Chapter Forty-Six: Palace Change (I)
Aunt An led a few handsome palace people into the Jiaofang Palace, these people are all new palace maids, Ling Xi specially asked Aunt An to choose a few good family backgrounds, and good-looking ones to bring to the Jiaofang Palace, it is obvious that Ling Xi intends to expand Xiang Hongxuan's harem.
No one could have imagined that Ling Xi, who was involved in Concubine Shu's poisoning case, would finally be able to get out of the way, this queen, who had been ignored by Xiang Hongxuan for several years in the palace, avoided the crisis so easily, Aunt An faintly felt that Xiang Hongxuan might not really dislike Ling Xi so much, at least not disgusted with her.
And with the death of the Queen Mother, Ling Xi has become a veritable hostess in the harem, in this case, even if Ling Xi can't compete for favor and concubine, she will not be in such a hurry to enrich the harem for Xiang Hongxuan, and her little sense of existence in Xiang Hongxuan will be exhausted, and Aunt An can't understand Ling Xi.
"The queen mother, these palace maids are newcomers to the palace, and their family backgrounds are good."
Aunt An glanced at these palace maids, and they knelt down in front of Ling Xi, perhaps because they were so nervous when they saw the queen for the first time, the palace maids slammed their heads on the ground, not daring to raise their heads easily. But one of the palace maids, who was thin and small, seemed to be very interested in the Jiaofang Palace, and she was not like the other palace maids, staring nervously at the ground, but began to look around secretly, as if she was very attentive and familiar with the environment.
"Raise your heads and let Hongu take a look." Ling Xi said lightly.
As soon as the palace maids heard this, they slowly raised their heads, but they still didn't dare to look directly at Ling Xi, their eyes were still staring at the ground. Only the thin palace maid just now looked up and smiled at Ling Xi.
Ling Xi was stunned, this palace person's behavior was particularly eye-catching among this group of palace maids, she looked at this palace person carefully, looking at her appearance, she should not be fifteen or six years old, but she was very delicate.
"What's her name?" Ling Xi pointed to the palace maid and asked Aunt Xiang.
But before Aunt An could reply, the palace maid herself said: "Returning to the queen's mother, the slave maid is called Zhao Xinyue." ”
"Aunt An, you take them to the East Courtyard to familiarize yourself with the environment, and then tell them about court etiquette, and choose a few excellent ones from them to serve by Your Majesty's side. If His Majesty has a liking, he will be promoted to a female history. ”
Suddenly, Ling Xi pointed at Zhao Xinyue again and said, "She will be directly named a female historian and serve by Your Majesty's side." ”
Zhao Xinyue happily hurriedly kowtowed to thank her, and after Aunt An received the order, she took these palace people to the east courtyard, and Ginkgo came to Ling Xi with tea.
"Queen Mother, are you looking for a concubine for Your Majesty again?"
"Tang Meiren, Xu Meiren and Liu Meiren, they got too close to Wang Shuyue some time ago, Your Majesty will not spoil them anymore in the future, Concubine Shu's body has not been recuperated yet, even if she is recuperated, it is estimated that she will have to make trouble for a while, and Your Majesty needs some new faces around her to send loneliness."
Ling Xi picked up the tea in Ginkgo's hand, and she took a leisurely sip. Of course she has to find a little wife for Xiang Hongxuan, Wang Shuyue's matter will definitely make Xiang Hongxuan feel uneasy about his harem, and those palace concubines estimate that Xiang Hongxuan will not be in this life
Goodbye, only these newcomers can reassure Xiang Hongxuan, so this matter can't wait for Xiang Hongxuan to speak, she has to handle it, so that she, the queen, will make Xiang Hongxuan feel useful.
And because of the death of the queen mother and the miscarriage of the concubine, the whole palace does not have the cheerful atmosphere after the Spring Festival at all, and there is no vigorous vitality after the beginning of the spring.
"Queen Mother, the slave maid thinks that Your Majesty also has some friendship for Niangniang, if Niangniang is attentive, Your Majesty should give some grace to Niangniang." Ginkgo said cautiously.
