Chapter XXXVIII
Coincidentally, someone reported that Concubine Jing and Yao Shunren were here, and the imperial concubine instructed Scarlet Chun to make plum cheese for a few more nights and ice it with ice cubes. As soon as she finished instructing Concubine Jing and Yao Shunren to come in, Yao Shunren has been in the Guerlain Hall these days, and his jaw that has been emaciated in the past is slightly plump, and his eyes are flowing with all kinds of amorous style.
"Sister Yao has changed a lot in the past few days." The imperial concubine looked at Jing Concubine and said.
"It's naturally good for my sister to take care of my sister." Yao Shun's jaw head.
"Sister Yao has been busy embroidering things for her sister all day these days, and she hasn't given the object to her mother." The corners of Jing Concubine's lips were slightly raised, and her eyes were full of teasing.
Yao Shunren instructed Yan Qiu to present the object to the imperial concubine.
The imperial concubine looked at the thing covered with a red cloth: "Sister Yao is really good at teasing my sister, cover it with a red cloth, what is worthy of Sister Yao?" ”
Scarlet Xia slowly uncovered the red cloth, revealing a red purse, but embroidered with a phoenix, nine screens, ready to fly. The imperial concubine's face was pale, and she looked at Concubine Jing and Yao Shunren: "Do you know that embroidering these things in private is a crime?" ”
The imperial concubine withdrew from the palace, and she and Concubine Yao Shunren were left in the palace.
"Sister, after so many years, what the queen has done to her sister, isn't it clear to my sister?" Concubine Jing knelt down and said slowly, "When my sister just entered the palace, the queen mother ordered someone to quietly drug my sister to give her the auspicious clothes on the canonization ceremony, and the sister who was killed during the canonization ceremony had sores on her neck and face, if it wasn't for the emperor to send my sister to the Medicine King Valley, I'm afraid my sister's face would have been ruined long ago; Sister, do you remember Concubine Lian? Concubine Lian entered the palace late, in order to win over Concubine Lian to deal with Niangniang, the queen gave Niangniang a Gu, which made Niangniang feel painful, and then fortunately, Concubine Mei's palace maid Liansheng knew Gu techniques, and after explaining the Gu to Niangniang, Concubine Mei's original Yongkang Palace went to water, no one expected that it was Liansheng who died, and even the body was burned; Also, when Niangniang was pregnant, the concubine Qiao of the Xianyuan Emperor gave Niangniang a screen in order to win over Niangniang, but no one thought that the screen was actually musky, and Niangniang almost slipped the fetus."
"Enough, these things have been investigated, the emperor has already issued an edict, and the palace doesn't care about it." The imperial concubine looked at the purse, "You better deal with this thing quietly." ”
Although it is a little sad, but I don't know the truth, it's just that the Lin family is rich and rivals the country, how could the emperor give up the Lin family.
"Sister." Yao Shunren looked at the imperial concubine, "My sister has been thinking a lot in Yutai Pavilion these days, my sister also has the eldest prince and the second prince, the emperor's heirs have withered after so many years, and the mother doesn't think about herself, she should also think about the concubines in the harem." What the queen did was already too cruel, if the mother couldn't stand up, who would still have the ability in this harem? ”
The imperial concubine's body was shocked, and she asked: "The affairs of the palace are decided by the palace, you are the sisters of the palace, and the palace will protect you." ”
Concubine Jing smiled: "The grandfather of the imperial concubine is the first emperor's teacher, her father is the first auxiliary prince of Daliang, and her brother is the marquis of Changle, doesn't the mother think about the Ling family?" ”
The imperial concubine got up and helped Concubine Jing up: "Because of this, this palace can't let the Ling family be on the cusp, what the queen gave to this palace, this palace will take it back sooner or later." ”
Yao Shunren said with a smile: "My sister can have such an idea, and my sister is very pleased. ”
The imperial concubine looked at the purse: "But such a thing stays here in the palace, and it is not compliant." ”
Jing Concubine said: "This purse is Yao Shunren's mind, my sister looks at how delicate this purse is, not to mention that the embroidery of this silk thread is also a good silkworm, but only Yangzhou can breed silkworms." ”
Yao Shunren smiled: "Sister, take it." ”
The imperial concubine put the purse in a box, and a pair of eyes outside the window stared at the qiē motionlessly.
