Chapter Twenty-Eight: Peril
"The master went to ask the queen mother for peace today, and it is estimated that the emperor is also there, and the slave and maid must dress up for the master, so that the emperor's eyes will shine." Qing Chu smiled, holding a jade comb and gently combing the hair of Qi Zheng.
Qizheng sat in front of the bronze mirror, looking at the mirror without applying powder, and said slightly: "Although this concubine is a palace concubine, it is not easy to enter this Jingyi Palace, how can she dare to ask for the emperor's favor, and now it is so quiet, why not?" ”
After a little powder, Forget Xue approached with the teacup and slowly left the teacup aside: "The master's words are wrong, since the slaves and maids have followed the master, they naturally hope that the master can fly on the branches, since the master has entered the palace, he has to fight for himself, God knows if the emperor will favor the master, always give it a try." ”
Qi Zheng raised his hand slightly and stroked his side hair, picked up the teacup and took a sip, before he said lightly: "Fortune and misfortune have their own heaven, instead of looking forward to the holy favor every day, it is better to put down your heart and live the days in front of you, okay, dress up quickly, don't miss the time." ”
Qingchu bowed slightly: "Yes, it's almost ready, the beads and flowers are all ready, which hairpin does the master want to bring." "The master might as well wear that gold and jade embellished with snow, plain and elegant." Forget Xue leaned over to clean up the bed and turned back to say.
Qizheng nodded slightly: "Just follow what Forget Xue said." ”
Qing Chu answered, turned around and walked to the cabinet, opened the cabinet and took out the hairpin in the brocade box.
"Slaves deserve to die." Qing Chu hurriedly gathered her skirt and knelt down.
Qi Zheng got up, walked to the cabinet, leaned over and picked up the brocade handkerchief, held it in his hand, thinking that Aunt Nian had said that this thing could not be seen again, and sighed slightly in his heart, "It seems that the cabinet can't be hidden, and I can't imagine that General Qi's kindness has now become a big problem for me." He looked at Qing Chu who was kneeling on the ground again: "Get up, it's just a handkerchief, it doesn't have to be like this." Then he walked back to the bronze mirror and sat down.
Qing Chu stood up and lowered his eyebrows: "Thank you for not blaming the master." Walked behind Qizheng, inserted the hairpin into Qizheng's bun, and said lightly: "Master, it's already done." ”
Qizheng looked at the bronze mirror, took pictures left and right, and then slowly got up and straightened the shawl: "Okay, let's go, Qingchu, you stay in Zhaoxuan Palace." ”
"Yes." Qing Chu nodded in response.
Qi Zheng led Wangxue out of the palace gate, walked to the palace gate, and was about to raise his feet to step out of the palace gate, when he heard Wen Yue's voice behind him.
"Yan'er, will this concubine be compared to other new palace concubines?"
Yan'er, the palace maid who followed behind, said with a smile: "The master is naturally beautiful, and any outfit worthy of the master is good-looking, which can be compared to those pretentious daughters." ”
Qi Zheng stopped his steps, slowly turned to look, Wen Yue was really bright, fair complexion, eyes were just like water, red lips were lightly raised, smile like a flower, a blue palace skirt in autumn water, and the white orchid step on the bun was like the finishing touch.
Wen Yue looked at her clothes with heavy eyes, suddenly looked up and saw Qi Zheng standing in front, and greeted her with a smile: "Sister." ”
Qizheng turned around, bowed her head slightly, waited for Wen Yue to approach, looked at her with a smile, stretched out her hand to correct the step on her head, and looked her up and down: "It can be seen that Yue'er took a lot of thought to start today." ”
"Sister, I just wanted to send someone to inform you, let's go together, but this girl tried her best to dress up for my concubine, and after a while, I thought that my sister was gone." Wen Yue took Qizheng's hand and smiled.
