Chapter Eighty-Eight: Self-Knowledge

Fu Qizheng and Fu Qishu returned to the Wende Palace, and as soon as they sat down, Concubine Zhen looked back at Fu Qizheng, the two looked at each other and smiled, Concubine Zhen bowed slightly, got up and walked to the hall, and owed slightly: "Queen Mother, Emperor, the concubine is tired, so she will retire first." ”

"Concubine Zhen is tired, go back and rest first, her body is important." The Queen Mother said kindly.

Concubine Zhen took Qiu Xi out of the Wende Palace, and Fu Qizheng also stepped forward to salute and retreat, and she hurriedly caught up with Concubine Zhen without going far.

Concubine Zhen stroked her lower abdomen, smiled brightly, and asked softly, "How about going to Jiangnan?" ”

"As the mother can see, everything is the same." Fu Qizheng kept his eyes calm and helped Concubine Zhen to walk slowly.

"I've heard a little about the things on the road, in the end, it's all about making people, I heard that you brought back a woman from Jiangnan to stay with you?" Concubine Zhen looked at Fu Qizheng with interest.

Fu Qizheng nodded: "This girl is talented and talented, and she is entrusted by her cousin, so it is not difficult to think about it, so I agreed." ”

"I heard that you also asked the queen to write an edict?" Concubine Zhen was surprised.

Fu Qizheng smiled lonely: "The queen mother is afraid that she hates me very much now." ”

"See Concubine Zhen Niangniang and Aya Ronghua." Xia Luan Xi walked over with a few palace maids, and owed a debt casually, looking a little arrogant.

"Congratulations to Xia Chongyi." Fu Qizheng said with a smile.

Xia Luan straightened up, looked at Fu Qizheng and smiled: "Entrust the concubine Hongfu, and repay the concubine in the future." ”

Fu Qizheng turned his eyes and smiled, and said slowly: "Don't thank you for your great kindness, it's up to Xia Chongyi." After speaking, he helped Concubine Zhen to continue walking, no longer paying attention to Xia Luan's regrets.

After walking a few steps, Concubine Zhen stopped, looked back sideways at Xia Luanxi's back as she walked away, and said, "In such a situation, you have to be more careful in the future." ”

"I'm not afraid of the queen, not to mention that she is just a palace maid, what if she becomes a female official of Chongyi, what grievances and grievances, there will be a day when you will be able to see it."

Fu Qizheng's words were extremely cold, which made Concubine Zhen faintly surprised, and said with a slight smile: "It's not too early, the palace will go back to the palace first, work all the way, rest early, change to the Japanese palace and go to your place to see the talented girl in the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Back in Zhaoxuan Palace, Fu Qizheng thought about it and didn't know how to start looking for Chen Xihan, the huge palace, countless women, like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Qingchu made the bed, turned around and saw that Fu Qizheng had been pondering in front of the window for a long time, but he was still at a loss, so he said: "The master has been standing in front of the window for a while, let's rest early." ”

Fu Qizheng didn't come up with a good way for a while, so he could only take one step at a time, and asked Qingchu: "Qingchu, have you ever seen any palace maid in this palace who is similar to Shu Jieyu, even if it's just a few points." ”

Qingchu thought for a while, frowned, and said: "Master, there are too many women in this palace, and the slave maid can't remember who looks like Shu Jieyu, maybe she has never paid attention to it." ”

"From tomorrow onwards, every woman you and Liu Yi and they see attentively, if you find someone who is slightly older with similar eyebrows and eyes to Shu Jieyu, you must quietly write it down, and don't let anyone notice anything wrong, and come back and tell this concubine." Fu Qizheng commanded.

"Yes." Qing Chu answered.

Although he was full of worries, he slept peacefully all night, thinking that it was because of the sachet made by Xirui, and he was really useful, Fu Qizheng sent someone to reward Xirui with some jewelry in return.

