Chapter 18 Winter Chills to the Bone
Looking at the figure of Qing Shuyi leaving, the imperial concubine closed her eyes, thinking about the previous things, combing the context, when Lin Guifei entered the palace, it happened to be the queen's favor at that time, and the queen was pregnant with a child, because of Lin Guifei, the child had a miscarriage, and the queen never knew who made it, but all kinds of signs indicate that Lin Guifei is the most likely murderer, in order to avoid suspicion, Lin Guifei applied to leave the palace to live.
Qing Shuyi excused Concubine Ning, but it made the imperial concubine a little confused. Maybe in Qing Shuyi's heart, she may not be a good person.
Concubine Jing watched her daughter picking plum blossoms in the courtyard in her bedroom, and wondered if she would send her daughter to Chengqian Palace, after all, she had formed an alliance with the imperial concubine, so that she would be more loyal. In the future, relying on the big tree of the imperial concubine will also be good for the shade. But I really can't bear it.
On this day, the imperial concubine sat diagonally on the peacock couch, the crimson palace skirt was spread out diagonally, and a beautiful fan was formed, and the fan in her hand was still the same as before, but it was also warm in her eyes.
The incense burner in the temple did not burn incense, but it had a cold meaning.
"Niangniang, the eldest son and the second son of the emperor have come to see Niangniang." A small maid came in, and it was indeed Scarlet Summer.
The imperial concubine was very happy in her heart, put down the fan and sat upright, watching her sons enter hand in hand, she couldn't help but smile and waved her hand: "It's you guys who are here, it's really rare and anxious." Come here, let the concubine take a look. ”
The two children were not very tall, but they were very strong. When she got closer, the imperial concubine found that the eldest son was slightly shorter than the second son, and held the eldest son in her arms in distress: "Look at you, you are shorter than your younger brother." ”
The eldest son of the emperor was hugged by the imperial concubine, his face was flushed, and he struggled out: "Erchen and the second brother eat and live together, and I don't see how much taller the second brother is than Erchen." ”
Zhongwen, the second son of the emperor, pulled Zhongde's hand: "Is this yours, the mother concubine said that the younger brother is taller than the elder brother, that is because the elder brother is too lazy and forgets to grow taller." ”
Imperial Concubine Wan'er: "What two weird children." "I ordered Scarlet Xia to bring the second princess and let the two princes take a look.
Not long after, the nurse brought the second princess, and by the way, there was a person, who turned out to be Qing Shuyi. It turned out that Qing Shuyi was also taking care of the princess in the princess's bedroom.
The imperial concubine saw that Qing Shuyi had even cut off the long nails she had maintained, and said with a smile: "My sister is really a good mother, it's a pity that this shallot-like hand has no long nails." Qing Shuyi said with a smile: "As long as it is for Xi'er, it is worth doing anything." She was still very worried when she saw her daughter being teased by the two princes, but she didn't expect the swaddling jade-like person to grin, revealing her pink gums.
Because the child has just grown teeth, there is a small pocket tied around his neck, and there is saliva under the mouth of the public.
The two princes laughed, not daring to speak loudly.
"Why is the royal sister so unclean and drooling." Zhongwen said
"It's the same when you're her age." Zhongde said.
"How do you know?" Zhongwen asked.
"Haha, of course I saw you when you were a child, I'm my brother." Zhong De looked like a little adult, which amused the people present.
Although Qing Shuyi was smiling, she looked at these two princes and thought that if she could give birth to a prince, maybe she would not be so sad in the future, not to mention, if she had a son, she would be able to stay away from the harem and live with her son back to the fiefdom. Since his father was dismissed and Yao's house was raided, the emperor rarely came to him.
Qing Shuyi looked at the imperial concubine, and there were a few more meanings in her eyes.
Although the emperor rarely recruits imperial concubines, he talks to imperial concubines seven or eight times a month in Chengqian Palace. It can be seen that the emperor's affection for the imperial concubine is deep.
It seems that the grace of the imperial concubine is indeed extraordinary.
However, the imperial concubine treats herself very well, if she sends the child to Zhaoyang Palace to be raised, then Concubine Lin may not let herself visit the child.
Thinking of this, Qing Shuyi breathed a sigh of relief.
The imperial concubine saw that Qing Shuyi's face was a little tired, so she said: "Sister Yao is tired, let's go to the Guerlain Palace to rest first, come over for dinner together, tonight, my sister will cook for my sister herself." ”
Qing Shuyi's pear vortex was shallow, and she smiled: "My sister has superb cooking skills, and my sister is blessed this time." ”
When the imperial concubine saw her leaving, she instructed Scarlet Xia to prepare for tonight's meal.
That day, Concubine Ning sat in the observation tower for a long time, but fortunately, the charcoal in the hand stove was the high-quality Xiangfei charcoal sent by the queen mother herself, so it could last for a while.
The maid next to her was so cold that she said, "Qing Shuyi said that the eldest princess was sick, so why did she forget the agreement with her sister." ”
Concubine Ning's heart was even colder: "Maybe people have forgotten it a long time ago." ”
In the past, when Qing Shuyi and herself had not entered the palace, they went out to play together, even if Qing Shuyi sent someone to tell her that she could not go to the appointment, in the end, she knew that she would wait in the same place.
But now that she is the imperial concubine, she has forgotten herself.
The hand stove in her hand was about to go out, and the maid helped her to walk slowly towards the incense hall.
On this day, the maid brought over a few suitable baby clothes, embroidered very gorgeous, more unique is that this material is actually the palace is incomparably precious Shu brocade, this Shu brocade is not the usual Shu brocade, because the silk threads used are silk, so the spinning is light and silky, the most suitable for children to make clothes.
Concubine Ning took it in her hand and marveled at the craftsmanship of the embroiderer, although she didn't embroider much, but the stitches were dense and would not pierce the child's tender skin.
In the Guerlain Palace, Qing Shuyi was talking to Yan Qiu, and Concubine Ning was standing outside the window, but it was about herself.
"Master, Concubine Ning made an appointment with you that day, why didn't you go in the end?" Yan Qiu's voice was extremely familiar.
"Sister Song asked this concubine, but also because this concubine gave birth to the second princess, she wanted to compete for favor, so she did this, this hosta is just made of ordinary Lantian jade, and only she will treat it as a baby. That's it, just take it, and send the little master another day. Qing Shuyi's voice fell on her ear, extremely harsh.
Song Xiangya's tears flowed out quietly, I don't know why I suddenly felt that the flame in my heart had already been extinguished, and now there is any warmth at all, the left and right are just thin sisterhood,
In winter, even if the sunset is the reddest, it is also the coldest. The dark palace walls are like shackles, locking themselves in this endless quagmire, and it is difficult to escape even if you struggle.
Thinking of the time when she and Yao Tingfei went out to enjoy the flowers together, she frowned slightly. The plum in the white porcelain beauty is still fragrant and mellow, but it is a few more cold.
If you want to compete for favor, you have to break with the past love, and this palace is really a place that can change people's hearts.
She hugged her arms tightly, feeling cold to her bones.