Qingchu walked to Qizheng and Wen Yue's side and owed: "Two masters, it's not too early, it's time to go to the Queen Mother." ”
Wen Yue nodded, took Qizheng's hand and went out of the palace, the scene at this time reminded Qizheng of the days of the first palace, Wen Yue also pulled herself, at this time Qizheng believes that even though this is a place to render people's hearts, the sisterhood between herself and Wen Yue will never change. The two walked to Ciye Palace, stepped into the palace gate, walked to the open space in front of the main hall and stood still, the door of the main hall was tightly covered, Qizheng and Wenyue stood there and waited quietly, and suddenly felt a few cold eyes shooting, Qizheng looked at it in a blink of an eye, and Tong Shujin and Wang Xi, who were standing not far in front, were staring at Wenyue beside them. Chen Xiying stood beside Shujin, gently pulled Shujin's sleeve, and shook his head at her, and Shujin withdrew his eyes from Wenyue and looked ahead. Qizheng turned her eyes to look at the other side, there was still a person standing in front of her, she slowly turned her head, and saw Qizheng and Wenyue, slightly scowling.
Qizheng pulled Wen Yue to her side, and owed slightly: "The noble person has been doing well lately." ”
Youzhu hurriedly held Qizheng: "Qizheng, do you still need to be so polite to me, I am not used to being called by nobles, so let's call me Youzhu." ”
Qizheng smiled: "Okay, don't hide it from Youzhu, I have always missed the days of the first palace, and now I have grades and dignity, but I am not used to it." ”
Youzhu lowered his eyes and said helplessly: "In the past few days of staying in the Agarwood Palace, although it is a little deserted, it is also quiet, and I stay in the palace alone to read books, and the days will be passed." ”
"Yuzhu, didn't you visit the other concubines in the same palace?" Qi Zheng said curiously.
Youzhu shook his head lightly: "I also know that we have just entered the palace, and we should take the initiative to visit the other concubines, but the main seat of Gyeongbokgung Palace is Yin Guifei, Yin Guifei's temperament has been seen by us that night, if something goes wrong, it will be difficult to say, I would rather stay in my own dormitory, less contact with the outside world, and Mingzhe can still protect himself." ”
The door of Ciye Palace slowly opened, and a eunuch walked out: "The Queen Mother has a decree to announce the audience of all the concubines." ”
Everyone was busy standing up, the lotus step moved lightly, walked to the main hall, climbed the steps, Qi Zheng raised his eyes slightly and skimmed the hall, the queen mother sat on the couch in front of the hall, glanced at the palace concubine who slowly entered, Yin Guifei, Hua Guifei sat on the chairs on both sides of the hall, Hui Fei sat next to the queen mother, calm, as if displeased, the queen mother turned her eyes to look at Hui Fei, whispered a few words to it, Hui Fei nodded lightly, only then raised her eyes and looked outside the hall.
When he walked to the middle of the hall, Qi Zheng sank his head, followed everyone Yingying, and said: "The concubine respectfully invites the Queen Mother Wanfu Jin'an."
The Queen Mother raised her right hand lightly: "Excuse me, sit down." ”
"Empress Dowager Xie." The people slowly got up and sat down on both sides of the hall.
"Serve tea to the concubines." The Queen Mother looked at the palace people beside her and said lightly.
"Yes." A very familiar voice responded, hurriedly raised his head, Luan Xi walked in front of Qi Zheng with calm eyes, Qi Zheng turned his eyes to look at the people beside him, most of them looked at the back of Luan Xi gradually moving away, and whispered, Obviously, there is only Qi Zheng who knows.
Concubine Hui glared at everyone angrily, raised her hand and slapped the table hard, and said sharply: "Since you are palace concubines, how can you be so ignorant of the rules, how can you be allowed to steal and mutter, is it possible that the head of the Chu Hui Palace has not taught you the rules of this palace." ”
The hall suddenly became silent, and everyone lowered their heads with bated breath. A baby's cry broke the condensation atmosphere, Qizheng raised her eyes and looked at it, and the palace maid standing behind Yin Guifei was holding a swaddling cloth in her hand, shaking it slightly, and patting it gently. The crying became louder, Yin Guifei hurriedly stood up and took the swaddling baby, held it in her arms, patted her hand gently, and looked at the baby in the swaddling clothes with concern.
