Chapter 2 Worry
"This is the new fruit tea."
"This is a new chestnut cake."
"You try this again..."
In the always quiet Qingwang Palace, the maids came and went in a hurry, and the plates and dishes in their hands shuttled back and forth.
The cases in front of Cheng Jianniang are dazzling.
The king of Jin'an County is still thinking about and commanding.
Cheng Jianniang didn't say anything, no matter what was put on the table, she would taste it seriously.
"If you can't eat, don't hold on." King Jin'an said with a smile.
Cheng Jianniang nodded.
"Which one you like, let people put it on and take it home." King Jin'an said happily again.
Cheng Jianniang nodded again, and did not politely reach out and point to a few cases.
"This, this, and this." She said.
The palace maids and attendants on the side looked sideways, and it was difficult to hide their surprise.
This little lady... You're welcome.
The king of Jin'an County happily shouted to people to pretend quickly, and asked King Qing again if he was awake.
The two chamberlains hurriedly turned to look.
"Your Highness hasn't said so much in a year."
They muttered under their breath.
"When did you go back to Jiangzhou?"
The words of the king of Jin'an in the palace continued.
"A year ago." Cheng Jianniang said.
The king of Jin'an sighed.
"It's a shame about your brother." He said.
Cheng Jianniang nodded and said thank you.
I don't know if it's to thank him for his greetings at this time or thank him for his help this time, or both, the king of Jin'an smiled again.
"King Qing is here."
People outside reported that the king of Jin'an County hurriedly stood up. looked at the reluctance to be pulled by the chamberlain and rubbed his eyes and came in Qingwang.
"Sixth brother. Come and see. It's Cheng Niangzi who is here. He smiled and stretched out his hand to pull King Qing.
King Qing didn't even recognize him, where did he recognize Cheng Niangzi, and sat down on the ground with a few sounds, reaching out to grab a few pieces of food on the case.
The king of Jin'an County let him feel free, while looking at Cheng Jianniang.
"Look, I haven't seen him grow taller in more than a year, have you?" He asked with a smile, with a little bit of ostentation.
Cheng Jianniang looked at King Qing seriously and nodded.
"I've grown taller." She said.
"It's just still too fat." King Jin'an said. Looking at King Qing who was gulping down food.
There was silence in the room, and only the muffled sound of King Qing's humming was heard.
The chamberlain standing on the side had looked at the king of Jin'an several times, but he saw that he was either talking to Cheng Niangzi about eating and drinking, or looking at King Qing and Cheng Jianniang smiling, and never said what he should say.
He looked up and saw that the attendant outside the door had already taken a slight step forward, revealing half of his body by the door.
Can't wait any longer.
"Your Highness, let's step back first." He stepped forward and whispered, "You talk to Cheng Niangzi." ”
The body of the king of Jin'an County stiffened, and he looked at Cheng Jianniang.
Cheng Jianniang didn't seem to hear the words of the waiter, and still quietly lowered her head and ate the pastries and tea fruits on a few cases.
He had never seen anyone eat so seriously. It's as if you've never eaten before, focused on awe....
She wasn't eating anything. It's the mind.
Just like when I was a child at home, my father and mother would put delicious food in front of their brothers and sisters during the New Year's holidays, full of love.
Although I don't remember a few times, it's better than her.
She shouldn't have had it once.
The people in the hall began to rush out, and the sound of footsteps brought the king of Jin'an back to his senses.
"Wait." He spoke.
The waiter who walked in front stiffened and stopped, and everyone stood still.
"Cheng Niangzi, it's been more than a year, do you think King Qing's illness can be cured now?" King Jin'an asked.
Cheng Jianniang put down the chopsticks in her hand and raised her head.
"He's not sick." "So there's no cure." ”
King Jin'an nodded and sighed.
"Okay, I got it." He said.
Cheng Jiaoniang gave a gift.
"The folk girl has retired." She said.
The king of Jin'an didn't speak and nodded, watching Cheng Jianniang slowly withdraw, slowly disappearing in sight, as if he would never see him again...
He watched without blinking, and suddenly saw the woman who had walked to the door stop, looked up at him, smiled slightly, and moved her lips.
