Chapter 214: Summer Solstice
"That's not true, but the concubine, in the past two days, I feel that my father's attitude towards Xie Wen seems to have softened, so I hurriedly came to ask you, has Concubine Xian made any moves in the past two days?"
Emperor Zhou Hui's tolerance for Xie Wen made Xie Yan frightened, and in addition to being frightened, he also had more resentment towards Xie Wen. If it weren't for Xie Yan's fall, how could Xie Wen be promoted to Emperor Zhou Huidi's candidate for the prince, which was almost the only choice? Xie Yan was really eager to eat Xie Wen at this time.
"So fast?" And Concubine De was also shocked when she heard this, "But in the harem in the past two days, your father has never even stepped into the door of the palace, even if that woman has great ability, she can't see your father, and she can't open it." Concubine De frowned, a little puzzled, during this time, although Emperor Zhou Hui did not stay in the Yuanyang Palace, but under her eyes, she knew that Emperor Zhou Hui had never been to the palace.
"Mother, you are confused, even if she can't see her father, but what about the concubines she sent to her father's side?" Xie Yan thought for a while, and then suddenly said to Concubine De.
"Yes, what about those women, so it seems that the woman Concubine Xian really doesn't need to see the saint in person, and she can also influence the meaning of the saint." After Xie Yan finished speaking, Concubine De suddenly sneered, "Hmph, but if she sends a young woman to the Holy Lord, won't this palace be?" Yan'er, tomorrow you will release a few of the beauties I ordered you to collect earlier to the Inner Servant Bureau, and I will transfer them all to the Yuanyang Palace in two days. ”
"Yes. Mother. Xie Yan smiled, especially when he thought of a few of the beauties he had ordered his subordinates to collect, it was not a general gesture. In this huge palace city, there are few people who can stand out, at least among the women who are dedicated to Emperor Zhou Hui by Concubine Xian, no one can compare, and Xie Yan's smile is even bigger.
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The darkness passed, the dawn came, and the Chu Palace's mansion gradually became lively under the morning light, but in the noise of the servants coming and going. There are a few places that have been very quiet, such as the empty mountain residence, such as Mingxiao Courtyard, and also such as Bowei Houyun.
"Hasn't the princess woken up yet?" In the clouds behind Bowei, Wu Lin outside the house was asking Chu Dai in a whisper.
Last night. Xu Youshan ran to the empty mountain residence alone to wait for Xie Jing, and only Gu's mother knew about it in the clouds after Bowei, which made it later when Xie Jing came back with Xu Youshan in his arms, Wu Lin and the others found out that she was not in the room. What a shock. Wu Lin and Liu's mother were even more secretly annoyed by their negligence, and even Chu Dai and Yue Dai were reprimanded a lot by Wu Lin, so now Wu Lin will come to the room to take a look after a while.
"I haven't woken up yet, since there was some movement in the house at the time, and then even when the princess left, the princess was still asleep." Chu Dai shook his head and said to Wu Lin.
"Well, I guess the princess slept very late last night. And when the prince left just now, didn't he also order us not to quarrel with the princess. Then let the princess sleep a little longer. Wu Lin entered the room, and after covering Xu Youshan with the quilt that he kicked open, he whispered a few words to Chu Dai before exiting the room.
But just as Wu Lin's family had just exited the room, Mother Liu came over, and said to Wu Lin's with a slight frown: "Mother Wu, just now Ramie Zhai sent someone to say that Concubine Leng woke up, and Mama Zhao also rushed over just now, do we need to wake up the princess?" "Leng Xinyun is poisoned by the red cloud grass, but the toxicity is not deep or shallow, just right to keep people from dying, but it is not unharmed, Leng Xinyun has been in a coma for a long time, if it weren't for Mo Ru's superb medical skills, it is estimated that Leng Xinyun would still be offended.
"No need." Wu Lin pondered for a long time and said: "Before leaving in the morning, the prince instructed us that no matter what happened, there was no need to disturb the princess, and since Mama Zhao had already passed, the princess did not have to rush to go." ”
"Well, that's right, then in this case, we still sent someone back to say that the princess is unwell, and the princess also ordered the princess to recuperate." Mother Liu also agreed with Wu Lin's words, so at this time, the two of them summed up, and it was best to decide that it was better to use Xie Jing's words as a shield, and there was no need to disturb Xu Youshan. So after a while, Liu's mother sent a mother-in-law to Ramie Zhai to spread the word.
