Chapter 49: Anger on Others
Is she innocent?
Zhou Ying laughed angrily. She was hanging her heart all the time these days, she didn't dare to sleep, she didn't dare to close her eyes, and she struggled to escape from the hands of the scum who had lost her conscience, and finally returned home, thinking that she was safe, and let go of a frightened heart, what did she usher in?
An old woman who came out of nowhere dared to humiliate her with this!
Zhou Ying's nails sank deep into the towel, and a great sense of humiliation made her almost can't help but slap that old face. However, when she caught a glimpse of the old lady's extremely deferential posture, but with a condescending arrogance, Zhou Ying seemed to be poured a basin of cold water on her head, and her anger was instantly extinguished, and her heart calmed down in an instant.
This old lady is wearing a pine green armor and a skirt with dark patterns sprinkled on the placket, which is obviously made in the palace and fits well, and it is not an irrelevant envoy from the outside three ways. And the height of the eyebrows, the rules of advance and retreat, are all compared according to the ruler, and they are not bad at all, obviously they are old people in the palace.
This kind of old oilman knows best how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and it is impossible to offend a princess without leaving a way back without anyone instructing him, especially when this princess is quite a sacred heart and can bluff people when her name is taken out.
So who would have instructed it?
The first thing that came out of Zhou Ying's mind was the person behind the kidnapping. But then Zhou Ying denied the idea.
Zhou Ying came here today because of a coincidence, the emperor of this garden has never been here, where did the person behind the scenes come from Tianyan, and he can go here to install people. Even if that person is meticulous and well-prepared, since Ding Tang has promised that there is no eyeliner, it must be not. Otherwise, he is a dignified commander of the right guard of the Royal Forest Army, and if he can't even do this little thing, then he should have been ousted from power a long time ago, and there would be no bones left.
In the same way, excluding the others, only the emperor and Xu Guifei, who had been notified by Ding Tang and had sent an outpost, were left.
The emperor may be a little unsympathetic to the concubine, but he is still considerate and meticulous with his children, even if he is worried that she has been wronged in the past few days and nights, it is impossible to use this humiliating way to check whether her innocence is still there.
But Xu Guifei may not.
If it was a few months ago, no, even a few days ago, Zhou Ying could be sure that Xu Guifei would not treat her like this, but now it is ......
Xu Guifei deliberately ordered Zhou Ying to look at Zhou Jue, but after only going out for an hour or two, the person lost it. It is true that she is not the culprit, and she is not the only one who has neglected her duties, and even she herself has fallen into the hands of bad people, but will Xu Guifei, who almost experienced the pain of losing her son again, see this? Maybe Xu Guifei can see it, but this does not prevent Xu Guifei from being angry with Zhou Ying.
Cherry's deterioration towards Zhou Ying is one of the signs.
If it weren't for Xu Guifei's intention to blame Zhou Ying for losing Zhou Jue in the past few days, how could Cherry be so exquisite, how could she be in a hurry to separate her from Zhou Jue as soon as she received Zhou Jue today, and she didn't even bother to hide her attitude.
Of course, Zhou Ying can understand how Xu Guifei, as a mother, will be in pain, lose her mind, and even anger others after the disappearance of her child, but it is a little chilling to use this method to express her anger and dislike.
Zhou Ying closed her eyes, sincerely hoping that the person who gave this order was not Xu Guifei.
Zhou Ying thought that the long pain was better than the short pain, so she simply asked, "Dare to ask who ordered Mama to come?" ”
The old lady replied: "The slave maid came at the behest of the noble concubine. ”
As if seeing that Zhou Ying's attitude had softened a little, and she was not as angry as before, the old lady opened her mouth and persuaded her with kindness: "Don't worry, princess, except for the concubine Niangniang, this matter is out of this room, and no fourth person will know." ”
Zhou Ying's long and upturned eyelashes hung down gently, and she laughed slowly, "Mother is very considerate, how can I not appreciate it." ”
The old lady Lao Huai was relieved: "It's good that the princess can understand the hard work of the concubine." ”
Zhou Ying took off the long towel around her waist, lay down on the low couch, parted her legs, and looked up at the beams on the roof. The old lady cleaned her hands in the basin of water on the side, stepped forward and said, "The old slave has offended." As she spoke, the old lady stretched out her hand to Zhou Ying......
After a while, the old lady withdrew her hand, "Congratulations to the princess, you are all right." ”
Zhou Yingqiang put down the nausea rolling in her chest and abdomen, turned her head and said, "Please go out for a while, let me clean up." ”
Since the old lady found out that the princess was still innocent, she knew that she would not lose her position for a while, so she naturally would not wring it with her again, so she retreated in response to the rules.
The old lady bowed down and retreated to the door, when she heard a crisp sound, and when she looked up, she saw a vase broken at Zhou Ying's feet.
Zhou Ying's left hand was withdrawn from the pear blossom wood coffee table on the side, and the pastel hundred butterflies that were still on it a moment ago had become a fragment, she raised her hand to cover her lips lightly, and said apologetically: "Blame me for not being careful, I didn't scare Mama." ”
The old lady's eyelids jumped, and she lowered her eyebrows and said, "No." ”
Knowing that this master was unhappy, the old lady wanted to clamp her tail and disappear immediately, but it was a mess, but she couldn't afford to retreat like this, "Princess, wait a minute, let the old slave clean up these things, so as not to prick the princess's feet." ”
Zhou Ying was extremely sympathetic and said with a smile: "What kind of identity does Mama, how can she deign to do such a trivial matter." ”
Without waiting for the old lady to refuse again, Zhou Ying raised her voice and shouted: "White Willow! ”
Bai Liu was guarded by the old lady, and there was no movement for half a day, and she was wondering to herself, didn't she just wait for a bath? What other palace secret can it take so long. At this time, he heard that his princess was calling, and hurriedly came in, "Princess? ”
Zhou Ying smiled softly: "Mama's hard work is high, Bai Liu, you send it on my behalf." ”
The old lady was a little relieved, but the seventh princess still had scruples in the end, so she could only use the topic to play a little stingy, and she didn't dare to really move her. So the old lady excused herself twice, and she responded, and was respectfully sent back by Bai Liu.