Fang Bocong, don't be sad.
King Jin'an sat up straight suddenly, and his breathing seemed to stop for a moment.
Cheng Jianniang crossed the threshold, turned around and walked away.
After King Qing finished eating, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve and got up and ran out to play, and the palace maids were busy following, and the palace instantly became quiet.
Looking at the King of Jin'an, who had been sitting still and seemed to freeze, the chamberlain stepped forward and knelt down.
"The slave and the maid take it upon themselves to take the blame." He prostrated and said.
"Si'er, I know you're kind and it's for my good." King Jin'an said.
"Your Highness." The chamberlain raised his head and was moved.
"But what does it mean to be good for me?" King Jin'an interrupted him and said, his gaze fell on him, "What I think is good is what is good for me." ”
The chamberlain turned pale and leaned over.
"There are thousands of ways to do things, and you don't have to hurt them..."King Jin'an said, looking out of the door, where Cheng Jianniang could no longer be seen, "People who care." ”
Fang Bocong, don't be sad.
The smile on the face of the King of Jin'an unfolded again.
It's dangerous, it's dangerous, it's lucky, it's lucky.
In the Empress Dowager's palace, the concubine looked out from time to time.
"Niangniang, why don't you call King Qing here, let's listen to how to diagnose and treat, we don't know what to say when we hide." She said.
"King Qing is asleep, where is Wei Lang willing to wake him up and pull him so far, and he will be startled by things that don't have long eyes on the way." The Queen Mother said, "How do you call hiding?" What is there to hide? ”
The concubine snorted in her heart, startled....
There is the king of Jin'an County, and now who dares to be surprised by this fool in the palace will be accidentally beaten to death by the hat of disgusting King Qing.
While he was talking, an attendant hurried in.
"Back to Niangniang's words, the king of the county said that Cheng Niangzi still can't be cured." He bowed his head and said.
The Queen Mother sat up with a sigh.
"Really?" She asked.
The concubine also asked with such a look.
"Yes. The slave and maid were outside the door. I clearly heard the county king's inquiry. That Cheng Niangzi said that King Qing is not sick, so he can't talk about cure. The chamberlain replied.
"How do you say you don't have any illness?" The concubine asked.
The chamberlain did not answer her, but the Queen Mother answered first.
"When Wei Lang took the sixth brother to find her, she said this, saying that the sixth brother was stupid, not sick, not to mention dying, so she couldn't be cured if she didn't treat it." She said. Sighing, with a sad face, "What about Wei Lang?" ”
"His Royal Highness said that he wanted to see King Qing, so he didn't come to reply to Niangniang in person, and I hope that Niangniang will forgive her sins." The chamberlain said.
"Look, it's been hit again." The Queen Mother said, sighing again.
The concubine sighed a few times, and then got up and walked out, and when she walked out of the queen mother's palace, her brows furrowed.
"Really?" She asked.
The waiter bowed down cautiously and stepped forward with a little smile.
"Don't dare to hide it from the mother, the slave and maid listen and watch it herself. That's really what I said, Cheng Niangzi finished speaking. The people of the county are not good, and they are still sitting in the palace and no one is there. He said.
The concubine pursed her lips and didn't speak, thinking about it for a moment.
"That.," she said, looking in the direction of King Qing's palace, "what if you get sick?" ”
"If you have a disease, you should treat it, and stupidity is not a disease."
Gao Lingbo, who was summoned, shook his head and said after listening to the concubine's story.
"Mother, you're too worried."
"Don't you believe that this is the king of Jin'an County and that Cheng Niangzi didn't tell the truth?" The concubine asked, "Can deliberate deception be cured?" ”
"Mother, how can you deceive? So many people watched and listened, and said it so clearly, what else is there to deceive? What's the fun of deceiving Your Majesty? Gao Lingbo said, "Is the Son of Heaven being used by her to play at will?" Once is not enough, how many times? ”
The concubine sat back suspiciously.
