Chapter 3
She just asked casually, but seeing that Ning Guifei was a little embarrassed, she retreated from the idler before she spoke: "Sister don't want to spread this matter." Her name is Zhusui, she was originally serving the concubine, and now she is nearly a month pregnant, so the emperor asked her to serve me in order to avoid the eyes of others. ”
Qingluan couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and suddenly got up and said: "Since you are a serious little master, how can you still call it the work of these subordinates." ”
Ning Guifei also had a hesitant look on her face, and said: "Sister doesn't know, she was originally the daughter of a criminal minister, and she can't be named a little master easily, otherwise those officials will chatter again." ”
Zhusui also looked sad, knelt down in her skirt and said: "The slave and maid don't dare to have any thoughts about the name, and I hope that the little master of Jieyu will not be silent and leave the slave and maid a way to live." ”
Seeing her sad expression, Qingluan couldn't bear it, so she hurriedly helped her up and looked at her carefully. "No matter what, you should have a name, otherwise what if your belly gets bigger and bigger in a few days. The emperor can't accept a concubine, what else can those officials do. ”
"I heard my father say that recently because of the Thirteen Kings, Lord Sima Zhong has made a lot of trouble in the emperor." The noble concubine glanced at the bamboo sui, and there was sympathy between her eyebrows, "Her family is a family of traitors, so in order not to make the palaces suspicious, I didn't even tell Yu Ying." My sister also knew that they would never allow Zhusui to give birth to this child. ”
The woman only listened quietly at first, but when she saw the noble concubine talking about the child, her face turned pale, and her hands tightly covered her lower abdomen, and she couldn't help but shed big tears. It was a big sin to lose her temper in front of the concubines, but she was still young, how could she hold back the fear in her heart.
Qingluan was also born as a palace maid, so she couldn't help but feel a little bit of care for her, raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, and said slowly: "You bear with this for a while, and when the wind calms down, I will try to help you find an explanation." ”
The woman pecked her head lightly, and was about to bow again, but she was busy being helped up by Qingluan, and she said a few words of comfort before calling down.
Ning Guifei saw that her back was thin, and she couldn't help but sigh and said, "When she first came to me, she washed her face with tears every day, and she was also a poor person. ”
However, Qingluan sat back at the table, and only inadvertently said with a hint of doubt in his eyes: "In order to prevent the concubine from being jealous, the emperor didn't even tell the virtuous concubine, sister, you have just given birth, and you are the biological mother of the emperor's eldest son, how can the emperor entrust you with such confidence." ”
The woman scooped a spoonful of white jade soup and tasted it carefully in her mouth, and said with a smile: "It's probably because I have Yongxi, and I know the pain of pregnancy, so I can't bear to harm her." ”
"What about my sister, I really don't have any jealousy?"
But when the woman heard this, she looked a little uneasy. She didn't answer, just flipped the silver spoon in her hand and sighed lightly, as if muttering to herself, but with a little indistinct sadness: "Yes, I really don't feel anything." ”
Ning Guifei suffered a lot in the palace, even if she gave birth to a prince, she couldn't add some trust in the heart of the Son of Heaven. Yuhao has never doted on her, even if she talks about her goodness, it is also a little guilty about the past. However, in addition to these, Qingluan is most disturbed by her secret and imperceptible feminine feelings. Exquisite dice An red beans, lovesick to the bones do not know - how can such a clear and glamorous sound come from the mouth of the concubine.
"No matter whether my sister has affection for the emperor or not, she can't be so casual." Qingluan solemnly spoke, but finally did not mention the matter of Jinying, "The emperor is suspicious by nature, if my sister always has this attitude that is not salty or indifferent, it is inevitable that the emperor will be suspicious." It is related to the future of Yongxi, and we have to be cautious. ”
At the mention of Yongxi, the woman's eyes shone with wit when she was neutral, and the eight sterling silver hair pins that tied up her hair lined her face a little pale. "I have written down everything my sister said."
While talking, someone informed the arrival of the noble person, so he stopped continuing to speak, and the two of them only saw the woman who entered the curtain as if nothing happened. Today, the noble man wore a long-sleeved light shirt painted with wisteria flowers painted on the aqua blue gauze ground, a beige spring flower skirt, and a thin layer of rouge on his face, revealing the unique vitality of youth.
When she saw that Qingluan was also there, she didn't show any surprise, she only saluted in a proper manner: "The concubine went to Lingxi Hall and didn't see Xiang Jieyu, so she knew that you would come to the eldest sister." ”
Since that incident, although she has been at peace with Concubine Zhao on the surface, she has secretly walked around with Qingluan more and more frequently. She is different from Qingluan, the father of the two sisters is an official in the court, and she will have a more or less understanding of every move of the previous dynasty. And these remarks converged into Qingluan, and it became a long-term plan to gain a foothold in the harem.
Ning Guifei saw that the two of them had solemn faces, and couldn't help but get up and give in: "If you have something important, I might as well ......"
"Not necessarily." Qingluan pressed her wrist with one hand and shook her head gently, "This is my sister's heavy saliva palace, how can we wait for a lot of noise." And my sister is here, and it is convenient for the concubine to talk to the nobles. ”
When Ning Guifei heard this, she sat down, only to ask someone to re-serve a cup of Longjing Guilu's imperial fragrant tea, and while picking up the cloth support that had only been halfway up to the service, she said with a smile: "So, my sister will sit down and listen quietly." ”
She is delicate and dexterous, and she can understand many things at a glance. Qingluan and Linggui met to avoid people's eyes, but because of her vortex from it, others would not be too suspicious of anything - even if someone really wanted to make a big fuss about it, seeing that the two of them were not in harmony with each other in the morning and dusk, they couldn't say anything.
When I came out of the palace, night had already fallen. Qingluan took Su E's hand and slowly walked to the front of the Changqi Palace, the long palace road was sparsely populated, it was already secluded, occasionally there were palace maids and eunuchs walking, and when I saw Qingluan, I just hurriedly saluted, and I couldn't see the faces of the comers clearly. Recently, she often feels powerless, and she likes to be quiet more and more. Sometimes it rains in the middle of the night, and the raindrops hit the eaves very gently, and she will toss and turn, and it is difficult for her to sleep. For this reason, a layer of cotton paper has been stored under the eaves of Lingxi Hall, and everything is silent, so that she can feel at ease.
Su E saw that the woman was silent all the way, and she couldn't help but be relieved: "There were many events in the previous dynasty, and those old ministers like to participate in one or two books when they have a stir, so the little master doesn't need to worry too much." ”
"You also have a lot of things to do." Qingluan sighed slightly, and the pearl ruby bracelet on his hand was flowing in the dark night, "It's just that there are so many things, but they still hold on to me, this is the most disturbing." ”
"The slave maid heard that Lord Sima Zhong was not indistinguishable from right and wrong, at most he was a little stubborn."
Qingluan just bowed slightly, "I suddenly came back from the prayer hall, and I became Jieyu in vain, and in the eyes of others, I must be a fox to bewitch the lord." Now that the Queen Mother is gone, Sima Zhong also feels more responsible. ”