Chapter 3 Concubine Ning
Half of the spring day has passed, the orchids of the building of Muning Palace are blooming beautifully, the sea of flowers in the sky seems to be invisible, and the spring breeze blows, it is the fragrance of flowers in the air. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 In the attic of the Muning Palace, a bright yellow figure stood quietly, looking out blankly, with a little tiredness on his majestic face.
"Ning'er, she ...... Haven't woken up yet? ”
"Your Majesty," Hearing the emperor's question, Father-in-law Leng was a little apprehensive, except for the princess four years ago, he had never seen a woman who could make her master so attentive, and replied respectfully: "Miss Ning, she is still like yesterday, she has never woken up." ”
Subconsciously clenching his palms, the emperor frowned slightly, closed the half-open window, and said softly: "You go down first, and take some of the ministers' recitals." He turned around and walked back to the bed, lifted the veil, and sat down lightly.
"Ning'er, it's been a month, how long do you have to sleep before you wake up?" The emperor smiled bitterly and looked at the woman's peaceful sleeping face, helped her brush the hair next to her sideburns, and sighed lightly, "Are you hating me and taking you out of the Yun family?" Or do you simply want to wake up? ”
Just as he was about to turn around and add a few pieces of carbon to the burnt stove at the head of the bed, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the woman's eyelashes trembling slightly, and suddenly her body stiffened, and she looked at her with bated breath, for fear that the abnormal movement just now was just an illusion.
Under his gaze, the woman's slender eyelashes trembled again, her eyes turned uneasily under the closed curtains, her pale face floated a little nervous, and her hands subconsciously clenched into fists in the quilt, as if she had dreamed of some terrible scene, cold sweat continued to break out on her forehead, and even her face changed a few times.
"Shuhua!" The woman suddenly screamed and opened her eyes suddenly.
"Ning'er......" The emperor's face sank slightly, and he immediately raised a warm smile, gently squeezed her cold hand under the quilt, and comforted her softly: "Ning'er, don't be afraid, I'm here to accompany you." ”
The woman had just woken up from a nightmare, her eyes seemed to be separated by a layer of mist, and she couldn't see clearly, and she could only vaguely feel that the man in front of her had no ill will towards her, so she tentatively asked, "Who are you?" Her voice sounded hoarse.
"Ning'er, I am the monarch of Xirong Kingdom, Yu Wenxuan," Yu Wenxuan paused slightly, walked to the table and poured a glass of water, a trace of unpredictability flashed in his eyes, "It's your husband...... "It's also the person who cherishes you the most in the world."
Husband? She's married? But why is there no impression at all?
The woman looked at Yu Wenxuan blankly, her eyes had slowly regained their clarity, and when she saw him coming over with a glass of water, she hurriedly got up to take it. Seeing this, Yu Wenxuan hurriedly stepped forward and put one hand around her shoulder, helped her up, and leaned on himself.
With countless questions in her heart, the woman lowered her eyes and drank the water silently before she asked faintly, "Then who am I?" ”
"Concubine Ning, my Concubine Ning, Shangshu 2,000 gold Cheng Qingluan." Yu Wenxuan was categorical and made no secret of the strength in his tone.
The woman frowned, she didn't remember anything before, people or things.
Yu Wenxuan saw that the woman tightened her eyebrows, her heart ached, she reached out to hold her in her arms, and said softly: "Ning'er, don't think about it if you can't think about it, everything before has passed." ”
Yes, it's all gone......
From now on in this world, there will be no Mu Junning, only his concubine Ning-Cheng Qingluan.
Thinking of this, Yu Wenxuan stroked her black hair, and a shallow smile appeared on her face, which seemed to be different from four years ago.
"Your Majesty, the slave brought you ......"
An abrupt voice stopped abruptly, looking at the scene in the light gauze tent, Grandpa Leng held the fold in his hand, neither advancing nor retreating, and he was so anxious that his forehead was full of sweat.
The woman was startled and wanted to break away from Yu Wenxuan's hand, but he buckled it tighter, and looked up in a hurry, but bumped into his deep eyes, looking at her with three points of sorrow and seven points of concern, making her a little stunned and didn't know how to react.
"Don't move, Ning'er ......" Yu Wenxuan lifted half of the light veil, glanced at Father-in-law Leng sideways, and said in a cold voice: "Go down, the children's home of Chuantai Hospital is coming." ”
"Minions command!" Father-in-law Leng hurriedly put down the folds, hurriedly exited the attic, wiped a cold sweat and rushed to the hospital. When Imperial Physician Tong was ordered to rush to Muning Palace, it was only a time for a cup of tea.
