Chapter 64

In the main house of Qinglan Garden, Lin Sansi hugged Chenxi to play, the little guy slept all day, and his spirit was very good at night, a pair of big black bean-like eyes blinked, but he didn't like to laugh very much, staring at the doll in Lin Sansi's hand, he was not interested for a while, he turned his head and didn't want to look at it again, and his fleshy and pink face seemed to show a little reluctance, which really made Lin Sansi depressed, it was a doll that she spent three days making by herself.

Sister-in-law Li entered the door and said, "Miss Lin, the Song guards are here." ”

Lin Sansi stayed in the mansion all day, and naturally the news in the palace could not be found at all, and this matter was related to the queen's mother, so the news was naturally concealed, and she couldn't help but be a little worried. "Has Your Highness returned?"

"No, His Highness asked the Song guards to pass the word."

Lin Sansi's eyebrows furrowed slightly, it is naturally not a trivial matter to let Huo Yi stay in the palace, it seems that the queen mother is very sick, and the queen mother she saw last time in Fushou Palace appeared in front of her, at that time she was dressed in gorgeous palace clothes, with exquisite makeup, and she was imposing when she spoke, but she suddenly fell ill. "It's such a cold day, let him come in and say, don't freeze, through the screen, it's okay not to go into the inner room."

"Yes, the slave maid will go and ask the Song guards."

Sister-in-law Li went out in response, and after a while, she heard the voice of the Song guard coming in from outside the house. "Thank you Miss Lin for your kindness, but my subordinates are cold at this time, so it's better not to enter the house." It's so cold outside, Song Jingyang actually wants to enter the house, how good it is to see the cute little boy, but he is worried that if His Royal Highness knows that he has entered the room, he is afraid that he will not be able to eat and walk around, thinking so, he will not dare to enter the house.

After a pause, I heard his cold voice again: "Your Highness ordered your subordinates to tell Miss Lin that Your Highness will not return to the house tonight, please Miss Lin rest first, don't worry." ”

At this time, let Song Jingyang come back to pass the word, Lin Sansi had already guessed that Huo Yi must be staying in the palace. "Okay, I see, there are Rauson guards."

When the Song guards left, Sister-in-law Li lifted the curtain and entered the house, first patting the snowflakes on her body at the door of the room, and only when her whole body was warm did she walk towards the inner room.

"Miss Lin, it's not too early, the slave maid is waiting for you to rest."

Lin Sansi shook his head: "I'm not sleepy at this time, just wait a while." ”

"Okay, if you are sleepy, call it a slave." Sister-in-law Li said, wrung a rag and went to wipe the table, the table is cleaned every day, and it is not dirty, but she has nothing to do, when His Royal Highness left, she told her to take good care of Miss Lin, even if she is fine, she has to find something to accompany Miss Lin. Rubbing and rubbing, I don't know which tendon is wrong, and suddenly sighed: "The queen mother is also a hard-working person, there are so many women in the harem, her status is the most noble, but it is a pity that she failed to give birth to a child for the emperor." ”

Lin Sansi was surprised: "Sister-in-law Li, you just said that the queen mother has not given birth to a child, so ...... is His Royal Highness King Liang?" ”

"King Liang is inherited to the queen's name, King Liang's biological mother is a palace maid, was pampered by the emperor after drinking and was pregnant with a dragon son, the palace girl died inexplicably not long after King Liang, at that time the queen has been with the emperor for many years, never pregnant, so he raised King Liang under his knees."

"Does King Liang know about this?"

Sister-in-law Li shook her head: "The slave and maid don't know about this matter, but I think King Liang should know, everyone in the capital knows about it, and King Liang should have heard about it, if he is a caring person, he will know it when he checks it." ”

"I see." Lin Sansi was originally surprised, thinking about such a big thing, how could Lily never hear her say it so much, but after thinking about it, King Liang was a few years older than them, and it was normal for them not to know, I am afraid that only people of Sister-in-law Li's age would know, so it seems that the queen is also a poor person, but the poor person must have something to hate, and it can be seen from her competition with the virtuous concubine that she is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Sister-in-law Li walked to the bed, looked at it, and suddenly smiled: "Alas, the little boy peed again." ”

Lin Sansi was called by Sister-in-law Li, only to realize that his thoughts were far away, and he was busy changing Chenxi's diapers with Sister-in-law Li, the treatment of the emperor's eldest grandson is different, only a diaper is also from the hands of Jiangnan brocade masters, the handiwork is very exquisite, even the pattern embroidered on the outside is not only beautiful, but also very soft in the hand.

