Chapter 12: Hair and Fall
I don't know when the rain fell heavily, and the roof of the eaves was rattled. Thick black clouds covered the entire sky, and the inside and outside of the hall were dark, and the faces of everyone were blurred. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning tore through the clouds, accompanied by a thunderous roar.
Zang Jiao sat on the floor in shock, her eyes widened and her expression frightened, I don't know if she was frightened by the thunder or by the amazing words of Imperial Doctor Qian.
The Queen Mother twisted her fingers around the Buddha beads in her hand, muttered a few times in a low voice for the protection of the Nanhai Guanyin Master, opened her eyes sharply, and shot her eyes at Zangjiao's sharp voice: "Jin, you have a foxy face and rely on a little posture, and you show up in front of everyone and behave frivolously, which is arrogant and unruly!"
and bewitched the official family to welcome you to bed with the gift of a concubine, and the queen fell into a coma that night, which shows that you are ominous! The mourning family pities you and comes to the palace far from home, and can't bear to be harsh at will.
Kindly ordered the Imperial Doctor Qian to come and see you, if it is a good birth, he will keep you, now that you have no children and are difficult to conceive, what is the use of such a frivolous thing in the palace!
Green Yi, pass on my will. Jue Jieyu is in front of her disgrace, the fox is in the back, and she is frail and sterile, she is an ominous person and cannot be served! took away Jieyu's title, was demoted to a person in the White Palace, and immediately entered the Siyuan Bureau to cultivate and work! ”
As soon as the words fell, another thunderbolt rumbled in the sky. Lu Yi walked to Zang Jiao's side and bowed his head and sneered, looking at Zang Jiao condescendingly: "Jingong people, don't thank the Queen Mother for her grace!" ”
didn't wait for Zangjiao to speak, bent down and kowtowed a few times according to Zangjiao, and ordered the red-clothed Shanggong to step forward and drag Zangjiao out of the palace to escort him to the Siyuan Bureau.
Lan Zhaoyi, who was sitting dignified in the main hall, rolled her eyes, quietly glanced at Imperial Doctor Qian, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, revealing a sly smile, which quickly turned into a decent smile.
The Queen Mother turned her head and snorted and complained to Lan Zhaoyi: "These useless foxes! You're a good boy. It is said that the daughter-in-law of the mourning family has been laughing and laughing since she was born, and she only knows nonsense.
The official family didn't succeed, and when she was the prince, she was pampered and had fun all day long, and it was still the same when she became the queen. Crazy and stupid, there is no mother's state in the world.
After many years, it was easy to raise a Yongfu and then there was no movement, and now there are seven illnesses and eight disasters. The mourning family has not enjoyed the blessings of their daughters-in-law for a day, but they bear the sin for them. ”
Lan Zhaoyi hurriedly smiled and persuaded softly: "Don't worry about the Queen Mother, the official family is taught by the Queen Mother since childhood, and even the occasional joke is also the son of the Holy Tomorrow." The queen mother has a beautiful temperament, and she is also pampered by Master Taifu in the boudoir, so she is inevitably a little squeamish. ”
The Queen Mother drooped the corners of her mouth with disdain: "The little lady is naturally pampered at home, but as a daughter-in-law, she should know how to assist her husband and be filial to Aunt Weng's friends and sisters." She is good, although the two daughters of the mourning family have found a separate house to live in, they still know that they often come back to see the mourning family.
This queen and the mourning family are in the same palace, and they came to deal with it a few times at first, but now they are simply lying in the middle palace, and the mother-in-law of the mourning family is just a decoration. ”
"You are the most noble ancestor of our Great Chu harem, the concubine is just a low position and dare not disturb the queen mother, if the queen mother does not dislike the stupidity of the concubine, the concubine is eager to accompany your old man every day." Lan Zhaoyi looked at the Queen Mother with a smile, and her pretty face was full of sincerity.
The Queen Mother nodded: "Well, if everyone is as well-behaved as you, the mourning family will not be angry." I see that you and your father are loyal and honest, this virtuous concubine and concubine concubine will inevitably have something to do with the palace affairs, if you have a heart, it is better to follow the study to assist in some affairs, and share the worries of the mourning family. ”
Lan Zhaoyi felt a burst of ecstasy in her heart, but her face was not revealing at all, and she stood up respectfully and bowed deeply to the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother Longen, although the concubine is a clumsy, if you can learn some things in the palace, you don't dare to say that you share your worries for the Queen Mother, you just do your best." ”
The Queen Mother smiled slightly, and waved her hand with satisfaction: "I'll just say that you are a middle-aged child, Green Branch, you go to pass on the will of the mourning family, and in the future, Lan Zhaoyi will cooperate with Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu to divide the palace affairs, and you should decide how to do it yourself."