"Okay, Mi'er, I'm scared of the little prince, they just entered the palace, see that everything in this palace is fresh, let them talk and sit down." The Queen Mother patted Concubine Hui's hand, Concubine Hui sat down, and then raised her eyes to look at Concubine Yin: "Sister Concubine, the prince is fine." ”
The baby stopped crying, Yin Guifei handed over the swaddling clothes to the palace maid behind her, looked at Concubine Hui and smiled: "Sister Concubine Hui doesn't have to worry, Yu'er is fine, my sister is doing right, they don't understand the rules so much, this palace just wanted to open her mouth to reprimand, but it is too **, everything is up to the Queen Mother." With that, he glanced at the crowd.
"Yes, Sister Concubine Hui doesn't have to worry, how can the eldest son of our Daning Dynasty be frightened by the movement of slapping the table, and he will face this sound in the future, if he is frightened like this, how can he ...... in the future." Concubine Hua raised the corners of her lips, paused, and looked at Concubine Yin sideways.
Yin Guifei glanced at Hua Guifei, almost wanted to return the mouth, and slowly sat down without saying a word, considering the presence of the Queen Mother.
Luan Xi brought the fragrant tea, put it on the table next to everyone one by one, and kept his head calm and didn't dare to look at the people who were already familiar with each other sitting on the chair, and after serving tea, he retreated to the queen mother to wait, still calm.
"How can the emperor still have the future?" The Queen Mother looked at the eunuch beside her and said lightly.
The eunuch arched his hand: "Back to the Queen Mother, the emperor should not have gone down to the early court yet." ”
The Queen Mother turned her head and glanced at both sides of the hall, her eyes fell on Youzhu, and asked with a smile: "Youzhu, is your father okay?" ”
Youzhu didn't expect the Queen Mother to ask her back, and hurriedly replied with low eyebrows: "Back to the Queen Mother, thanks to the Queen Mother Hongfu, my father's body is quite strong." ”
The Queen Mother nodded lightly: "That's good, the King of Zhennan has worked hard for the Ning Dynasty for many years, and the Mourning family accompanied the first emperor to the Zhennan Palace, and the Mourning family only saw his brother, and now Lin Song should not be small, he can help the King of Zhennan take care of the frontier affairs, and your father should also enjoy the blessings." ”
"My father said that now that the world is peaceful, my brother has not been tempered on the battlefield, and he is not very relieved to hand over the frontier affairs to him." Yuzhu said.
"Emperor-up-on-drive-to," a voice outside the hall shouted.
Everyone hurriedly stood up and blessed themselves towards the temple gate.
"Get up." The voice came, slightly displeased.
Qizheng slowly got up and sat down, picked up the tea cup on the table, raised his eyes and saw Emperor Yuan holding a folding fan and shaking it gently, and walked into the hall with a solemn expression, and walked to the front of the hall: "The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye." ”
The Queen Mother noticed Emperor Yuan's strangeness, frowned and said: "Excuse me, what's wrong with the emperor, is he too worried about the affairs of the court." ”
Emperor Yuan clenched the fan bone with his right hand and folded the fan, and hit the table with a 'snap': "Sooner or later, I will take off the official hats of the two sons-in-law." ”
Everyone was suddenly startled, Qizheng was stunned with the teacup, and he didn't put it down for a long time, "What the emperor said, is it?" ”
"What the emperor said is Prime Minister Qin Zheng and scholars." The Queen Mother asked in a blink of an eye.
"Didn't the queen mother ask knowingly, I and the other ministers repeatedly discussed the matter that had been decided a long time ago, and they even joined together to oppose it to this day." Emperor Yuan said angrily.
Qi Zheng's face suddenly turned pale, his hands trembled, the tea cup slipped off his fingertips, fell to the ground, shattered, the tea splashed everywhere, and the sound alarmed everyone in the hall, and their eyes brushed together......