As soon as the two of them changed Chenxi's diaper, they saw Lily running in from outside the door, shouting as they ran: "Miss, Miss Fuling, the slave has seen Sister Fuling!" ”

Lin Sansi's heart tightened, and he said, "Where is it?" ”

"It's right at the back door." Lily cried, her eyes were red, and there were tears hanging from the corners of her eyes. "Sister Fu Ling said that she didn't want to enter the house, saying that she didn't have the face to enter the house to see Miss, so she wanted to look at Miss and the little boy from a distance and be satisfied." Lily said, tears streaming down her cheeks again.

"What nonsense, how can I care about this, standing outside the house on such a cold day, do you want to get sick! Let's go, I'll go with you and call her in. Lin Sansi was about to get out of bed when he supported his body, but Sister-in-law Li hurriedly stopped him.

"Miss Lin, don't worry, how can you go out to get the wind, what if you freeze the little boy! Let's let the slave and Lily go together to persuade Fu Ling, the slave and maid are older, persuade her to listen to it. ”

When Lin Sansi heard what Lily said, he was really confused, so he said: "Okay, Sister-in-law Li, you go and help me persuade her to come in, in the past two years, Fu Ling has suffered a lot for me, and it is not easy to meet each other." ”

"The slave knows."

Sister-in-law Li really persuaded Fu Ling to come in, and as soon as she entered the door, Fu Ling knelt on the ground and said: "The slave and maid ask for the guilt, the young lady gave birth to the little boy and the slave and the maid were not able to serve by the side, the slave and the maid are guilty, and please punish the young lady." ”

Lin Sansi asked Sister-in-law Li and Lily to help Fu Ling up. "Fu Ling, it's not easy for us to meet each other, why are you talking about this? Come closer, let me see. ”

Fu Ling wiped away her tears and walked quickly to the bed, her eyes were blurred by tears, she couldn't see clearly, but now she finally saw clearly, Miss is not thin, and her complexion is good, it seems that the rumors outside are good, His Royal Highness the Prince treats Miss very well.

Lin Sansi held Fu Ling's hand: "Fu Ling, you have lost weight." ”

Fu Ling paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "Miss, do you remember?" It turns out that when you were in the house, the slaves and maids always told you how this aunt and wife were doing, and what was the aunt's wife, and now that she has become an aunt's wife, I know that those aunts and wives have more tricks, and they are comparing and going all day long, a few days ago, Master Qin likes to be slender, and the aunts and wives in the house are about to go on a hunger strike, just to make their bodies more slender, and the slaves and maids are in the house, and they have to learn from them, so they have lost a lot of weight! If you don't learn from them, you will be angry with the slaves and maids. ”

Lin Sansi listened to Fu Ling's words, her eyes looked at her fixedly, she didn't believe Fu Ling's words, but the calluses on the palm of Fu Ling's hand scraped her hand like a blade, if it was really as she said, how could there be such thick calluses? Back then, in the Lin Mansion, although she was a maid who served her, she never treated her and Lily as maids, and she and Lily never did the rough work in the house.

"Fu Ling, you've changed." Lin Sansi looked at Fu Ling gently, leaned over to try the tears in the corners of her eyes, and said: "You never changed your mind for these things before, no matter what others do, you are always doing your own thing, and you have your own opinions, even my father said that you lost money, if you were born in a better family, you must be a lady." ”

"That's the old man lifting the slave maid, the slave and the maid are not that piece of material!"