After this morning, the mourning family is also tired and will not leave you, if you have time, come to talk to the mourning family, you retreat. Lan Zhaoyi respectfully accepted the order, bowed deeply to the Queen Mother, and cautiously bowed down and exited the Crane Year Palace.
The Queen Mother looked at the green branch and asked: "This Lan Zhaoyi is really a penetrating and useful person, but it is a pity that she has no heirs after entering the palace for a long time, otherwise it is not an exaggeration to be promoted to the position of concubine." ”
"The Queen Mother has a discerning eye for people, and it must be appropriate. It's just that this heir is a personal fate, Lan Zhaoyi's body is healthy and vigorous, but I am afraid that something good will gradually come to an unknown level. ”
"You are right, it's like the farmer's family has fertile soil, and everything naturally grows. It is useless to be stronger than that Jin except for a foxy face, so I took advantage of it to dismiss it today. ”
"That is, the Queen Mother is the most holy, and this kind of cooking is the best." The green branch handed over the tea and dealt with the Queen Mother's mouth. His mind had already turned to the official that Lan Zhaoyi had donated to his nephew.
The Siyuan Bureau is one of the eight bureaus in the palace, in charge of the supply of melons, vegetables, fruits and vegetables in the palace, although there are many ingredients in the palace to buy and worship the Huangzhuang, but the outside comes in after several turns and transportation, it is inevitable that there is some risk of not being fresh.
The palace has also cultivated a lot of fields next to the Siyuan Bureau, and there are rough temple people and palace maids to cultivate melons, fruits and vegetables for the nobles to enjoy at any time, and the Queen Mother likes to eat melons and citrus grown by the Siyuan Bureau.
Lu Yi took a few red-clothed Shanggong to push and shove, dragged Zangjiao to the deacon of the Siyuan Bureau to explain and understand, and left a few white eyes and walked away.
The lieutenant nodded and sent Lu Qi away, and looked back and called the blue-clothed Shanggong Qiuyun, who was in charge of the palace people of the Siyuan Bureau, and ordered Zangjiao to be taken to the rough palace people for sub-assignment and placement.
Although Qiu Yun is not very old, he has a lot of years in the palace. Born strong and plump, with a sideways face. He wore Shang Gong hair ornaments, his sideburns were scattered, and the cuffs were high and nondescript. Squinting his eyes, he looked at Zangjiao and mocked as he walked:
"I heard that you are still a Jieyu, no wonder you have such fine skin and tender meat. But it fell into the Siyuan Bureau, but it was a joke, like you, you can't resist and can't pick, I'm afraid that I will cry and look for a short time in half a month.
I can explain to you first that since he has been demoted to a palace person, he will honestly work here. If you are looking for death and crying, don't blame me for not knowing Jieyu Niangniang. ”
Zangjiao lowered her head and followed Qiu Yun silently to the lower part of the palace, only to see a row of rough houses, short and narrow, Qiu Yun took her into a low house, in which there were only four wooden couches covered with silk bamboo mats and rough coverings.
Looking at the pomegranate red silk on Zangjiao's body that was wet by the rain, Qiuyun snorted from his nose with disgust on his face, opened a wooden cabinet in the corner of the wall, took out a set of gray and white linen clothes and threw it to Zangjiao:
"Quickly change your clothes and wait here, and in a few hours someone will come back, and go to dinner with them, and the bed in that corner will be unused, and you will sleep there."
Zangjiao didn't sleep all night and had an empty stomach, her body was wet and shivering with rain, she turned her back with tears and shame, removed her red silk dress and changed into a sackcloth dress, although it was rough and prickly, she was better and cooler.
Qiuyun picked up the dress and rubbed it a few times, and said happily: "It's a top-grade palace aya, and you don't need me to keep it." It turned out that Zangjiao had lost her hair and took off her hairpin rings and bracelets when she wanted to go to bed last night, but she only left jade pendants on her ears and two gold and jade rings on her fingers.
Seeing Qiu Yun's greedy face, Zang Jiao's heart moved slightly, and she hurriedly took off the earrings and ring and handed them to Qiu Yun to plead: "If Shang Gong doesn't dislike it, take it, although I don't have anything to do at this time, there are still a few sisters in the palace."
I begged Shang Gong to send a message to Mo Cairen of Hanzhu Palace or Fang Wanyi of Zhiting Palace for me, saying that I was sent here. If Shang Gong goes to deliver the message, Mo Cairen will definitely have money to thank him. ”
Qiu Yun's eyes were greedy, and he grabbed the earrings and rings and looked at them non-stop, while sneering: "Jieyu Niangniang is afraid that she still thinks she is in the inner garden, and she doesn't look at what kind of place this is." Don't say that it is difficult to enter the second gate of the inner garden to spread the word in the noble palace.
I advise Niangniang to work here honestly, don't think about anything else, if you are lazy and lazy, you will look good! With that, he grabbed the ornament in his hand with a happy face and turned away.