Chapter 69: New Year's Night
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and from the highest point of the palace, you can already see fireworks blooming outside the palace, and the royal house is brightly lit. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Moyu and other palace maids and eunuchs in the Jade Immortal Palace gathered together in their small kitchen to make rice cakes and steam pastries. Although the emperor forbade her feet, she could make all the daily utensils available, and even Tian'er went to the palace bureau to get anything, and people would give her, and there was no meaning of making things difficult at all.
The eunuch in charge of the palace bureau is also very puzzled, this concubine has obviously been grounded, which means that the emperor already has an opinion on her, it is a matter of time before she falls out of favor, and she will have to be thrown into the cold palace! Why did the above explain that what the people of the Jade Immortal Palace wanted, no matter how big or small, they all agreed and gave everything. Not only to give, but to give the best. The eunuch in charge didn't know what was going on, but ah! The things in this palace are indistinguishable from the true and the false, who knows what is greasy here. Since people say to give, then give, and neither side will be offended.
Mo Yu was brewing plum blossom wine and adding firewood to the stove, when someone came in outside and said that Mrs. Ji was coming.
It's finally here, tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and she thought that the people of the Ji family had forgotten what her surname was! But it doesn't matter if she comes or not, she doesn't care anyway, but since she comes, let's welcome guests!
He took off the cloth, handed it to Xiang Rong on the side, and instructed: "Please wait for her in the hall, Tian'er, go and make tea." The corner of his eye swept over the steamer on the stove, Mo Yu thought for a while and said, "Biyue, you take a small jar and put this wine on the altar and take it to the palace." Then he walked out of the kitchen.
In the Jade Immortal Palace, when the old lady saw Moyu coming, she hurriedly got up and saluted, "The old lady has seen Concubine Li's mother." ”
Looking at her gray hair, wrinkled face, and slightly hunched back, Mo Yu felt a little sour in her heart, it was really not easy for such an old person to salute her, a twenty-year-old granddaughter! "Get up! Have a seat! ”
"Concubine Xie Li."
The old lady's attitude was much better than that of the Yuan family, and after sitting down, she greeted: "I heard that the mother is not in good health today, but I asked the imperial doctor to take a look?" ”
"Thank you for your concern, Moyu is all right." It seems that the answer is correct, and it feels a little bit like the answer is not what is asked.
The old lady sneered: "That's good, your mother and your father often miss you, but these days are too busy to come and see you, Jifu is on the ninth day of the first day, and Concubine Li must go back then." ”
The rules of the palace, you can't go out casually when you marry into the palace, but you can't forget your mother's family. Therefore, during the Spring Festival, on the day of the banquet, the concubine can go to her mother's house to see her parents to show the grace of parenting. In this way, on the ninth day of the first month, she had to go back with Ji Feicui. Mo Yu replied lightly, "Mo Yu knows."
The old lady was holding the teacup, and when she saw that Moyu was faint, she didn't know how to talk about it, so she had to say: "The last time the court came to see Niangniang, did you say anything?" ”
"He just came to return the flute, and didn't say anything else, why did the old lady ask like that?"
"It's nothing, it's just that he was a little worried about Niangniang after he went back, saying that Niangniang's face was pale and she was very afraid of the cold, so the old body was a little worried about you."
Mo Yu put the tea cup on the table, straightened her clothes, and said, "It was like that a while ago, but it's all right, don't worry about the old lady." ”
"That's good, the old body entered the palace this time, and the court dragged the old body to tell the mother something."
"What's the matter?"
"Ting'er wants to borrow a few medical skills, I don't know if Niangniang has them here?"
The hand that straightened the sleeves couldn't help but pause, Mo Yu raised his head, looked at the old lady with a smile, and saw that she was also looking at herself upright, and couldn't help but wonder in her heart, whether Ji Zhongting knew about her poisoning, or whether the old lady Ji knew, or the queen mother knew. If it is the former, then Ji Zhongting's meticulousness and intelligence are far beyond what he has shown, and if it is the latter two, then it proves that this poison is not from them. So who gave her the poison? Who else is someone else's eye in her Jade Immortal Palace?
Biyue came in, holding a small jar of wine in her hand, and the faint aroma of wine filled the entire hall, accompanied by bursts of plum blossom fragrance.
"Biyue, go and bring the book I read a few days ago to the old lady." Mo Yu commanded.
Biyue put down the wine jar and went into the house as ordered. Mo Yu pointed to the wine jar on the table and said: "This is the plum blossom wine I just brewed, the second brother shouted to drink it last time, since the old lady is here, help me bring it to him." ”
"Then thank you Niangniang, I didn't expect Niangniang to make wine."