After Concubine Jing and Yao Shunren left, the imperial concubine looked at the box thoughtfully, and at this time, someone came to report to the emperor.
The imperial concubine sorted out her clothes, and the emperor came to the Chengqian Palace in a regular dress, and the emperor had lost a little weight in the past few days, and the imperial concubine was distressed and ordered someone to serve the freshly dried plum cheese to the emperor.
The emperor drank plum cheese, and the imperial concubine took out the purse and stuffed it to the emperor: "The queen mother died, the concubine was very sad, this purse was embroidered by the concubine, please order someone to put this thing in front of the queen mother's spiritual seat, in order to show filial piety." ”
The emperor put down the bowl and looked at the purse in his hand: "Since it is embroidered by Ah Xuan, the queen mother must like it very much." ”
At this moment, a palace maid reported: "The queen is here." ”
The emperor said: "What a coincidence, the queen has often come to Chengqian Palace these days?" "But in my heart, I thought about it differently, the imperial concubine handed over this purse to me, which was too unexpected.
The queen was dressed in a gorgeous dress, with a red gold tassel peacock hairpin inserted in a high fallen horse bun, and a look of asking for guilt, when she saw that the emperor was also here, she took away her expression: "The concubine asks the emperor for peace." ”
The emperor looked at the extremely obedient queen, and asked, "Get up, why did the queen bring so many people to Chengqian Palace?" ”
"The concubine heard that the imperial concubine had an object and felt that it was novel, so she came to take a look." When the queen saw the imperial concubine who was saluting, she moved lightly, "My sister has worked hard with the emperor in the past few days, get up." ”
The imperial concubine was in her heart, and she was naturally not afraid: "The concubine doesn't know what kind of object the queen mother is called?" ”
The arrogance on the queen's face was obvious: "Naturally, it is something treasured by the imperial concubine." After speaking, he skimmed to the box next to him, "The imperial concubine's box is good, very exquisite, the palace wants to have a good view, does my sister appreciate it?" ”
The emperor suddenly understood something, and smiled at the corner of his lips: "Since the queen likes it, then open it and look at it, and I will also appreciate it, I don't know how gorgeous the imperial concubine's box is." ”
When the queen heard the emperor say the same, she smiled and said: "Since the emperor said so, my sister will open it and let my sister and the emperor see what treasures are in this box." ”
The imperial concubine raised her eyebrows: "Does the queen really have to watch it?" ”
Seeing that she was reluctant to open it, the queen was even more sure of the thoughts in her heart: "My sister's box is so beautiful, it must be very delicate inside." ”
The imperial concubine reluctantly opened the box gently, and the emperor and the queen looked inside, and it turned out to be a bunch of belly pockets, and the queen's face was green, and she turned over unwillingly, and there was nothing except the delicate belly pocket. The queen shook her head and muttered, "Impossible, I saw it clearly." ”
The emperor smiled on the side: "What did the queen do when she turned over other people's things, what did you see?" I didn't see anything? ”
The imperial concubine slowly packed up those belly pockets, and said with a smile: "These children's belly pockets are all embroidered by the concubines for the second princess, if the queen is interested, she will give them to the mother." ”
The queen looked at the emperor and said with a wry smile: "The concubine also heard that the imperial concubine has exquisite embroidery, so she came to take a look." ”
The emperor looked at the queen, and the corners of his lips raised slightly: "The queen is really a model of the harem." ”
The queen blessed herself and left with many palace maids.
The emperor looked at the imperial concubine standing on the side: "You, you, you really worry about me." ”
The imperial concubine smiled sweetly, revealing two small dimples: "Your Majesty, how about the concubine serving you dinner, what are the concubines going to do for the emperor this time, how about making duck vermicelli soup?" ”
The emperor stopped the imperial concubine and said a few words in her ear, the imperial concubine's face stiffened, and the emperor held her hand: "Aifei's hand is so cold, keep her body, I still have something to do, so I will go back to Tongtai Palace." ”
The imperial concubine is blessed: "Congratulations to the emperor." ”