch" screamed strangely: "Sister Makika, where are you talking about!" I'm running so happily! ”
Ah Yuan smiled: "They all went to Yuntai Palace, right?" ”
Xiao Linzi thought she had heard something, so she felt a little surprised, and her voice became nervous: "Where...... How can there be ......?"
The rough palace maid sat behind the stove and glanced at them worriedly, and said softly: "If you have anything to say, don't make Ah Yuan anxious." ”
Xiao Linzi muttered to herself: "Just say it, it won't be a big deal." Fu opened his voice again and said: "Today, I went out to deliver the decree for Gonggong Liu, and I heard that the emperor had a palace maid in Yuntai Palace last night. ”