Ling Xi couldn't help but smile bitterly, maybe it wasn't the most terrible thing to compete with a woman for her husband's favor in the harem, what was terrible was Xiang Hongxuan, a companion was like a tiger, she had a deep understanding, just flying in the Feather Palace, leaving her almost all traumatic fear, not to mention competing for favor, even if she approached Xiang Hongxuan's side, she would be a little nervous. Besides, her husband who looks at her appearance, what does she do to keep Xiang Hongxuan's heart? It's destined to be a dead end, so why bother turning in a dead end.
"I want to live longer." Ling Xi sighed helplessly.
"How long does the queen want to live and die in the Jiaofang Palace?"
Xiang Hongxuan strode into the inner hall, and as soon as he entered the hall, he heard Ling Xi's emotion, and he suddenly thought of what Ling Xi said in the Flying Feather Hall that day, and he couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, I didn't let anyone report it."
Ling Xi came to Xiang Hongxuan's side slightly embarrassed, Xiang Hongxuan actually came to her Jiaofang Palace, if she didn't guess wrong, Xiang Hongxuan should have just come out of Yinghua Palace, and accidentally walked to her.
"Ginkgo, quickly serve tea to Your Majesty, Southern Tribute Tea, Your Majesty's favorite drink."
"Empress, when I just came in, I saw some palace people, these people are the new palace maids from Jiaofang Palace?" Xiang Hongxuan asked.
"Your Majesty, those people from the new palace, Aunt An will teach them court etiquette, and then she will serve Your Majesty in front of the palace."
Sure enough, it was similar to what Xiang Hongxuan thought, Ling Xi was a smart queen, or his beating was very useful, and now Ling Xi couldn't wait to think about everything for himself.
"The queen hasn't answered me yet? How long do you want to live? ”
Xiang Hongxuan suddenly leaned down and approached Ling Xi's ear, and he whispered in Ling Xi's ear. Intentionally or unintentionally, hot air came out of his mouth, and these hot breaths ran down Ling Xi's neck and into Ling Xi's heavy clothes, and Ling Xi stood motionless, her heart pounding. What does it mean to prosper to Hong? She, the queen, has done this, and Xiang Hongxuan is still not satisfied?
"Your Majesty, if you want your concubine to live, you can live as long as your concubine."
Ling Xi looked at Xiang Hongxuan faintly, her big almond eyes seemed to reveal a deep resentment, the distance between them was too close, Xiang Hongxuan looked at Ling Xi carefully, Ling Xi was indeed not amazing enough, but I don't know why at this moment,
Xiang Hongxuan was a little fascinated, and Xiang Hongxuan couldn't tell whether he liked Ling Xi's eyes a little bit, or she behind the eyes.
"I'm having lunch at the Queen's today."
Suddenly, Xiang Hongxuan turned around and strode towards the center of the inner hall, he glanced back at Ling Xi, who stood in place as if relieved. Suddenly, Xiang Hongxuan felt that occasionally teasing himself, a cautious queen, and seeing the embarrassment on Ling Xi's face, it seemed to be very interesting, and he couldn't help but leak a smug smile on his face.
"The queen is not welcome?"
"Concubines, this is for people to prepare."
Ling Xi immediately came back to his senses, and just as he was about to ask someone to prepare lunch, he saw Aunt An running into the inner hall with a panicked face.
"Your Majesty, something is wrong, the harem has broken into the rebels." Aunt An said loudly in a hurry.
"Rebels? How is it possible, there are tens of thousands of forbidden troops in the imperial city, how can the rebels enter the harem? Xiang Hongxuan roared incredulously.
"It's Wang Shao, Wang Shao led the guards guarding the inner palace gate to attack the harem directly, the forbidden troops in the imperial city are all in the outer imperial city, they don't know the situation in the harem at all, now Wang Shao has captured the Feiyu Palace, they are coming to the west courtyard, Your Majesty run away."
Xiang Hongxuan was shocked, in the entire harem, only the front hall of the Flying Feather Hall was guarded, that is to say, after Wang Shao captured the Flying Feather Palace, there were no more guards in the harem who could protect their safety.