Ramie
"That's what they said?" In Leng Xinyun's room, Mama Zhao sat on the first seat in the outer lobby, and asked Yaoyi with an uncertain expression: "You sent someone to Bowei and Yunli said that Concubine Leng had woken up, but they only said that the princess was unwell, so she didn't come?" Mama Zhao's face couldn't tell whether she was happy or angry in the eyes of others, but in Yaoyi's eyes, it was not like that.
Therefore, Yaoyi bowed her body more and more at this time, making herself more and more humble, and replied, "Yes, Mama Zhao." ”
"Hmph, that's really unfortunate, catching up with the princess who is not feeling well at this time." After Mama Zhao finished speaking, a smile actually appeared on her face, which made Yaoyi's body even colder, and she hurriedly lowered her eyes to prevent herself from meeting Mama Zhao's gaze, because she knew that whenever Mama Zhao showed this kind of smile, it meant that her old man was unhappy.
"Mama Zhao, don't be angry, I think the princess is really unwell, although the time is a bit coincidental, but the illness is also impermanent." At this time, a weak voice came from the inner room, so weak that it seemed that he would not even have the strength to speak at any time, and this was exactly what Leng Xinyun said after hearing the conversation between Mama Zhao and Yaoyi outside.
"Don't worry about these anymore if the side concubine is not in good health, you have to recuperate well, this time it's really pitiful, otherwise you almost fell into the hands of the gangsters." Mama Zhao took Yaoyi's hand and walked into the inner room, sat down next to Leng Xinyun, and said with a very friendly expression, as if the relationship with Leng Xinyun was so close, but God knows, in fact, Mama Zhao has never seen Leng Xinyun with her eyes.
As for the sentence in the second half of Mama Zhao's words, after it came out of Mama Zhao's mouth, it really seemed that she cherished Leng Xinyun very much, and she also shaped Leng Xinyun into a loyal and good person who was mutilated by bad people in an instant. But that's magical. After listening to Mama Zhao's words, Leng Xinyun actually weakly took out a brocade and pressed the corner of his eye, and then said pitifully: "I don't know that I am in this palace." It's scary who hates me so much that they hate me to poison me. ”
"Yes, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and people who usually look gentle and amiable can't say that they have a human face and a beast's heart in their bones, and the side concubine can't be careless. This time, it's really pitiful to see that I can come back from the ghost gate. Mama Zhao comforted Leng Xinyun, but her words seemed to mean something. In addition, Mama Zhao's expression is always incomprehensible, which makes Leng Xinyun's heart tighten slightly.
"What Mama Zhao said is that Xinyun has written it down, and she will definitely be careful next time." But Leng Xinyun and Mama Zhao are not dealing with it for a day or two. She won't lose her composure on the surface. So between Mama Zhao and Leng Xinyun. In the eyes of outsiders, it seems to be very warm and intimate, and Mama Zhao has changed her previous attitude towards Leng Xinyun this time, but she left after staying in Ramie for a long time and comforting Leng Xinyun.
"Are you gone?" The pale face that was still full of smiles in the last second became cold in an instant, and asked coldly to Jinmeng, who had just come back from outside.
"Let's go, Mama Zhao has already left Ramie Zhai." Jin Meng didn't dare to delay. Hurriedly bowed his head and walked to Leng Xinyun's side, bowed down and replied. And in Jinmeng's lowered eyes. At this time, she had a look of fear, but now because she lowered her head, others couldn't see it, and Leng Xinyun couldn't see it either, even the closest people around her were actually so afraid of her.
"Well, then what I asked you to inquire about, how did the inquiry go?" Leng Xinyun's poisoning this time is true, although this poison is also caused by herself, but in order to achieve the effect, Leng Xinyun is not soft on herself at all, so now Leng Xinyun's body is indeed very weak. No matter how weak she was, she couldn't stop her from hearing that Wang Nishang had just woken up and heard that Wang Nishang was grounded by Xie Jing and Luohuaxuan was thinking about it behind closed doors.
