Chapter 52: Wan'er
Wan'er looks very much like Xia Nishang, with a fair little face, although it still looks fleshy, but it is also very cute. A small mouth, as long as someone teases, it will show a smile. Since the child was born, he didn't cry much, and only when he was hungry, he would whimper a few times, which was not worrying at all.
After Leng Yexuan gave the name Leng Ye Yunxi, he even ordered someone to create a long-life lock engraved with her name. The gold background is blue, and the surrounding flowers are carved, like the stars holding the moon. On the back of the longevity lock, there are also a few small words engraved: Floating Treasure.
These words are enough to show Leng Yexuan's love for this little daughter.
Wan'er's full moon is vigorous, and everyone knows that Xia Nishang is now favored, and she has to avoid the limelight and send big gifts one after another. For a while, Xiao Jue was full of laughter in the palace, which was enviable.
And what made everyone's eyes red with jealousy was the holy decree issued by Leng Yexuan that night:
Concubine Xia, originally a member of the Qinyayuan Palace, has been serving since the beginning of the courtesy, Suxian etiquette, temperament and softness, Hui heart and quality, the birth of Zhong Cuimei, the cultivation of Emperor Xi, and even won the favor of me, and now she is a concubine, and she continues to use the original title, which is a pure concubine. Live in the main hall of Xiao Jue Palace, hold the golden seal of Xiao Jue Palace, and hold the affairs of a palace. Chin this.
This decree caused chaos in the palace.
Since ancient times, palace maids have been concubines, and they have to be promoted to the throne one by one, so few palace maids can climb to the concubine position. And now, this palace maid named Xia Nishang is a little bit of a novel xstxt that breaks the tradition. not only crossed the level again and again, but suddenly became one of the four concubines, and was even more favored.
At this moment, not only the back and palace, but even the former dynasty was also alarmed. In fact, the Hou, the palace and the former dynasty have always complemented each other and are connected with each other. Those old ministers of the previous dynasty were all left by the first emperor, although Leng Yexuan had been on the throne for eight years, these old ministers relied on themselves as veterans of the two dynasties, and they were ignorant. In their opinion, Xia Nishang is a scourge, a scourge that will subvert the Yeyun Kingdom.
In fact, the more they keep writing like this, the more Leng Yexuan will feel ashamed of Xia Nishang, and they can't wait to give her all the good things, they will only backfire like this, and they won't get any benefits.
I don't want to think about it, Leng Yexuan is no longer the hairy boy who has just ascended the throne and needs everyone's support. He is already an adult man who has been standing for a long time, and the height of these years has been unbearable, which has made him even more proud and conceited, how can he tolerate others to think that he is a faint king?
These old ministers, I'm afraid, will be leveled down by Leng Yexuan one by one.
This was Xia Nishang's first thought after knowing the news. She was teasing Wan'er, and Yun Yi was standing aside, holding a small plucked drum in her hand.
"Niangniang doesn't seem to be worried at all." Yunyi's words are not interrogative sentences, but declarative sentences. Xia Nishang heard this, and more than half an hour had passed, but she had only maintained the posture of playing with Emperor Yunxi, with a kind smile on her face, as if she had not received any influence from the outside world.
Yun Yi didn't understand it a little. This master from the palace doesn't seem to be what everyone sees. She has the same knowledge as everyone's ladies, but her heart is higher than everyone else. If she hadn't known that this master's family had been slaves for generations, she would even suspect that she was a young lady from a middle-aged family.
"What's the use of worrying?" Xia Nishang changed her posture and smiled, "This time, let's trust the emperor, he will handle it." ”
Xia Nishang's words seemed to rely on Leng Yexuan, but from her words, there was no trace of emotion.
Yun Yi pursed her lips and stopped talking, and like Xia Nishang, she teased the little emperor.
The weather is getting colder, and the winter of the eighth year of Jiajing seems to be colder than in previous years, even if you wear a good brocade fur, you can feel a trace of cold.
After Yunxi's full moon banquet, Xiao Jue's palace returned to its former calm, although the people in the palace were very angry with Xia Nishang, but they were the emperor's top people, and they were not prepared, so it was better not to offend.
Therefore, Xia Nishang's life is good. Every morning, I personally went to the side hall to see Wan'er for a while, played with her for a while, and then embroidered flowers, read books, and occasionally went to the kitchen to cook a few dishes at night, and the days were comfortable.
In this way, after a few months, the weather became colder and colder, and it had already snowed several times. Everyone no longer visits each other, but stays in their own palaces, surrounding the carbon basin, so that Qiji can get more warmth.
"Niangniang, Aunt Lan Yu is here." Yun clinged to Xia Nishang's ear and said.
"Oh?" Xia Nishang was slightly stunned, put down the embroidery needle in her hand, and glanced at the landscape map of a hundred flowers that was about to be embroidered on the embroidery shed. Since the last time Leng Yexuan bumped into the Queen Mother, she has stayed in Shou'an Palace, but she hasn't gone out for a long time, even Han Jing passed away and Xia Nishang gave birth to a daughter, she just sent someone to give a gift, and she became more and more quiet.
However, Xia Nishang understands her. She won't go on like this forever, in the heart of the Queen Mother, she must be able to control the affairs of the queen and the palace, how can she let go of power?
"Yunyi, let her wait, this palace will go out."
When Xia Nishang walked to the main hall, Lan Yu was sitting on the carved wooden chair of rosewood, and the perennial court life made her look calm and gentle. For so many years, he has been by the side of the Queen Mother to give advice, how can he be a simple person?