"Wang Shao? There are no more than 100 guards at the inner palace gate, and they will not be able to enter the west courtyard for a while, so they will quickly set off fireworks to warn. ”
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late, even if the guards in the outer imperial city see the fireworks, they don't dare to rush into the harem, and when the soldiers rush to the harem, it will really be too late. Your Majesty, you have to go to the palace, only if you escape from the palace, the forbidden army will dare to open the gate of the imperial city and enter the palace to quell the chaos," Ling Xi said loudly.
She remembered that when she first entered the palace, Mama Qin told her that there were secret passages leading to the outside of the imperial city in the Jiaofang Hall and the Feiyu Palace, and Xiang Hongxuan could escape from the secret passages in the Jiaofang Palace.
"Your Majesty Jiaofang Hall has a secret passage to the outside of the palace, you hurry out of the palace."
Ling Xi said as he ripped off the dragon robe on Xiang Hongxuan's body, and asked the palace people to find the clothes of the chamberlain and change them for Xiang Hongxuan. She looked at Xiang Hongxuan's dragon robe, and immediately took off her gorgeous clothes and put on Xiang Hongxuan's dragon robe.
"Queen, what are you doing here?" Xiang Hongxuan asked puzzled.
"Your Majesty, the concubines have to stay in the harem, Wang Shao knows that His Majesty has come to the Jiaofang Palace, if the concubines also leave, the Jiaofang Palace will be a mess, Wang Shao will easily attack the Jiaofang Palace, Your Majesty will not be able to walk long in the secret passage will be captured by Wang Shao, and the concubines will have to stay in the Jiaofang Palace, pretending to be Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty will escape from the palace safely."
Ling Xi pulled out the red hairpin on her head, and pulled her messy green silk into a man's high bun, she put Xiang Hongxuan's dragon hat on her head, and then put the wide dragon robe on her body, which really looked like a man.
Suddenly, Xiang Hongxuan felt that Ling Xi in front of him was very familiar, he remembered the painting in the study, and he lifted Ling Xi's clothes
sleeves, covering her face. It was actually her, Ling Xi was the woman who teased him on the Shangyuan Festival. Xiang Hongxuan smiled bitterly, he had been looking for a long time, and even suspected that the young lady of the family who had never appeared was actually his queen.
"If the queen doesn't go, I won't go, the military department will definitely enter the palace to rescue the driver when she sees the warning fireworks, as long as you guard the Jiaofang Palace, you will definitely be able to wait for the rescuers, the queen will stand behind me, and she will not leave my sight for a single step."
Xiang Hongxuan held Ling Xi's hand tightly, he didn't think that the woman he was looking for had already married her, but it was just a ridiculous palace change, the huge palace, Wang Shao could not attack the West Courtyard in such a short time, he still had time and a chance to wait for rescue. But if he leaves, only Ling Xi's group of women and children are left, where has he seen such a panicked scene, Wang Shao may really come in soon, and at that time, Ling Xi may die in the hands of the rebels.
"Your Majesty, at this time, it is not the time to act rashly, Your Majesty is the best way to leave the palace from the secret passage." Ling Xi said loudly.
"If I don't leave, just a hundred rebels, let me leave the palace, the queen looks down on me too much. Someone,"
With a bang, Xiang Hongxuan leaned over and fainted to the ground, only to see that the small vase in Ling Xi's hand had been shattered, and Xiao Dezi hurriedly helped Xiang Hongxuan, who had fainted.
"Your Majesty is fine, you can't die, my father-in-law hurriedly took Your Majesty out of the palace from the secret passage, if Your Majesty has any mistakes, you and I can't afford it."
Xiao Dezi looked at the blood on Xiang Hongxuan's head, and suddenly burst into tears, what happened to this palace, the queen mother died, the Wang family was actually crazy, Wang Shao dared to change the palace with a hundred people, and Ling Xi was even more crazy, she knocked Xiang Hongxuan unconscious with a vase, Xiang Hongxuan was beaten by his own queen again, and this time he was even more injured. Are all the people in this house crazy?
"Don't go yet." Ling Xi roared again.
When Xiao Dezi saw Ling Xi like this for the first time, he didn't dare to hesitate, and asked the two attendants to quickly drag Xiang Hongxuan's body towards the secret passage.
(End of chapter)