Lin Sansi looked at Fu Ling's flickering eyes and said, "Is Master Qin treating you well?" ”

"It's average, you also know that Master Qin's young lady will not treat you very well, but if he becomes his person, he will naturally not treat you badly." Fu Ling said casually, forcing herself to keep smiling, she had thought about how to deal with Lin Sansi's words before she came, she knew that she definitely couldn't say that the surname Qin treated her very well, the lust of the surname Qin was famous, and she would definitely not treat a woman well for a long time, if she said that, the young lady would definitely be suspicious, and then worry about her, so she said that it was average, and the credibility would be higher. "Miss, you don't know, there are so many female dependents in the Qin Mansion, the slaves and maids have heard of more than a dozen aunts and wives before, and the slaves and maids only know when they go in, and there are many middle slaves and maids who have not heard of it, some are the maids in the house, and some are robbed by him, and there are more than 30 rooms! There are more people and it is lively, and when the slaves and maids have nothing to do on weekdays, they chatter, play cards or something with them, and the time flies quite quickly. ”

Lin Sansi felt inexplicably uncomfortable, Fu Ling was afraid that she would worry, so she chose a good thing to say, she wanted to ask Fu Ling if she wanted to stay in the prince's mansion and not leave, but now that Huo Yi had just turned over, she didn't want to cause trouble to Huo Yi, and she herself had no ability to keep Fu Ling.

Fu Ling suddenly turned her head and looked in the room: "Miss, what about the little boy, the slave came to visit the little boy." ”

Lin Sansi pointed to a cradle in front of the bed and said, "I just fell asleep, and Sister-in-law Li took it to the cradle and fell asleep." ”

Fu Ling wiped away her tears, stood up and walked in the direction of the cradle, she once imagined what the child born by Miss would be like in the future, she must be the first person to take over the child from the midwife, she will definitely treat Miss Miss's child like her own child, she will definitely accompany the child to grow up...... Nowadays, everything has changed, and many things are just imagination.

"Miss, the little boy is so good, so beautiful!" Fu Ling admired, as if she couldn't see enough in her eyes, she looked at the little man in the cradle in a daze, the tears just stopped flowing, as if she couldn't finish flowing, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, took out a brocade handkerchief from her arms, and carefully placed it beside Huo Chenxi: "The slave and maid have nothing good, this thing is the most valuable thing for the slave and maid, and I have followed the slave and maid since I was a child, so don't dislike the little boy." ”

"What are you doing?" Lin Sansi's heart was uncomfortably tight, and what Fu Ling put next to Xi'er was a jade pendant, which was a treasure handed down by Fu Ling's ancestors, and she had been carrying it with her since she entered the Lin Mansion. "This is what your father left for you, how can you give it to Xi'er! Take it back, if you want to send it, you can send something next to it. ”

"Miss, there is nothing left on the slave maid, and besides, the slave and maid really like the little boy, and this thing is useless to put in the slave and maid, it is better to leave it to the little boy, and forget the slave and maid's desire to take care of the little boy."

"Fu Ling ......"

Lin Sansi wanted to say more, but Sister-in-law Li said with deep feelings: "Miss Lin, you can accept Miss Fuling on behalf of the little son, in the future, when the little boy is older, if he thinks it is inappropriate, it is not too late to return it to Miss Fuling, and now it is better for you to accept it for Miss Fuling." ”

Fu Ling smiled gratefully at Sister-in-law Li: "Miss, you should take it for the slave." ”

Lin Sansi reluctantly agreed, "But you have to agree, when you give birth to a child in the future, this jade pendant will be returned to you, how can you give it away lightly." ”

Fu Ling thought that she would never have children in her life, so she agreed. Seeing that everyone was chatting happily, Lily took Fu Ling's hand and said, "Sister Fu Ling, don't go back tonight, sleep in a room with me, since you left, I have slept alone." ”

"You're like a child who doesn't grow up." Fu Ling glanced at Lily and said, "Now that Miss has given birth to a little boy, you are no longer a child, you have to learn to take care of Miss and Little Boy, you know?" ”

Lily shook Fu Ling's arm and said coquettishly: "Sister Fu Ling, I know." ”

Fu Ling patted the back of Lily's hand dotingly, turned her head to Lin Sansi and said, "Miss, it's not too early, the slave should go back." ”

Lin Sansi was extremely reluctant: "Why is it so fast?" ”

"Master Qin is good at everything, but he looks at his aunt too closely, for fear that he won't go back as soon as he comes out, so he has to say the time in advance when he goes out, and if he goes back late, he will be angry."

