Chapter 11: The Queen Mother summons
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Liu Rong never thought that she could be summoned by the Queen Mother so quickly, in her previous life, she was actually summoned at the age of sixteen. And that time, she was recruited as Jingyou's guide palace maid. The palace clearly stipulates that before the emperor's wedding, eight palace maids who are slightly older and have good looks will be selected by the palace for the emperor.
These eight palace maids all have reputations, and since then they have become women with status in the palace, and taking a fortune every month is equivalent to a step to the sky. The titles of these eight palace maids are generally crowned with the titles of the four female palace officials, namely the master of ceremonies, the master of ceremonies, the secretary of the bed, and the secretary of the account. The purpose of this kind of regulation in the palace is to enable the emperor to gain some experience in sexual affairs between men and women before marriage, so that he will not be embarrassed and panicked in life with the empress, and can be calm and unhurried.
And now, I am only seven years old, I haven't been in the palace for half a year, and I have not been assigned a job before I was recruited by the Queen Mother, what kind of rhythm is this? But after thinking about it, she still honestly followed the female official who came to call into the main hall in front of Cining Palace, obediently bowed, and then knelt in place and waited for the master to call up. But I'm still thinking in my head, don't you make a jade pendant for Jingyou the day before, and the old lady sees it, right?
"What a well-behaved girl, Mei Niang, you taught well." A loving voice sounded from above.
But Liu Rong still didn't dare to look up, she knew that this old lady was not easy to mess with at all.
In her last life, she felt depressed at the beginning of entering the palace, and it was more or less because she was assigned to Cining Palace.
The relationship between the old lady and today, that is, Jingyou's father, is very tense, so nervous that they don't want to hide it, otherwise how would she know when she was young and depressed.
Jingyou's father, according to Liu Rong's later summary, did not grow up. He has only one life, and if the old lady supports it, I will oppose it; What my mother hates, I like it, I like it so much that everyone in the world knows it, and Lao Tzu just likes it.
So now the relationship between Qianqing Palace and Cining Palace is extremely tense, even if Liu Rong doesn't want to enter the palace, but if he enters, he doesn't want to be cannon fodder. Who would have thought that the old queen mother would live to survive the present day that has not grown up?
So that day, when she saw the typhoid herbs in the hands of the old lady, she smiled, she remembered very clearly, at this time, the only people in the palace who had typhoid fever were the third prince and the current favorite concubine.
The rules of the palace, the safety of the emperor, the queen, and the queen mother are above all else, so as soon as the three princes fell ill, they were sent out of the palace to recuperate. And that one is hidden from the present. She laughed and laughed, can she really hide it? Why did the old lady help hide it? And why do these herbs appear in the Cining Palace, which is one floor apart?
Thinking about the day she bumped into Jingyou for the first time in the palace, looking at the direction, he should have come from Qianqing Palace, and then he was in a bad mood, got rid of the servants, and wanted to find a place to stay for a while, but he bumped into himself by mistake.
If Jingyou had already returned at that time, then that favorite concubine would not have many days left. And at this time, she saw the herbs for typhoid fever, what does this mean? Everything was clear, the old lady had known that he was sick, but she didn't say anything. So the old lady is the real strong person, strong for a lifetime.
At this time, how dare she shake her wit in front of this old lady, put away all her disguises, and honestly show that it is best for a palace maid to have quality.
"This is here with the ancestors, and it is very skinny at home." Aunt Mei's crisp voice came, which was different from what Liu Rong heard on weekdays, showing that she was also a favored person in the old lady's place, so she was also a little coquettish. But this kind of coquettishness has obvious implications, that is, to please the old lady, not to really feel that the old lady loves her.
"You, the mourning family still thinks you're spoiled, this is still a little nerd. Now that you are sensible, you have taught everything you need to teach. The old lady's voice was not as loving as it had just been, but it was much softer. Gentleness does not mean displeasure, and the apparent kindness just now is sometimes a trap of malice.
Sure enough, in the palace, they are all cattle. Liu Rong thought about it, and sweated for himself in the previous life. Thinking about it, I am even more grateful to Aunt Mei, if it weren't for her, how could I get mixed up in the palace.
"Get up, look up and let the mourning family see." The old lady finally called, and her voice was still the same as before, gentle and flat. But this tone of voice has already made Liu Rong's heart full of gratitude.
Xiao Liu Rong got up obediently, made another curtsy, and then slowly raised his head. A woman in her mid-forties sat on the top of the Arhat bed, with a black long-haired cat coiled over her lap. The cat glanced at Liu Rong sharply, and Liu Rong couldn't help tilting his head and looking at the cat. I can't even care about the Queen Mother.
But also, the Queen Mother she has seen, ten years later, what will she be like at that time? She thought about it, and she couldn't remember it a little. At that time, she did not dare to look the old lady in the eyes. Now even if she is in the palace for a lifetime, she still doesn't dare to look at the old lady, preferring to look at the black cat.
"Alas, what a nerd, look, I have a crush on your cat again." Aunt Mei stroked her palms and smiled. But Liu Rong understood that Aunt Mei was reminding herself not to get distracted, she hurriedly tightened her mind, and lowered her head a little embarrassed.
"It's called Duofu, don't look at it as a bit fierce, but it generally doesn't arrest people." The old lady chuckled and gently stroked the long hair on Duofu's body.
Liu Rong wanted to laugh again, but he didn't dare in front of the old lady, so he could only raise his head slightly and pretend to listen to the old lady seriously. But the eyes are still staring at the cat, the cat's eyes are not so sharp, obviously I can't be scared, I am too lazy to hold it, so I lie back directly, yawn, and show my lazy nature.
The old lady was also observing Liu Rong, and when ordinary people saw Duofu, they instinctively felt disgust or fear. The pure black cat was considered evil in the court. Even his own son was disgusted with Dofu.
And this little girl, there is no disgust, no fear, just doubt. She tilted her head so that she could be at eye level with Dofu, was she really so calm? However, looking at those big, pure eyes, are you too careful?
"Do you like Tofu?" She asked softly, noticing that there was only doubt in her eyes, nothing more.
"If the slave returns to the Queen Mother, can the slave say that he doesn't like it?" Liu Rong struggled for a while, and she finally decided to tell the truth.
"Why?" The Queen Mother smiled, stopped Aunt Mei on the side, and asked softly.
"The color is not pretty, if it is white, it must be more beautiful." Liu Rong looked left and right, frowned and said. There's no way, she's Yan Kong, and the palace maids around her in her last life all picked the color well. At one time, it was misunderstood, thinking that she wanted to use a beautiful palace maid to win Jingyou's attention, and finally everyone knew about her problem. In the future, anyway, send someone to her palace, even if it is a eunuch who sweeps the floor, it is more correct than other families. It saves her from looking unpleasant, so she has to pick a good-looking cat to raise. This black cat is really not her cup of tea.
PS: I just finished watching "Tomorrowland", and I feel very, very ordinary. Well, if it had been shown 20 years ago, it would have been a good movie.