Back to the palace for a few days, Jingyi Palace gate people come and go endlessly, Luomei Tai is very lively, Zhaoxuan Palace is full of birds, only He Youzhu came to visit Fu Qizheng on the second day of returning to the palace, and made an appointment to go to the imperial garden to enjoy the lotus today. Youzhu is now also promoted to Ronghua because of the meritorious service of King Zhennan in quelling a rebellion, Fu Qizheng is very envious that she can be so indifferent in the palace, without desire and desire.

The two walked by the pond, and He Youzhu asked, "Have you been to see Wenyue recently?" ”

Fu Qizheng shook his head lightly and said with a wry smile: "Luomeitai has been running out of places lately. ”

As he spoke, he heard a voice in front of him: "We have time to go out for a walk, we have been with Lan Ronghua for the past few days, and I don't know if Lan Ronghua can miss our sisters?" Yang said, strolling along the pond with Zhou.

"Lan Ronghua has always only had that sister in Zhaoxuan Hall in her eyes, how can she accept us, we are just to please her, so that she can mention us in front of the emperor." Cai Nu Zhou said.

Yang Shi stopped his steps, covered his mouth and smiled: "Alas, you still expect this, look at that Aya Ronghua, and Lan Ronghua have a deep sisterhood, as a result, Lan Ronghua is still a saint and has an imperial heir, and that Fu Qizheng has an empty position, I heard that the emperor has never even touched a trace of her hair." ”

Fu Qizheng, who was not far away, heard this, his face suddenly became extremely ugly, and he took advantage of the two of them to steal and laugh, took off the bracelet on his wrist and threw it into the pond, which alarmed the two. ”

Fu Qizheng said coldly: "The so-called one stone stirs up a thousand waves, but even this exquisite bracelet only sets off such a little wave, how can it be said that there are thousands of layers." ”

"Such a valuable bracelet, the concubine should be careful." Zhou Cainu said with a smile.

Fu Qizheng walked in front of the two, turned his eyes to look at the calm lake, the corners of his lips raised slightly, and said softly: "No matter how precious it is, it shocks this good lake, hinders the eyes of this concubine, and the concubine will let it stay under the water forever, and there will be no day to turn over, even if it is a pair, the concubine can drown together." His tone grew heavier, glancing at the two of them.

Zhou and Yang lost their smiles when they heard this, and looked at each other, and Zhou said in a daze: "The concubine is laughing, the concubine and Sister Yang are going to visit Lan Ronghua, so they won't laugh with the concubine." After saying that, he left in a hurry.

After the two left, Fu Qizheng's eyes were blank, stunned, uneasy, He Youzhu saw this and came over and called: "Qizheng." ”

Fu Qizheng came back to his senses at this time, glanced at his pure wrist, and threw it cleanly.

"It's okay." He Youzhu said with concern.

Fu Qizheng turned around and smiled indifferently: "It's okay." ”

He Youzhu sighed and said: "There is a lot of gossip in the palace now, but it is difficult for you." ”

"Let's go and see Wen Yue together, these two often linger in Meitai, I really don't know if we don't go to see what Wen Yue and I will be provoked by them." Fu Qizheng said helplessly.

Before entering Luomeitai, he saw Tang Luofeng calling a few eunuchs and palace maids to clean up in front of the palace, and when he saw Fu Qizheng and He Youzhu, he stopped what he was doing and came over to salute: "The slave has seen the two concubines. ”

Fu Qizheng looked around, everything outside the hall was very properly cleaned up, spotless, retracted his gaze and looked at Tang Luofeng, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Tang is really a busy man, this concubine has never seen her father-in-law since she returned to the palace, it turns out that she is here to do it." ”

"The concubine master laughed, what did the concubine master order, the slave did not hesitate." Tang Luofeng arched his hand.

"How dare you bother your father-in-law, my concubine will come to see Lan Ronghua, and my father-in-law will continue." After speaking, he and Youzhu entered the Luomei Terrace.