When Bai Liu came back, Zhou Ying had already cleaned herself up, dressed up, and combed her hair in the mirror with a calm face.
Bai Liu intuitively felt that Zhou Ying was not very happy, so he quietly took a bamboo dustpan, swept away the broken porcelain pieces with a broom, and was about to go out and pour out the broken porcelain pieces with a dustpan, but was stopped by Zhou Ying, "Slow, the things are left there first, you come and comb my hair for me." ”
Although Bai Liu was puzzled, he still responded, carefully put the bamboo dustpan in the corner, cleaned his hands again, and combed Zhou Ying's hair in a bun.
Zhou Ying asked, "What about Su Zhi?" ”
Bai Liu's fingers deftly combed the hanging hair and did not delay in replying, "Sister Suzhi was beaten by her mother for twenty boards, and she is still lying on the bed." Not only Sister Suzhi, but Sister Lychee and I, who went out that day, also got 20 boards. It's just that I'm rough and thick-skinned, so I could go to the ground yesterday, otherwise I wouldn't have seen the princess. ”
Zhou Ying said in her heart, no wonder Suzhi and Lychee were missing, and Bai Liu didn't walk very smoothly, "It's a drag on you." She sighed again and said, "I still have a waiter for you here, you should go back and heal your injuries first." ”
Bai Liu only said that she had lost the princess this time, but she had sworn that she would never leave the princess half a step in the future.
The two of them packed up, and someone came to report that the emperor and Xu Guifei had arrived.
Bai Liu couldn't help but be overjoyed on the side, "Your Majesty went out with the ministers early in the morning, obviously there is official business to be busy, but after knowing that the princess is back, she can come over so quickly, obviously she is very worried about the princess's safety." ”
Zhou Ying couldn't help but glance at Bai Liu, Bai Liu didn't say a word to Xu Guifei, obviously knowing that this time was different from the past.
In fact, the emperor was able to come so quickly, and ninety percent of it was for his precious son Zhou Jue, and most of her was just piggybacking. However, it is better than Xu Guifei to be able to ask about her safety while thinking about Zhou Jue.
Zhou Ying took a deep breath and went to Ming Zhengtang.
The emperor and Xu Guifei sat on the top, Zhou Jue washed white and clean, and turned back to the appearance of a little golden boy carved in pink and jade, obediently held in the emperor's arms, Xu Guifei rubbed Zhou Jue's hand, held a handkerchief to wipe her tears, the emperor hugged Xu Guifei's shoulder, and whispered comforting something.
It's like a family of three, so it's not close and warm.
As soon as the emperor saw Zhou Ying come in, he said that Zhou Jue was still young and ignorant, but Zhou Ying was old, and he was uncomfortable with his concubine in front of his eldest daughter, so he let go of Xu Guifei.
Xu Guifei straightened her waist, lowered her head to wipe her tears, and the atmosphere was a little delicate for a while.
Zhou Ying didn't know, stepped forward and said: "Ask for peace ...... my father and mother" The auspicious words were only halfway through, and her voice choked.
The emperor looked at his emaciated and aggrieved daughter, and couldn't help but feel very distressed, "Xiao Qi, come here, alas, I have wronged you in the past few days." ”
Zhou Ying was pulled by the emperor to sit on the other side, and as soon as she sat down, she was held by Xiao Zhou Jue's hand, "Sister, don't cry." Zhou Jue sat up from the emperor's lap and wiped Zhou Ying's tears, "Who made my sister sad, I'll teach him a lesson." ”
Seeing that the sister and brother were so harmonious and considerate, Lao Huai was relieved: "Xiao Jue said well, your sister will rely on you to support her in the future." ”
Zhou Ying couldn't help laughing, holding Zhou Jue's soft little hand, "Xiao Jue is Xiao Jue's, my father is not allowed to be lazy, he has to support me and Xiao Jue for a lifetime." Saying that, Zhou Ying shook Zhou Jue's little hand, "Isn't that right, Xiao Jue?" ”
Zhou Jue didn't understand it too much, but he always regarded his sister's words as a guideline, so he naturally cheered: "Yes, we want our father." ”
The emperor was very happy to be flattered, but he still scolded with a smile: "Okay, even I dare to arrange it." He patted Zhou Jue's little brain affectionately, "You are also a little villain, you know how to coax your sister." ”
Zhou Jue stretched out his short hand and covered his head, quite aggrieved, "It's not a blind coaxing, what my sister said is right." ”
Not only the emperor, but even Zhou Ying was amused, her heart was warm, and she hugged Zhou Jue and kissed her head, "Xiao Jue is so good." ”
At this time, Xu Guifei, who had been secretly guarded by Zhou Ying, finally spoke, "Your Majesty, don't tease them, these two children don't know how many sins they have suffered, after asking, let them rest for a while." ”
Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but smile and straighten his color, "Concubine Ai is right. ”
Xu Guifei asked: "The messenger can't say it clearly, how did I hear that Xiao Qi set a fire and escaped while the chaos was made?" ”
This is taken out of context, which is really clever. Zhou Ying raised her eyebrows, met Xu Guifei's calm and waveless eyes, and finally clearly realized at this moment that the little relationship between Xu Guifei and her originally weak gossamer was finally broken.