"Since this Cheng Niangzi said that she died for the second time, I don't think she will slap herself in front of the world for a while, and she doesn't need to worry about it at present." Gao Lingbo said, "First, it will not threaten the eldest prince, and second, Your Majesty will not be willing to let her go now, until we are forced to do so, we can't take risks against her, otherwise the gains outweigh the losses." ”
There are priorities and urgency, and we must distinguish them clearly, otherwise we will be in chaos.
"It's not urgent right now." The concubine said, looking anxious, "A king of Jin'an County dangling in the palace all day long is enough for me to be upset, and what kind of Cheng Niangzi is talking about the demon..."
"What should be solved will be solved, and what should be won over will be co-opted." Gao Lingbo said, "No hurry, no hurry. ”
"Why don't you be in a hurry, the county king is nineteen years old, and he still lives in the palace, and now there is a miracle doctor, although it is said that he must die, but he may not have any other immortal means, those Taoists are not the best at cultivating immortals, that Tong Neihan did not give birth to a little son, His Majesty is about the same age as him, maybe he can ask for a secret method to raise a son again...."The concubine said anxiously.
Gao Lingbo twisted his beard for a moment.
"Then let the king leave the palace." He said.
"How to leave?" The concubine said indignantly, "Her Majesty the Queen Mother, who coaxed him, held him as a three-year-old child on the tip of his heart, who dared to let him go, he would be the one who wanted to kill him, and the Queen Mother couldn't wait to eat others." ”
Gao Lingbo smiled.
"Since the Queen Mother is worried that the King of Jin'an County will be killed when he leaves the palace, it will be easy to do." He said, "Let the eldest prince also leave the palace." ”
The Great Prince?
The concubine sat up sharply.
"How's that going to work! I'm going to drive him away, not the fourth brother! She hurriedly said, "The fourth brother is only thirteen, so young..."
"His Royal Highness can go out of the palace to the prince's mansion at such a young age, he is not afraid, what is he afraid of when the king of Jin'an is so big?" Gao Lingbo said.
"But, but—" The concubine shook her head.
"Niangniang, do you know that His Majesty is now relying more and more on the King of Jin'an County in court affairs?" Gao Lingbo interrupted her and asked solemnly.
Speaking of this concubine, she suddenly became even more indignant.
She has heard it many times, His Majesty always praises the king of Jin'an, and the eldest prince is more and more dumbfounded.
"That's why I said hurry up and let him go!" She said.
"In the palace, the eldest prince and the county king look the same, but out of the palace, one is the prince or the crown prince, the other is the county king and only the county king, Niangniang, the prince enters the palace is nothing, how can he enter the palace every day as a county king? Even if the emperor and the empress dowager were willing, the courtiers would not agree. Gao Lingbo said, "Close, close, one is close and the other is close, if there is only closeness and no closeness, this favor is as light as water." ”
In this way, after leaving the palace, the king of the county really can't appear in front of the queen mother and His Majesty all the time like now, but the eldest prince is different, first, he is the real grandson of the emperor, and second, he still has himself in the palace, so what about the king of Jin'an? Nothing and nothing!
The concubine nodded contemplatively on the armrest.
"But what about King Qing?" She asked again, "That kid will definitely use King Qing as a shield and not leave." ”
"King Qing." Gao Lingbo smiled slightly, "There are many princesses in the palace, and there are always people big and small who accidentally bump into this stupid child, and they may be frightened." ”
The concubine's eyes lit up when she understood, but then they darkened again.
"I wasn't also frightened at the beginning, but I was reprimanded by the Queen Mother." She said.
Gao Lingbo smiled slightly.
"Mother, that was before, it's been almost two years." He said, "Everyone is sad about King Qing's affairs, but they can't be sad forever, right? ”
Therefore, there is a priority in things, when to do something, not in a hurry, and if you want to hurry, you can't reach it.
And now it's time to address some of the people who should be addressed.
People always have to pay a price for doing things, who let this king of Jin'an County talk a lot in the court at that time, he Gao Lingbo is a very grudgeful person, this time he suffered such a big loss, but he didn't forget it, he wanted to get it back little by little.
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Today's update
I remember the alliance leader who owes me, and I'll come back after I write it. (To be continued......)