Mo Yu smiled silently, Biyue had already brought the book over and put it on the table beside the old lady. The old lady flipped through it casually, then looked up and said, "I didn't expect Niangniang to like to read this kind of book too." ”
"I've read poetry books, history books, medical books, miscellaneous words, music and rhythm, and I want to understand what this poison is, these are just books for girls to pass the time. The old lady should go back and persuade the second brother that he will be a person who will do great things in the future, and it is better for him to read less of this kind of book. ”
It's okay not to say it, as soon as Mo Yu said this, the old lady was shocked. Moyu doesn't lie, she said that if she has read these books, she must have read them. Even if it is a man, I am afraid that he will not be able to see so many books in his life, and Moyu has only read everything in ten years. "Yes, Niangniang's teachings, the old body must convey them."
What did Ji Zhongting say about reading this kind of book, she just wanted to solve the doubts in her heart. After Moyu said this, she was unsure again. It seems that Concubine Li reads these books, but she usually reads them when she is in a panic, and she has no other meaning. But her complexion today is indeed not as Ji Zhongting said, and she is really incomprehensible.
At this time, a girl came in to report, "Niangniang, there is a lady named Liu Yeqing who asks to see you." ”
Liu Yeqing should be the young grandmother of Jifu! "Please let her in."
A beautiful young woman wearing a goose-yellow jacket entered the hall, first saluted Moyu, and then turned her head to salute the old lady. is really a woman from a big family, with elegant and decent manners, Ji Feicui is simply incomparable to her.
Mo Yu pointed to the chair beside him and said, "Sister-in-law, sit too!" ”
didn't expect Mo Yu to call her sister-in-law, Liu Yeqing was slightly flustered for a while, but fortunately, Mrs. Ji coughed and woke her up, so she hurriedly retreated behind the old lady and was silent.
Although her face was carefully retouched, it still couldn't hide her slightly pale complexion, the skin on her neck and lips was slightly purple, and her body was very thick, but her hands could still be seen trembling slightly. This sister-in-law is not nervous because she sees her, but because she is really cold. It's been two years since I got married, and I don't have any children, of course, it's definitely not Ji Boyuan's reason, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get a concubine who is pregnant with a child. Her symptoms don't bode well.
Liu Yeqing was a little embarrassed by Moyu, and the old lady was also puzzled, coughed, and shouted, "Niangniang......"
Mo Yu came back to her senses, secretly scolded herself for being nervous, quickly took a sip of tea to hide her embarrassment, and asked, "Sister-in-law seems to be very afraid of the cold." ”
Liu Yeqing lowered his head and replied, "Yes, the concubine has been afraid of the cold since she was a child. ”
"Mind if I take your pulse." She is also a poor woman, and Moyu can't sit idly by.
Liu Yeqing didn't expect Moyu to say this, and was shocked, Concubine Li actually knew medical skills. The inquiring eyes looked at the old lady in front of her, and the old lady smiled and said: "This is not bothering the lady's noble hand, if there is any illness, we will invite Lang Zhong to see it after we go back." ”
Kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, since they don't trust her, why should she be amorous. Cut. Mo Yugu poured tea and drank tea, and said without saltiness or lukewarmness in her mouth, "After the old lady goes back, she has to quickly find a husband for her to take a look, her illness is not light, and she will not be able to get better without a year or two of conditioning, otherwise, Ji Boyuan may be dying." ”
As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky. Last? Doesn't that mean that Liu Yeqing can't have children? No wonder she married into the Ji family for two years, but she couldn't conceive a child, it turned out that there was a physical problem. Finally, a concubine was pregnant with a great-grandson, and she was taken away by the Yuan family herself.
Mo Yu put down the teacup and said lightly: "But don't worry too much, you can still afford to wait for a year or two, who let the Ji family have such a rule!" ”
The Ji family has a family rule, before the wife is pregnant with a child, the concubine cannot have a child.
The old lady got up, bowed deeply to Mo Yu, and said, "Thank you Concubine Li for mentioning it, you are the great benefactor of our Ji family." ”
Benefactors can't be talked about, and they don't necessarily see her as a benefactor. "I'm afraid there are still a lot of things going on in the Ji Mansion, so go back and get busy!"
"The old body is gone."
Biyue sent them to the door and then returned, puzzled: "Niangniang, why did the old lady come here in person?" ”
Let's find out the news! Leave her alone. "I don't know. I guess I'm here to pay New Year's greetings to the Queen Mother! Stop by to see my imprisoned granddaughter. ”
"Oh, I see, she's here to see Concubine Xian. Since I'm here to see Concubine Xian, if I don't come to see you, Niangniang, this is always unreasonable. ”
Mo Yu thought about it, most of the time. "Hey, ignore them. Let's go, go to the kitchen. ”
"Hey."