"Keeping my aunt waiting." Xia Nishang came out from afar. Light orange silk pull apricot brocade jacket, snow-white piping, rose pattern woven gold dress. The hair is pulled up with a golden nanmu fragrant bead agate hairpin, and the pearl tassel is inserted on the side, and the walk is rustling. Between the eyebrows is a touch of lotus rhinestones, which makes the whole person more and more rich and elegant.
"Concubine Chun is polite." Lan Yu's voice was neither humble nor arrogant, and there were no ups and downs because of the contempt in Xia Nishang's tone. "The Queen Mother has nothing to do these days, I heard that Emperor Yunxi is naughty and clever, and specially asked the slave to come, and asked the mother to take the emperor to Shou'an Palace to play."
"It's from this palace, it should often be brought over with Yun Xi, so that her old man misses it." Xia Nishang was articulate, and the old man was even more harsh.
The Queen Mother is fifty years old, and because of proper maintenance, she is only about forty years old, and she does not look old at all.
"However, these days, the weather is cold, Yun Xi's body is weak, the emperor specially told the palace, don't take her around, if she is sick, it will not be good." Xia Nishang's tone changed, and she politely rejected Lan Yu.
"Where did the mother say?" Lan Yu was not angry, as if he had expected that today's trip would not be so easy, "The Queen Mother is the grandmother of the emperor, how could she harm the emperor." Besides, the Queen Mother knew that it was cold, so she asked the slave maid to bring her Luanfeng sedan chair to bring her, and the mother could rest assured. ”
The Luanfeng sedan chair is a special sedan chair for the queen mother, because the road is slippery in snowy weather, the concubines of the palace people also sit in the sedan chair to avoid slipping. The queen's sedan chair is called Yuluan, and the concubines are all called Qingque.
"That's what my aunt said." Xia Nishang's smiling flamboyance is also not threatened. "But the emperor's words, the palace has to listen, if the emperor blames, the palace can't afford this responsibility. No, my aunt will go to Ruiyu Hall first, if the emperor agrees, the palace will not say a word, and immediately take the emperor there, okay? ”
Xia Nishang's words are soft, and she advances by retreating, but there is no room at all. The relationship between the emperor and the queen mother is getting worse and worse, if he doesn't want to be said that he is unfilial, I am afraid that he would have taken some means a long time ago, so that she would not be allowed to take Yun Xi away.
"The Queen Mother is the emperor's biological mother, and the emperor has always been filial, how can she disagree? The mother is worried. "Lan Yu is not so persuasive. The long-term aunts in the palace have all been immersed in sex for so many years, and their scheming skills are all superior.
"So be it." Xia Nishang seemed to be unwilling to entangle with her, so she opened her mouth, "Yunyi, you go and ask the emperor's opinion." ”
"Yes, sissy."
Before Lan Yu could react, Yun Yi had already walked out, and it was too late to stop him. Lan Yu gritted her teeth a little, this woman is really difficult, although the Queen Mother is not as good as she was back then, but which person in the palace is not polite and respectful when she sees her, but this woman who was born as a palace maid does not enter the oil and salt, which is really infuriating.
It's just that now things are no longer developing towards Lan Yu's thoughts, she can only stay in Xiao Jue's palace and wait for news.
"Dye Tian, serve tea." Xia Nishang said with a smile. But the meaning of that smile is only understood by her. "This is the cloud mist sent by the emperor a few days ago, which is excellent."
Queen Mother, it's ridiculous that you hurt my mother and me, and you still want to live in peace. Since you value your position as the queen mother so much, I, Xia Nishang, want you to know what it means to climb higher, the worse you fall.
Yun Yi came back quickly, and she came to Xiao Jue's palace with her, as well as Xia Xing by the emperor's side.
"Grandpa Xia." Xia Nishang got up and said.
"The slave has seen the pure concubine Niangniang." Xia Xing also made a move. "The emperor heard that Miss Yunyi said that the Queen Mother wanted to see Emperor Yunxi, and the special slave came over."
"Father-in-law, please speak." Xia Nishang's attitude towards Xia Xing is different from that towards Lan Yu.
"The emperor said that the little emperor is not in good health, so the pure concubine must take care of it carefully. Now that the weather is cold, if the Queen Mother wants to see the emperor, she will take it with her when it is warm. ”
"Yes. The concubines will take care of the emperor. Xia Nishang's eyebrows and eyes were respectful and quiet. However, the slightly curled lip flap showed that she was satisfied with the answer.
"Aunt Lan, the emperor said that the queen mother is not in good health, she should rest more, don't work hard, if there are any servants chewing the root of the tongue in front of the queen mother, they will not be spared."
At this moment, Lan Yu was even more chilled. I didn't expect the emperor to favor Xia Nishang so much, and I didn't expect him to treat the Queen Mother like this.
"Yes, the slave will convey it to the Queen Mother." Lan Yu said.
"The minion has retired." Xia Xing saw that the matter was resolved, and he didn't stay long, "There is still something to do in Ruiyu Palace, the emperor will come to Xiao Jue Palace for dinner in the evening, and ask the mother to prepare early." ”
"The slave and maid have also retired." Lan Yu saw that there was no room for maneuver in the matter, so he had to leave with Xia Xing.
"Yunyi, send the two."
Seeing the departure of the three of them, Xia Nishang sat on the couch and muttered to herself:
"The Queen Mother? Someday, I'll make you pay for what you've done. ”