"Imperial Doctor Tong, how is Concubine Ning's body?" Before Imperial Doctor Tong could speak, Yu Wenxuan had already taken the first step to give a look.
Although he wondered why there was suddenly more Concubine Ning in the palace, Imperial Doctor Tong still replied quietly: "Back to the emperor, Concubine Ning was because of ......" Speaking of this, Imperial Doctor Tong paused, and did not dare to say the three words of fake death medicine, "Because of the medicine, I fell asleep for more than a month, and now that I have woken up, I must be fine." As long as you have a good life and recuperate, you will be able to recover soon. ”
"Hmm," Yu Wenxuan glanced at Imperial Physician Tong, his eyebrows gradually relaxed, he pondered for a long time, and asked softly: "Concubine Ning has been poisoned before, is it okay?" ”
Imperial Physician Tong tilted his head sideways and carefully checked the lower pulse, pondered for a moment, and after confirming that it was okay, he replied respectfully: "Although Weichen doesn't know what kind of poison Concubine Ning had before, it seems that it should be solved now." ”
"Okay, I know, you can go down and prescribe some conditioning medicine first." Yu Wenxuan waved his hand, and Imperial Doctor Tong retreated after kneeling.
Subsequently, he instructed Grandpa Leng to transfer a few palace maids to serve Concubine Ning, and after Grandpa Leng received the order, he also left with a sigh of relief.
There were only the two of them left in the attic for a while, Yu Wenxuan hugged her waist, lowered his eyes and saw that she looked weak, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, everything he was doing now was just drinking to quench his thirst, once she regained her memory, she would definitely hate him.
It's just that even if you hate him in the future, now, he won't let go......
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Seven days later, the queen set up a banquet in the imperial garden on her birthday, and also invited Concubine Ning.
She has always been happy and quiet, except for the perilla arranged by Yu Wenxuan to serve her, there are only a dozen people in the palace. But after everyone heard that the queen had a banquet, they immediately became busy, and Muning Palace was also a rare and lively place.
The jewelry and clothing were prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the morning, and they were delivered by the palace maids on the day of the banquet.
It was still early, Cheng Qingluan sat quietly by the window, looking at the splendid orchids blooming in the palace: "Zisu, you see that the orchids in this building are blooming so beautifully, it's really rare." ”
Zi Su glanced out the window and replied with a smile: "Niangniang doesn't know, the orchids in this building are flowers blooming on the cliff, which are very rare to see on weekdays, and the emperor has found so many for Niangniang, which shows how much the emperor cherishes Niangniang." ”
"Really?" Cheng Qingluan lowered his head and turned the page of the scroll in his hand. The warm spring sun fell on her face, which looked so warm and serene, and her lips were slightly hooked, with a hint of alienated smile.
Since she woke up, Yu Wenxuan occasionally came to Muning Palace to sit for a while, and accompanied her to talk about the customs and customs of the people, but rarely mentioned her life experience, only that she was Cheng Qingluan, the daughter of the prime minister of the dynasty, who accidentally fell into the lake and lost her memory before canonizing Concubine Ning.
However, whether it is the name Cheng Qingluan or the identity of Concubine Ning, it is just given by Yu Wenxuan, once she leaves him, she will have nothing......
Zi Su watched Cheng Qingluan absent-mindedly flip the pages of the book, knowing that she couldn't read the book, she sighed secretly in her heart, walked to the table, and was about to make a pot of new tea, but there was a sound of broken footsteps at the stairs, only to see that under the guidance of the eunuchs of the Internal Affairs Office, several palace maids held clothes and jewelry.
Seeing Cheng Qingluan sitting and lying in front of the window, the eunuch hurriedly led the palace maid forward to salute, and said respectfully with low eyebrows and lowered eyes: "Concubine Ning is auspicious, and Yue Tinghai, the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is ordered by the emperor to send the clothes used for the banquet for the mother, and also invite the lady to take a look." ”
Cheng Qingluan glanced up at Yue Tinghai, put the scroll in his hand on the couch, stood up, and smiled faintly: "Well, put it down." ”
"Yes." Yue Tinghai beckoned the palace maid to hand over the clothes to Zi Su, leaned over and saluted, and then led the palace maid to retreat in a hurry.
Cheng Qingluan had something on his mind, and he didn't notice Yue Tinghai's strange look when he turned around.