But this time, Mo Yu guessed wrong. Because Mrs. Ji has never been to Lanyue Palace except for going to Ciming Hall to pay New Year's greetings to the Queen Mother, that is, to see her in the Jade Immortal Palace.
Chinese New Year's Eve.
Chinese New Year's Eve is also known as Chinese New Year's Eve, the last night of the lunar month. Except, that is, the meaning of removal, that is, on this day, people say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, the day of the re-examination of one yuan, and the renewal of Vientiane.
Moyu was grounded, so he didn't have a chance to go to the night banquet in Pinglou. followed a few palace maids and eunuchs in the palace and made up a table. Eat your own Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and drink your own plum wine.
"Come on, this is more than every year, this is the five blessings, step by step, cornucopia, everything is as good as it should be, and there is a living fragrance." Plates of dishes were served, and these little palace maids and eunuchs were hungry. They can usually only eat the food that the subordinates in the palace have to eat, how can they be blessed to eat such a good meal, naturally they can't wait.
Xiang Rong brought a jar of wine and said happily: "Also, plum blossom brewing." This is the only one, and there is no semicolon. Blessed are you. ”
Everyone in the Jade Immortal Palace knew that this wine was made by Concubine Li, so they were naturally happier. With wine glasses in your hands, you are scrambling to put them at the mouth of the jar, for fear that they will be gone.
"Come, respect our mother, our master is the best master in the world. Cheers. Xiang Rong took the lead in holding up his wine glass and said. This girl, all the pistachios that enliven the atmosphere there.
"Cheers."
Mo Yu also picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Thank you for taking care of Mo Yu, everyone has a red envelope tonight." Also, eat and drink to your heart's content, and it's okay if you don't clean up after eating, and you'll clean up tomorrow. ”
"Wow...... That's great. ”
Staggered and laughing, this is a rare scene in the dreary palace. Moyu suddenly felt that he was back on Wuyan Mountain, at that time, everyone was carefree, laughing when they wanted to laugh, they would hunt birds if they liked to hunt birds, and they would swim in the water if they liked to swim in the water, what a happy day.
After the meal, it is a New Year's greeting. One by one, they knelt in front of Moyu, said auspicious words, and then asked for a good red envelope. Mo Yu also said some blessings, for example, for Tian'er, she would say that she would be given a palace maid next year, and for Biyue, she said that she hoped to be a palace maid next year. Thinking about it, he wondered, "Both of them have to compete for the palace maid, so what should I do?" ”
Mo Yu smiled and said, "I will give it to whoever I see is pleasing to the eye, and it won't be your turn anyway." ”
Xiang Rong asked again: "Niangniang, then what do you want me to do?" ”
Mo Yu replied: "It is estimated that in the next two years, my hope for you will be the same, and I wish you to grow up quickly." ”
"Ah, why do they all have official positions, and I'm only responsible for growing up?"
"There's no why, because you're meant to grow up!"
"Mother, you're making fun of me again."
Hahaha, there was a joyful laughter in the hall. After distributing the red envelopes, he took a stool, angry brazier, and gathered in the back room to keep a New Year's Eve. Several eunuchs were already laughing and playing games. Draw a circle on the ground, everyone stands in the circle, there is a person standing outside, and the person standing outside catches the person inside in the circle, catches one, and rewards one or two silver. The last one in the circle will also be rewarded with a tael of silver.
Later, the little palace maids were also eager to try and joined the game, and Moyu sat on the stool, recorded it for them, and received the money when the time came. Xiang Rong came over and pulled her, and said, "Niangniang, you can also come and play!" ”
Mo Yu put down the pen, wrapped his arms around his chest, and said, "Are you sure you want me to play with you?" ”
The palace maid and eunuch on the side also echoed, "Niangniang, come on, let's play together." ”
"Okay, then I'll play with you, be careful, don't cry too badly." Mo Yu stood up, stood outside the circle, and said, "The first time I play, then I'll be an eagle." Be careful, it's time for the hen to protect the chicks, the owl is coming! ”
Mo Yu jumped and grabbed a little eunuch with unmistakable accuracy, "Haha, you have to be careful." ”
After more than a dozen rounds, Moyu has won a big victory, both outside the circle and in the circle. Looking at the group of people who were pulling their heads, she was very happy, and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, keep going." ”
Tian'er raised her head and said unhappily: "Niangniang, if I'm not done with you, we owe our monthly money for a few months if we continue to play." ”
"That's right! Don't play anymore. ”
All right! Who made her too powerful. "Okay then, I don't want your money. I'm a little tired too, so keep playing! However, be careful not to step on other people's feet. ”
"yes, that's great."
Are you so happy without her on board? Mo Yu watched as they regained their vitality. Shaking her head, she spread out her hand and looked at her palm, when she was arresting people just now, she found out that since she entered the palace, she has not been practicing martial arts, and her martial arts have regressed a lot.