"Replying to your words, I can't find out anything at all, the news that Concubine Wang was grounded only came out this morning, saying that last night in Luohuaxuan, Concubine Wang made a disrespectful remark against the prince, so the prince let Concubine Wang think about it behind closed doors. But although the news only came out this morning, when our people rushed to Luohuaxuan, they saw that it was there early and there was a woman in the empty mountain house guarding it. ”
Jin Meng told Leng Xinyun what happened this morning, word for word, but Leng Xinyun became worse the more he listened, and in the end, his already pale face became even whiter and whiter, and his body shook unsteadily.
In the entire Chu Palace, I'm afraid that no one will believe that Wang Nishang was ordered by Xie Jing to think about this reason behind closed doors - to speak disrespectfully! Wang Nishang will be disrespectful to Xie Jing, and he will also contradict him? This is really a joke, no one in the Chu Palace, Wang Nishang has never said anything to Xie Jing, and it is really unbelievable for people like her to speak disrespectfully to Xie Jing.
And Leng Xinyun even cooled his heart when he heard that the reason why Wang Nishang was grounded in Luohuaxuan was this, because this was obviously just a perfunctory excuse, and what was the truth, what did Wang Nishang do, she was actually grounded in Luohuaxuan by Xie Jing, could it be that the transaction between her and Wang Nishang was discovered? Leng Xinyun's face was even worse.
"Concubine Fang, are you okay?" Jin Meng hurriedly went over to support Leng Xinyun worriedly, but Leng Xinyun ignored her, just said something in her mouth, but the voice was too small, but Jin Meng didn't dare to lean over and listen carefully, so she didn't know what Leng Xinyun was talking about.
And it was at this time that a little maid suddenly ran in outside, her face was very happy, and Leng Xinyun's pale and bloodless gray look, it was really too obvious, so that Jin Mengmeng next to him didn't think about it and reprimanded the little girl who ran in: "How did you teach you the rules on weekdays, why are you so frizzy, and you don't report before you come in, who gave you the guts?" ”
The little girl, who was still full of joy, was trained by Jin Meng like this, and quickly fell silent, and stumbled and said, "Sister Jin Meng, is it ...... It was from outside that the prince sent someone to send a lot of supplements to the side concubine, so the slave and maid would"
The little maid was about to cry in fear, but Leng Xinyun, who was still gray a moment ago, immediately shook her eyes, and then grabbed Jin Meng's hand holding her tightly, but her eyes were staring at the little maid below, and asked astringently, "What did you just say?" Who sent the tonic to me? You say it again. Leng Xinyun's voice was anxious and expectant.
But the little girl herself was also afraid now, so she didn't hear the emotion in Leng Xinyun's words, but lowered her head and stumbled again: "Go back...... Back to the side concubine, it was the prince who sent someone to send you a lot of supplements, in addition, there was also "The words behind the little maid, Leng Xinyun didn't listen to a word anymore, she was tense just now, but now she was all soft, and immediately leaned on Jinmeng beside her.
It seems that it is not, it seems that the prince doesn't know yet, otherwise the prince wouldn't have sent someone to send something to the ramie fast!
Leng Xinyun smiled leisurely.
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The afternoon in the summer solstice is the hardest, the temperature at this time is the hottest time of the day, the scorching sun can not only roast the green leaves down, but also roast Xu Youshan lifeless and paralyzed on the soft couch that is almost submerged by the ice basin. But of course, although there were already a few pots of ice at the feet of the soft couch at this time, this was obviously not enough for Xu Youshan, because the stuffy humidity in the air still made her uncomfortable.
Not to mention that after Wu Lin's family came back from visiting Wu Youshan's family in Zhuangzi, when they saw Xu Youshan about to be submerged in the ice basin, they immediately pulled down their faces and unceremoniously let people withdraw all of them, leaving only three pots in the house, and they were all placed around separately, and in the end, the closest to Xu Youshan was only a lonely ice basin five steps away.
"Mother Wu." Xu Youshan screamed, trying to impress Wu Lin's compassion, but when Wu Lin's gaze fell on her, Xu Youshan was immediately silenced, but the pitiful self quietly moved her steps and leaned towards the nearest ice basin. But unfortunately, it was discovered by Wu Lin in the end.
Then Wu Lin carried Xu Youshan, who was dying from the scorching heat, like a chicken, and walked back to the soft couch. (To be continued.) )