Yang and Zhou were talking to Wen Yue inside, and when they saw Fu Qizheng coming in, they were silently restrained, got up and bowed their heads and stood aside.

Wen Yue hurriedly greeted her: "I haven't seen the two sisters for a long time, I wanted to visit the two sisters, but recently, the sisters in the palace came to the door one after another, and I couldn't pull away for a while." ”

The two walked to the hall and sat down, He Youzhu smiled and said, "My sister is still resting, let's come." ”

Fu Qizheng glanced at the two people beside him, raised his lips and said, "There are two little masters to accompany Lan Ronghua." ”

"Where is the concubine master, since the two concubines are here, then we won't disturb the concubines to catch up." The two hurriedly retreated.

"How scared they are." Wen Yue was puzzled.

Fu Qizheng looked at the backs of the two of them leaving, and smiled: "I think I was drying it outside." ”

Wen Yue was even more puzzled, and He Youzhu hurriedly said: How is your body lately? ”

Wen Yue smiled lightly: "How can it be bad to make up every day." Very satisfied.

Fu Qizheng glanced at the palace maids waiting in this hall and said, "Look at you, there seem to be more faces in this hall."

Wen Yue immediately said: "A few days ago, the emperor asked the inner government to assign a few palace maids to come over, but it made my room seem crowded. ”

In the blink of an eye, at the end of summer, Qingchu and Liu Yi always went in and out of the harem for various reasons, and saw many palace maids, none of whom were the people Fu Qizheng was looking for.

Fu Qizheng sat in the hall embroidering for recreation, Qingchu stood aside, and sighed: "Master, it is too difficult for the slave and Liu Yiyufei to find it like this." ”

Fu Qizheng stopped threading the needle, how could she not know that it would be futile to look for it so aimlessly, but she had no clue for a while, but she didn't dare to stop, so she had to let Qingchu and Liu Yi continue to go out to try their luck.

"Master, Concubine Zhen is here." Yufei came in and said.

Fu Qizheng put down the embroidery bandage, thinking that maybe it was time to inform Concubine Zhen about this, maybe there was another way.

Concubine Zhen sat down, looked around, and said curiously: "Why is it just this one servant, what about them at the beginning of Qingchu?" ”

Fu Qizheng looked worried: "I was about to talk to my mother."

"What's wrong?" Concubine Zhen asked.

Fu Qizheng informed Concubine Zhen of the truth, and Concubine Zhen thought about it, but she was helpless for a while: "With these alone, if you want to find her, I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult." ”

"If Chen Xiying preempts it, it can be ......," Fu Qizheng said worriedly.

Concubine Zhen didn't seem to be worried: "We can't find it, we don't necessarily have any good ways for Chen Xiying, the next time you meet with Qishu, you can ask again, if there are any other clues, when will you find it like this." ”

Fu Qizheng nodded helplessly.

Yufei served the tea, Concubine Zhen picked up the teacup, and said with a smile: "This tea is also fresh, last time you sent someone to send it, as soon as you drank it, you will know that it is different from other teas, and it has a unique flavor." After speaking, he took a sip and asked again, "What about the maid you brought back from Jiangnan?" ”

"I told her to stay in the room without having to come out and serve." Fu Qizheng said.

"You pity her, call this palace to take a look."

Fu Qizheng instructed Yufei to summon Qiao Yanyi, and then looked at Concubine Zhen and said, "It won't be long before Niangniang will be a mother." ”

Concubine Zhen looked at her belly that was already bulging high, and said with a smile: "Yes......" Concubine Zhen leaned back on the couch before she could speak, her brows suddenly frowned, and her expression became extremely painful.

The sudden formation really frightened Fu Qizheng, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Niangniang?" ”

"It hurts...... Belly...... Even...... is going to give birth" Concubine Zhen was in pain, and she was already sweating like rain.