There was still half an hour before the banquet, Shisu hurriedly opened the clothes and hung them on the hanger, checked them carefully, and when she touched the gold thread on the sleeve of the clothes, she couldn't help but take a second look, and she found that the clothes sent by the Internal Affairs Office had been tampered with, and the pattern that was supposed to be a luan bird was replaced with a nine-tailed phoenix that only the queen could use......
Although it is inconspicuous, once it is detected at the Qianqiu banquet, it is a capital crime that exceeds the rules, no matter how much the emperor loves it, it will be difficult to block the mouth of the people after all, I am afraid that what falls on Cheng Qingluan will either give death or enter the cold palace.
Zi Su didn't dare to be arbitrary, and hurriedly returned to Cheng Qingluan.
The clothes used for the banquet are woven with ice silk, the skirt is embroidered with a large group of begonia flowers, a few pieces of gold thread piping petals extend from the waist to the skirt, a few small spars are embellished on it, that is, like the morning dew is crystal clear, and like the starlight in the night, even the light silk is woven with dark gold thread, and it is really gorgeous and graceful at a glance.
Cheng Qingluan touched the nine-tailed phoenix pattern on the cuffs of his clothes, and the cold light flashed in his eyes: "Zisu, change my clothes for me." ”
"Niangniang, this can't be ......" Zi Su only said that Cheng Qingluan was momentarily angry, and his heart was suddenly anxious.
"Shiso, don't worry." Cheng Qingluan whispered a few words to Zisu, and Zisu's worried expression at the beginning was gradually replaced by joy, and he went out of the room and instructed the palace people to quietly go and get scissors.
Zi Su took the scissors and came back soon, Cheng Qingluan was already sitting in front of the mirror and was about to put down her long hair, seeing that the hand was about to touch the back of her head, Zi Su's face turned white in a flash, and she hurriedly rushed over to press her hand, and a light smile hung on her gentle face: "Does Niang Niang want to make up?" ”
Cheng Qingluan nodded and put down his hand.
"Just wait for the slave to come." Shisu breathed a sigh of relief, carefully took off the jade hairpin that Cheng Qingluan had inserted obliquely in his hair, twisted the hair into strands, overlapped the top, and made a luxurious and vivid morning incense near cloud bun, there were not many pearls on the head, and Shisu ingeniously picked a peach blossom and pinned it to the bun.
After finishing the makeup and changing clothes, Shiso looked back and forth, but didn't see anything unusual, and half of the hanging heart finally fell.
Helping Cheng Qingluan to step out of the door, just in time to meet a palace maid who was sweeping in the palace, the palace maid saw that she had collided with Cheng Qingluan, and knelt down in panic, shouting "Slave damned", but her eyes were restless and secretly looked at Cheng Qingluan, to be precise, her cuffs were shortened.
Cheng Qingluan glanced at the palace maid deeply, didn't stay too long, and left Muning Palace straight with Zisu.
The imperial garden is a little far away from the Muning Palace, you have to pass through most of the palace to arrive, although the sky is dark at this time, but the queen's Qianqiu banquet comes to the courtiers and concubines, carrying the palace lamp on the road, it is even brighter than the day.
As soon as Cheng Qingluan entered the imperial garden, a eunuch reported on the side: "Concubine Ning has arrived." ”
However, in a word, the originally lively Imperial Garden suddenly quieted down, and everyone was curious about how this popular Concubine Ning was born, so they turned their eyes to the direction of the entrance.
Sensing everyone's gaze, Cheng Qingluan did not panic, and walked indifferently to the woman on the throne step by step, and after making a big salute according to the rules of the harem concubine, he said with a dignified expression: "The concubine asks the queen for peace." ”
Yuwenxuan's queen is also a gentle and calm woman, showing everyone's beautiful demeanor between her hands and feet, wearing a bright red gold embroidered peony dress to make her delicate and unparalleled, seeing her bow down and say goodbye, a decent smile appeared on her face, she helped her weakly, and said softly: "Sister doesn't have to be polite, get up." ”
"Empress Xie." Cheng Qingluan gave a salute and led Zisu to retreat, and when she turned around, she suddenly felt as if there was an inquiring gaze staring at her from behind, and she looked back suddenly, just in time to meet the eyes of a Chinese-dressed official.
Facing Cheng Qingluan's clear and puzzled gaze, the official hurriedly lowered his head and pretended to talk to his colleagues beside him, but his eyes drifted towards her as if he was nothing.
Cheng Qingluan was curious, and was about to step forward to find out, but a voice behind her stopped her and made her stop abruptly.