Fu Ling's words were light and light, and her face was full of smiles, but Lin Sansi could see the reluctance in her eyes and her unhappiness in the Qin Mansion, the feeling when she touched the calluses in her palm just now had not yet dissipated, seeing her turn around and want to leave, her heart tightened, and she couldn't care about anything, so she suddenly said: "Fu Ling, stay, stay here, okay?" ”

Fu Ling's body shook violently, and the original love that was good collapsed the moment she heard Lin Sansi's words, and when Lily saw this, she hurriedly picked up a handkerchief to wipe her tears: "Sister Fu Ling, let's stay here, let's serve the young lady and the little boy together, just like when we were in the Lin Mansion, okay?" ”

Fu Ling shook her head ruthlessly: "I can't ......"

"Fu Ling, I know you're not doing well, I knew when I shook your hand just now, such deep calluses are not what a deep aunt and wife should have." Lin Sansi's eyes were also moist, and Sister-in-law Li hurriedly wiped them for her, and whispered to persuade her not to shed tears, so as not to be bad for her eyes in the future. "When you entered the Qin Mansion to find out about me, now you have also found me, and you have seen that I am doing well, if you are not doing well, I hope you can come back."

Fu Ling turned around, tears streaming down her face: "Miss......"

Sister-in-law Li saw that Lin Sansi's tears were about to flow down again, and hurriedly said: "According to the slave maid, Miss Fuling will stay in the prince's mansion, now that Miss Lin has given birth to a little son, naturally someone is indispensable to serve her, and you have been serving Miss Lin, so it is more convenient to take care of it, isn't it?" After that, he worriedly admonished: "Miss Lin, you must not shed tears during the confinement, it is not good for your health, your eyes are easy to cry when you encounter the wind, and you are prone to headaches." ”

Lin Sansi stopped crying and said, "Sister-in-law Li is right, Fu Ling, you have to insist on going back, and I can't rest assured, so you can stay!" As for Master Qin's side, don't worry, I ask His Highness for help, I think it should be able to solve it." ”

Fu Ling blamed herself very much, although the surname Qin was not a big official, but her daughter was married to a four-grade official, and she had always been used to being powerful and blessed, if the surname Qin made trouble for this matter, I am afraid it would have an impact on the reputation of His Royal Highness the Prince. "Miss, the surname Qin is not a good stubble, but he is looking for enough of his son-in-law, as soon as the matter is big, the slave is afraid that it will not be good for His Royal Highness the Prince, and it will affect you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at that time."

Lin Sansi had just cried, and Sister-in-law Li was afraid that her face would be tight and uncomfortable, so she called hot water to wipe her face, and when she heard Fu Ling's words, she smiled and said: "Our Royal Highness the Crown Prince has only Miss Lin in her heart, as long as Miss Lin speaks, she will say that there is a fourth-grade official, that is, ten fourth-grade officials, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not pay attention to it." ”

Fu Ling heard early in the morning that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very fond of the young lady, and now it seems that it is indeed a thing, and she can't help but feel very pleased.

Lin Sansi wrinkled her brows quietly, she shouldn't ignore Fu Ling, but will His Highness really agree to her? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince helped her find Lily, arranged her father and mother properly, and found the imperial doctor and Mr. Xuan'er to cure Xuan'er's cold illness and teach Xuan'er knowledge...... This qiē was all done silently without her knowing, but now that there is one more Fu Ling, will His Highness agree?

Lin Sansi was a little unsure, but she still decided to give it a try.

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The queen's illness not only came suddenly, but also was very strict, and the queen mother was delayed in the Mingxin Palace for a long time, and it was very late when she returned to Fushou Palace.

"I didn't see you in the Mingxin Hall just now, and I thought you went out." The Queen Mother was a little surprised to see Huo Yi waiting in Fushou Palace, "The queen's life is worried this time, your father and the emperor ordered the princes to wait in the Mingxin Palace, why did you come to the imperial grandmother?" Aren't you afraid that your father will punish you? ”

Huo Yi was flipping through a book, and said casually: "Father's original words are to let us stay in the palace. ”

"Really? Why didn't the eunuch who delivered the decree explain it? "The Queen Mother also said casually, even if the emperor really ordered everyone to stay in the Mingxin Palace, she would have a way to protect Huo Yi." The imperial grandmother is a little hungry, you can accompany the imperial grandmother to eat a bite. ”

After that, Huo Yi helped the queen mother to go to the side hall, although it was late at night, but the imperial dining room had already prepared food, and the palace maids and eunuchs set up the meal and waited for the two to have a night meal.

"I don't know what kind of illness the queen has, and even the doctors in the Tai Hospital can't diagnose and treat the cause." The Queen Mother suddenly said lightly, although she didn't like the queen as a person, but after all, they had been together for a long time, and suddenly saw her lying unconscious on the bed, the Queen Mother was still very sad in her old heart. "I'm afraid I won't be able to hide this time."

Huo Yi's expression was indifferent as usual: "If it is so easy to find out the cause, how can it be?" ”

The Queen Mother was shocked when she heard this, raised her eyes and glanced at Huo Yi, and said, "Yi'er, did you find something?" ”

Huo Yi shook his head: "No." ”

"No, it won't." The Queen Mother put down the silver chopsticks, she is an old man in her twilight years, has experienced most of her life's ups and downs, and is particularly kind in her later years. Said: "Your ability Imperial Grandmother doesn't know yet, tell the Imperial Grandmother quickly, maybe you can save the Queen's life, although the Imperial Grandmother doesn't like her, but she has been with her father for a lifetime!" ”

"My grandson is just guessing, and I've already asked people to check." Huo Yi also put down his chopsticks, looked at the Queen Mother fixedly, and said with thin lips and a cold voice: "Imperial grandmother, even if the grandson finds out the truth, the life of the queen mother cannot be saved." ”

Huo Yi's cold voice made the Queen Mother's heart tighten, in fact, she didn't understand the truth, but she didn't want to think about it in that way, since it was the most noble woman in the Southern Night Country, it must also be fatal, otherwise she would rather not be poisoned. "This is fate, she has done those sins, and she should pay for them."

The queen mother wanted to say more, but she saw the personal old palace maid Li Mama lift the curtain and walked in. "The Empress Dowager, Her Royal Highness the Prince, Concubine Hua asks to see."

The queen was puzzled: "It's so late, what can Concubine Hua say?" ”

Mama Li hung her head and replied: "The slave asked, Concubine Hua only said that she wanted to meet the Queen Mother, and the others didn't want to say more." ”

The Queen Mother and Huo Yi glanced at each other, and felt a little different in their hearts. Concubine Hua was a concubine who was only sealed at the beginning of the year before last, and her original position was only Hua Concubine, in addition to her good looks, there seems to be nothing special, so she has been in the concubine position for many years in the palace, and later followed the virtuous concubine, with the help of the virtuous concubine, she received the emperor's favor and was crowned a concubine, and even her brother was promoted, and gradually gained some prestige in the palace.

Concubine Hua came to Fushou Palace at this time, and she seemed to be very secretive, so naturally she would not come to the door without incident.

Thinking that the queen's incident might be related to the virtuous concubine, and Concubine Hua was the person of the virtuous concubine, Huo Yi guessed that Concubine Hua might have come for the queen's business.

"Imperial grandmother, let her in, grandson thinks she must have something important to say to you."

The Queen Mother frowned slightly: "Could it be about the queen?" ”

"Isn't it, the imperial grandmother knew when she heard it." Huo Yi stood up, his deep gaze became more and more invisible: "No matter what Concubine Hua says to you, don't be surprised, as long as you look like you know it." ”

The Queen Mother nodded, when she was young, the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military said that she was a person full of ideas, but now she, a person full of ideas, still has to listen to her grandson's command, and she is very willing to listen, if the emperor and those ministers meet, I'm afraid she will laugh at her!

The Queen Mother instructed Mama Li to bring Concubine Hua in, and when she turned her head and saw Huo Yi walking towards the inner room, she couldn't help but say, "Yi'er, where are you going?" ”

Huo Yi's voice floated over lightly: "Sansi and Xi'er are probably impatient to wait, grandson go and take a look at them." ”

The Queen Mother was full of smiles, and said angrily: "This child, I really can't do anything about you, when you turn around and ask your father, the imperial grandmother is going to talk for you again." ”